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Parts & RPSTL

Parts data lives across a project's IPD / RPSTL DMs. Ironmark provides a cross-DM view on top of that data — search, tree, detail — plus authoring aids for filling in and maintaining the catalog.

Parts Browser

Cross-DM search. Type part number, NSN, description, or CAGE — the browser walks every IPDCatalogEntry in the project. Results aggregate by (PN, CAGE); the row expands to show every callout across every DM the part appears in. Also supports:

• NHA tree view — hierarchical breakdown by parent → child
• Superseded parts tab — every PN retired via a part swap, whether the swap was applied to the catalog or not
• Data Conflicts tab — rows where fields disagree across DMs (partial population, PN clashes)
• "Also search in family" toggle — when the project is in a TM Family, unions in read-only results from sibling projects

Catalog editor (IPD authoring)

Per-figure catalog editor. Figures come from the source XML; items land as callout / PN / CAGE / NSN / description / qty / effectivity rows. Sync-from-XML rebuilds the catalog from the DM's current source; write-to-XML flushes catalog edits back into the DM's XML content on save.

Scan TM

Walks every non-IPD DM in the project for partRef mentions that aren't in the catalog yet. Returns candidate PNs with the source DM + context. Bulk-import the accepted rows into a target IPD DM. Useful during the initial catalog build — a program that authored parts inline for years catches up in a single pass.

Part swaps

First-class entity. Sources: manual entry, MRO ticket, RMA reference, squadron notice, depot notice, field report, or other. Tracks old PN + new PN + CAGE + reason + reported/approved dates. On approval, one-click Apply to catalog rewrites matching IPDCatalogEntry rows and updates <partRepository>/<partSpec> declarations. Swap history stays attached to both the old and new PN.

Part relationship graph

Visualization of a PN's relationships — where it's called out, which figures reference it, which assets carry it. When the source XML has no explicit indenture, a flat-figure fallback synthesizes the tree so the graph doesn't come up empty.

Installed-parts fleet timeline

Per-serial asset-to-part timeline. Records which PNs are installed on which assets over time. Feeds two things:

• The Parts Browser's Installed models view — an alternate to the DMC-derived "Authored models" column
• Part swap impact analysis — when an old PN is retired, the fleet timeline shows which assets need touchup

40051 RPSTL specifics

40051 RPSTL DMs (plwp) use the same catalog surface as S1000D IPD DMs. Ironmark auto-detects and treats them consistently — same search, same editor, same scan-TM, same swap flow.

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