Variant configuration constraint syntax

hi everybody
i have product A and B. B is subassembly of A. class for A is A_class and for b is B_class. class of B is attached to the class of A.both are configurable materials. there are four characteristics of B char1, char2,char3,char4 all these contains five same values like val1,val2,val3,val4 and val5.
these characteristics are there in A also (these characteristics are common for both) .
Now at the time of configuration of A whatever the values i enter for these common characterstics these should be copied to the characteristics of B.
how can i write the constraints syntax in this situation pls suggest.
thanks and reagards
ramakant

Hi Ramakant...,
Create the Dependency Net in Cu21. and write a constrain like this
Objects:
X IS_A(300) A_CLASS,
Y IS_A(300) B_CLASS,
RESTRICTIONS:
X.CHAR1 = Y.CHAR1,
X.CHAR2 = Y.CHAR2,
X.CHAR3 = Y.CHAR3,
X.CHAR4 = Y.CHAR4,
X.CHAR5 = Y.CHAR5,
INFERENCES:
Y.CHAR1,
Y.CHAR2,
Y.CHAR3,
Y.CHAR4,
Y.CHAR5.
in the configuration if you assign a value to characteristics of A_class then automatically Class of B_class wil get the value.
if you want the exact syntax give the real data and i will write the syntax.
regards.

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