I want to set up a part to be used as a gateway of communication (a flag in case something changes), but at the same time it does not bring into the PDM (Windchill in this case). I'm thinking of a skeleton part but struggling with the following issues:
1. How do I make changes where outside my modules are affected and they get flagged? For example, I own the engine and somebody else owns the transmission. I make a change to the engine, and somehow the transmission owner is "flagged" because the changes happen at the interfaces between engine and transmission. In this transmission's skeleton should have some features that tie to my engine. This goes both ways of course.
2. If I establish relation between engine and transmission per #1 but I don't want to bring in unncessary assemblies except my engine, what are some possible solutions? By copying external geometry and retaining dependencies I now have to bring in the transmission every time I check out the engine in Windchill. That's not what I want.
Anyone in similar situation have any suggestions or recommendations?