Manufacturing Hub

This page describes the options that determine the behavior of DPM when working with the Manufacturing Hub (i.e., whether ENOVIA geometry is loaded from the ENOVIA database, defining the Manufacturing Context, etc.).

Save Options

Save V5 Calculated Time in Manufacturing Hub
When this check box is selected, calculated times for activities are saved back to the Manufacturing Hub. 

DThe default value is that the check box is not selected; calculated times are not saved back to the Manufacturing Hub.

Save PPR with No Detailing
When enabled, no detailing will be included when saving back to the Manufacturing Hub. 

DThe default value is that the check box is not selected; detailing is saved back to the Manufacturing Hub.

Save Relation to Unexposed Part in Database

Any relation created to parts not exposed can be saved in the database if this option is checked.

DThe default value is that the check box is not selected.

Display Effectivity Panel

To see the effectivity panel that is associated with the process, select the check box. If effectivity is not available, the option is not available.

DThe default value is that the check box is not selected.

Save Control Flow in Partial Read Only

If you select this check box, when you create or delete control flows (that is, when you set up links determining which files precede or succeed each other), they are saved back to the Manufacturing Hub.  Once a control flow is created or deleted, the associated activities are locked in Manufacturing Hub until the project is closed in V5. This saves control flow data, but keeps other users from modifying the affected activities in any other way.

If you clear this check box, you can create or delete control flows without the flows being saved back to the Manufacturing Hub. This enables other users to modify the associated activities.

DThe default value is that the check box is selected.

Load Options
 

Load ENOVIA V5 VPM Geometry from Database
When enabled, uses the product and resource math data available in the ENOVIA database when loading into DPM from the Manufacturing Hub.

Remove non-assigned products and resources during synchronization (process initiated load only)
Removes any products or resources that are not assigned to an activity after synchronization, with the following caveats:
  • If the manufacturing context is loaded, products and resources that are part of the manufacturing context are not removed.
  • Manufacturing assemblies are not removed. Any product belonging to a manufacturing assembly will also not be removed.

Lock product and its children
When enabled, linked products and their children are locked and cannot be modified; only user-defined attributes and Process Engineer attributes that have no direct mapping in DPM can be modified.

Load user attributes for products and resources
When enabled, user attributes for products and resources are loaded when a project is loaded from the Manufacturing Hub.

Load 3D states and positions
When enabled, this option loads 3D states and positions defined on upper level parent products and resources, which are loaded during the process load from the Manufacturing Hub. These upper level parent products and resources need not be directly related to the loaded process or its children. When disabled, no 3D states or positions are loaded.
The 3D states and positions defined on organizational products/resources will be associated to these components in the Manufacturing Hub when saved back. Subsequent loads from the Hub oad these 3D states and positions associated to the organizational products/resources also.
Only the upper level products/resources, which are loaded in V5 for contextual purposes during regular process load, also have their 3D states and positions loaded. New conditions (Begin/End/3D Context) created in DPM using the Define Condition command and defined on a Organizational process loaded from the Manufacturing Hub are not be saved back to the Hub.
During a process load without detailing from the Manufacturing Hub, the 3D positions loaded from the Hub by enabling this option are not be set automatically on the respective products/resources with which they are associated. Users can apply the loaded position by using the Synchronize Position command from the State Management Tools toolbar. See information on changing manufacturing positions.

Load Manufacturing Assemblies
When enabled, manufacturing assemblies associated to the loaded process or any of its children are loaded. Products are only shown as assigned items if the product tab is active. In this case, a manufacturing assembly or manufacturing kit (see below) can only be seen through its tab by switching the assigned and available fields

If neither the Load Manufacturing Assemblies nor Load Manufacturing Kit check boxes are selected, then all the items (i.e., the product, manufacturing assemblies, and manufacturing kits) are shown as assigned items.

If only the product tab is active, then neither manufacturing assemblies nor manufacturing kits are shown as available products when you launch the Assignment Assistant.

This option is enabled by default.

Load Manufacturing Kits
When enabled, Manufacturing Kits associated to the loaded process or any of its children are loaded.

Refer to the information on Load Manufacturing Assemblies (above) for information on how products, manufacturing assemblies, and manufacturing kits behave when loaded together or singly.

This option is enabled by default.

Do Not Load Resource Geometry
When enabled, resources are loaded without loading their respective geometry.

Load Children of products and resources assigned to processes (process-initiated load only)
When enabled, the children of the products and resources assigned to the selected process are also loaded.

Apply label effectivity to all components associated with Alternative
When enabled, all components associated with the selected resource are marked with the newly defined label effectivity when using the Create Alternative command. Otherwise, only the selected resource for which the alternative is created is marked.

Post Load Script

When enabled, this option allows you to specify the path of a user defined script to be executed immediately after you load content from the Manufacturing Hub. The script can be: VBScript, CATScript or CATVBA.

