Cross-Highlighting Assigned Objects  

This procedure describes how to display objects that are assigned to processes Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects  on the basis of the relations.

When an object is highlighted due to cross-highlighting, not only is the selected object highlighted, but that object is highlighted wherever it appears in the PPR tree and in the graphic view. In the example below, the user selected Cam_Assembly1 under Milling1; consequently, Cam_Assembly1 is highlighted wherever it appears within the tree.
  You can use Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects for the following objects:
  • processes
  • products
  • FTA objects and geometric elements linked to an FTA object
  Only relations that are permitted between objects can be used for Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects . The permitted relations are displayed under the cross-highlight options. Relations used for cross-highlighting are saved under the options.
  Cross-highlighting appears in the following views:

Objects can be selected within all these views for cross-highlighting.
You cannot perform cross-highlighting in the MBOM viewer.
 

Cross-Highlighting Overview
  Click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , and use the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box. Select the relations that should be taken into consideration for the cross-highlighting in the dialog. If the objects have already been selected before the function is started, the selected objects and the objects assigned via the selected relations are highlighted in color.

The colored highlights of the cross-highlight are always displayed in the PPR tree and in an assigned graphic. If you have opened other views such as the Gantt chart, the colored highlights appear in those views. If you select another object, the previous colored highlights are removed and only the selected object and the objects assigned to this object via the selected relations are displayed. This procedure can be repeated an unlimited number of times before function is closed.

Cross-highlighting is executed only for the objects that are selected. If further structure levels are assigned to selected objects, such as processes or products, these objects are not taken into consideration. The children of a selected parent node are displayed if you select them or you select the Child processes checkbox.

Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects
 

  1. Select objects in the PPR tree or in the 3D viewer, if graphical representations are available.

    You can initiate Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects in two ways:
    • If you select objects before clicking the command, you can select multiple objects (use the Ctrl  key to select multiple objects). Selecting the objects before the command enables you to select additional objects after you have selected the command.
    • If you click the command first, you can select only one object afterwards.

  2. Click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects .

    The Cross-Highlight Options dialog box appears.
    The command icon becomes highlighted (orange).  The icon remains highlighted as long as cross-highlighting is active.

  3. Select or deselect the checkbox associated with the appropriate relations.

    Cross-highlighting is immediately executed for the selected objects after a relation is selected.
    Only the relations selected taken into consideration. The options set are saved until you change one of the options.

    Within Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , you may  highlight products, resources, and manufacturing assemblies or kits assigned to children of the current process, in addition to the comparable objects assigned to the current process itself. Cross-highlighting of child processes is supported in all viewers in which you can see cross-highlighting.

    • When you select Child processes, cross-highlighting is performed for all checked relation types and for all children of the current process.

    • When you do not select Child processes, children of the current process are not considered for cross-highlighting.
    The selected objects in the PPR tree remain highlighted as long as cross-highlighting is active: changes to relations that are made in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box affect only the selected objects.
    While the function is active you can select an unlimited number of new objects for cross-highlighting. You can use relations that are already activated in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box or you can select others for these new objects.
    You can close the dialog box without deactivating the command. However, you can only re-open the dialog box by deactivating and then reactivating the command. Deactivating the command immediately closes the dialog box.

  4. Click on Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects .

    If open, the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box closes.
    The command icon is no longer highlighted orange, and returns to its original colors.
    The cross-highlighted objects in the PPR tree are no longer cross-highlighted.
 

PPR Tree/3D Viewer Display

  The objects that are linked with these relations are displayed in the PPR tree for the selected relations in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box and the selected objects in the PPR tree.

In the example, only the relation Process Processes Product is selected in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box, and the process MILLING 1 is selected in the PPR tree. All objects that are assigned to the process via the relation are displayed after the command is started.
             

The 3D view is also highlighted.

                               

  In this example, the user selected Cam_Assembly1. After the user clicked Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , all processes that are linked via the relation Process Processes Product with the product are displayed: in the example, the process is MILLING 1.
 
 

Gantt Chart Display

  The display in the Gantt chart can be executed for individually selected objects as well as for several objects.

  1. On the PPR tree, select a process and click Open Gantt Chart .
    The Gantt chart must be open before you click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects in order for cross-highlighting to function properly.

  2. On the PPR tree, select a product (e.g., Cam_Assembly1).

  3. Click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , and in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box, select the Process Processes Product checkbox.
    The PPR tree shows the cross-highlighting.

  4. Switch to the Gantt chart view.
    The Gantt chart also shows the cross-highlighting.

  5. In the PPR tree view, deselect the product (e.g., Cam_Assembly.1) by selecting a process (e.g., the main process node).

  6. Switch to the Gantt chart view.
    The process selected on the PPR tree is highlighted

  7. In the graphic view (right side) of the Gantt chart, select a process (e.g., Milling).
    The Gantt chart highlights the selected process on the text (left) side.
    In the Gantt chart view, you can only make selections on the graphic view (right side).

 

PERT Chart Display

  The display in the PERT chart can be executed for individually selected objects as well as for several objects.

The PERT chart must be open before the function is started. You can select the objects for cross-highlighting in the PERT chart or in the PPR tree. Linked objects are displayed in accordance with how you made the selection. If, for example, you have selected a process in the PERT chart and afterward you click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , the products or resources that are linked to process selected in the PERT chart view are cross-highlighted in the PPR tree.
 
 

Part Selection Display

  You can click Part Selection before or after you click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects .  The following caveats apply:
  • If you click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects before you select a part, you can only select one part for cross-highlighting.
  • Cross-highlighting can be executed for multiple objects if they are selected before you click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects
  • Assigned objects are displayed in the 3D tab of the Part Selection dialog box, but not highlighted.
  • The Tree tab shows processes, where applicable (in the example below, the part selected is Cam_Assembly1; in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box, the Process Processes Product checkbox was selected).
 
 

Display of States or Positions

  If you select a position or a state, and then click Cross-Highlight Assigned Objects , the position or state is no longer highlighted, although its parent node is. In effect, the parent node is the input (i.e., object selected) for cross-highlighting. In addition, any objects (e.g., processes) that should be cross-highlighted when the parent node is highlighted also become highlighted.

In the example below, the state Initial was selected before cross-highlighting.  The parent node of Initial is Cam_Assembly1.
 
  Once cross-highlighting for Initial was selected, its parent node and the process linked to it (i.e., Drilling) became highlighted.
 
 

Display FTA Objects

  FTA objects can be displayed only if they are assigned to a process by the relation Process implements requirement, and this relation must be selected in the Cross-Highlight Options dialog box.

Cross-highlighting occurs whether the FTA object is assigned to a process with the relation Process implements requirement partially or the relation Process implements requirement completely.
 

When You Select a Process
 
  • If the FTA object contains only one geometric element, only the FTA object linked to the process is highlighted.
  • If the FTA object contains multiple geometric elements, the FTA object and the geometric elements that are assigned to the process are highlighted. The other geometric elements are not highlighted.
 

When You Select a Geometric Element
  If the geometric element is selected, the processes linked to the FTA object to which the geometric element belongs are highlighted.
 

When You Select a FTA Object
  If a FTA object is selected, all processes that are linked to the FTA object are highlighted.
 

If You Activate a 3D Annotation Query

  If a geometric element is selected, then its FTA object is, in effect, used as the input (i.e., object selected) for cross-highlighting.