Glossary of terms

Variant Management

System for creating and managing multiple product configurations from a single design project.

Product variant management system for efficient control of modifications from a single base.

Variant Management

Purpose:
  • Manage different variants of one base project
  • Create product modifications with minimal documentation changes

  • Capabilities and Features:
  • Define configuration variants based on the base project
  • Manage component changes for different variants
  • Generate documentation for each variant
  • Traceability of changes between variants
  • Support manufacturing documentation for different variants
  • Connections with Other Sections:
  • Interacts with Component Library Manager to manage alternative components
  • Integrates with Documentation & Outputs to create variant documentation
  • Connected with ActiveBOM to manage specifications of different variants



  • Variant Management in Complex Board Technologies