VBA Module

In case you choose a CATVBA project for the script, then you must specify the name of the module to be executed from this project. The available modules are listed.

  • The status of the script execution will be reported in the V5 Client Log. Proper status/error messages should be returned by the user script as the same will be reported in the client log.
  • If the user has chosen to execute a script post load from the Manufacturing Hub, there may be a delay before the user gets control of the V5 session as the script action completes. The duration of the delay depends on the functionality of the user script.
  • Scripts can only be executed post load of a process/resource in DELMIA V5 DPM client. This option cannot be used to execute a script after loading the project in DELMIA V5 PPR Navigator client.

Open Mode

You can select from among three options as the default load mode for a project:

  • Open in Read-Write mode (default)
  • Open in Partial Read only mode
  • Open in Read only mode

DThe default value is Open in Read-Write mode (default)

Manufacturing Hub Advanced Options
The options shown below are accessible via the Advanced Options button on the Manufacturing Hub tab page.

Compute Manufacturing Context
Automatically compute Manufacturing Context at load time
Enable this option to automatically load the manufacturing context when a process is loaded.
Show Products and Resources in their End Condition Position
When this option is enabled, products and resources are displayed in the position associated to the end condition of the last process to which they are associated. By default (when this option is not selected), the Manufacturing Context products and resources appear in their design positions in the V5 process document.

Process Traversal Relation

 

Control Flow
When selected, Manufacturing context computation is based on control flow relations.

Precedence
When selected, Manufacturing context computation is based on precedence constraints.

Previous Process Parsing Type

 

Same level will only load products from those processes that are in the same process graph as the loaded process.

All Levels (From Current Level to Root Level) will load products from processes that are at the level of the current process, followed by its parent level, then that level's parent, and so on, until the root of the process tree is reached.

All levels - Stop parsing a branch if an output product is linked to a process is an option similar to the previous, with the exception that if a process has an output product defined, no further products are loaded from that particular process. This can provide quicker results. 

Define Manufacturing Context

 

Consider constrained child processes while computing manufacturing context of previous process
When loading the products of a previous process that has child processes, this option ensures that the products associated to those child processes are also loaded. Note that the children of the previous process must belong to a process graph.

Consider all child processes
When enabled, child processes of previous processes that are not constrained are considered. In addition, products and resources added by child processes of previous processes are also considered. Note that the removal of products/resources by these processes can not be considered. When this option is not enabled, only the constrained child processes of previous processes and products/resources added or removed by these child processes of previous processes are considered.

Consider previous parallel and unconstrained processes at loaded process level
When there is no hard precedence constraint at the same level, enabling this option loads all of the unconstrained previous processes' products and resources, as well as any previous parallel processes. This means that if there is no PERT chart, or if a process is not linked in the PERT chart of a previous process, enabling this option loads the products and resources loaded due to such a process. Note that removed products and detached resources are not considered for such unconstrained and parallel previous processes.

Consider 'feed by another process' relation
If a previous process is fed by another process, the output product(s) of the feeding process are considered as loaded product when computing the manufacturing context.

Server Computed Context Options

Automatically Load Volumetric Context at Load Time
This loads the previously saved volumetric context (if any) existing on the loaded process.

Automatically Load Manufacturing Context at Load Time
This loads the previously saved server computed manufacturing context (if any) existing on the loaded process.

Load Only Context Objects with Geometry
This loads in V5 DPM only those context objects which have some specified geometry. Context objects not having any geometry specified will not be loaded as part of the context. In case the load of the specified geometry fails due to some other reason (no connection to PDM system, geometry not available etc), a product with no geometry will be loaded in DPM.

Load Context Objects with Flat File based Geometry
This loads in V5 DPM those context objects which have file based geometry specified in the Manufacturing Hub. For ENOVIA products this will be applicable only if the load of geometry from ENOVIA fails. If the file based geometry is not found on the file system, then product with no geometry will be loaded.
You can load only one type of context in DPM at a time, so only one of the above options has to be set. The selection of these three options is mutually exclusive; selecting any one of these options will automatically de-select any of the other options which were previously selected.

Quick Access

Issue Repository
This folder specifies the shared location where generated Quick Access batch files are saved.

Launch mail client to send Quick Access link
When selected, the default mail client will be invoked with a new email message when Generate Quick Access Link is used.

Send Quick Access Link location (Issue Repository shared)
When selected, the body of the new email message will automatically specify the full path location of the generated Quick Access batch file.

Attach Quick Access link (Batch file)
When selected, the generated Quick Access batch file is automatically attached to the new email message.

Pack N Go

Pack N Go Repository
Specify the pre-defined directory path for storing the pack and go data set. When you executes the Create Pack and Go data set command, Pack N Go dialog box is initialized with this path.

Manufacturing Hub Relations Load Options

The Manufacturing Hub Relations Load Options dialog box appears when you click the Load Relation Options button on the Manufacturing Hub tab page.