I've determined that providing dimensions as selectable features is
appropriate because a dimension feature type already exists as demo
data. I created "diameter length' and "thickness" features with
"dimension" are their parent.
On 02/03/2014 03:09 PM, Christian Carlow wrote:
> I'm having difficulty determining how materials that may be ordered at
> various dimensions should be modeled. For example, two orders can be
> placed to the same supplier for the same part but at different
> diameter lengths and thicknesses/depths. I assume that each of the
> dimension variations should exist as feature variants of a virtual
> material product but wasn't sure if this would be correct since there
> are length, width, and depth fields already available for products.
> I'm pretty sure those dedicated product dimension fields are used for
> shipping purposes but wanted to make sure. Does anyone see a problem
> providing the dimensions as selectable features to a virtual product?
>