DPM Process and Resource Definition

Overview

Conventions

What

Getting Started

Starting a Session

Loading Products and Resources

Removing Products and Resources from the PPR Environment

Basic Tasks

Managing a Process Document with

Understanding Processes and Process Libraries

Locating Where a Process Library is Stored

Re-establishing the Link with a Process Library File

Adding a Process Library File to Use for the Current Process

Creating a Basic Process Library

Adding Attributes to an Activity

Synchronizing the Attributes of an Activity Subtype

Setting the Associated Operator for an Activity

Creating a Process Plan

Creating an Empty Process

Editing a Process Plan

Inserting Activities

Linking Activities

Assigning Products and Resources

Reordering Product or Resource Lists

Specify Attribute Values

Replacing Already Assigned Products

Replacing the Top Product Node

Reparenting Activities

Copying and Pasting Elements from One Process Document to Another

Creating Resources

Replacing Resources

Working With Multiple Instances of the Same Products or Resources

Deleting Relations in the Process Hierarchy

Assigning Products as Process First Processes Product

Assigning an Output Product to an Activity

Synchronizing the End and Start Times for Processes

Cross-Highlighting Assigned Objects

Changing Activity Properties

Adding Attributes Using Knowledgeware

Managing Precedence Constraints

Managing PPR Representations

Adding Documents and Images to a

Documenting a Process Plan

Adding Images to Activities

Viewing the Process

Showing the PPR Tree and the 3D View

Using the PERT Chart

Recentering the PERT Chart on an Activity

Using the Gantt Chart

Opening the Gantt Chart

Configuring Gantt Columns

Setting the Units on the Gantt Chart

Searching the Gantt Chart

Displaying Relations in the Gantt Chart

Selecting Colors for Processes in the Gantt Chart

Tips for Manipulating Activities from the Gantt Viewer

Monitoring Resources with the Resource Gantt Chart

Displaying the Utilization of Resources in the Resource Gantt Chart

Listing Activities, Products, Resources and Hyperlinks

Using the Search Command

Using the Precedent Viewer

Using Process Constraint Verification for Display Products and Resources

Assigning a Process ID Using VB Script Processes

Checking the Process Model

Verifying the Process

About the Process Verification Buttons

About the Process Verification Options

Product Visibility in Process Verification

Cross Highlighting during Process Verification

About the Activity Information Box

About Associated Operators

About Tag Handling in Process Verification

Examples of Process Verification

Displaying Engineering Requirements in Process Verification

Verifying Resource Behaviors

Saving Selected Product Data as CGR

Saving Selected Product Data as a CATProduct

Advanced Tasks

3D State Management

Creating Manufacturing Positions

Changing Manufacturing Positions

Viewing Manufacturing Positions

Restoring the Original Design Position

Creating 3D States

Defining Conditions

Using and Saving Data from VPM o

Saving Data to VPM

Using Process Results in Another Process

Creating a Manufacturing Assembl

Assigning Versions to Manufacturing Assemblies

Exporting Manufacturing Assemblies

Automation Interface to Access Manufacturing Assembly

Creating A Manufacturing Kit

Renumbering Activities

Editing Products within the Proc

Managing Hyperlinks Associated with an Activity

Going to Hyperlinks

Importing Legacy Data

Comparing a Modified Process

Comparing Manufacturing Assemblies

DPM Programming Interfaces

Creating Activity-to-Product/Weld/Resource Relationships

About Accessing Activities in the PERT Chart

Setting PERT Chart Icons

Documenting Processes

Working with Precedence Constraints

Creating the Camera within a Product

Altering PERT Chart Layout

Viewing and Exporting an MBOM

Inserting AST

Using the Manufacturing Hub

Manufacturing Hub Configuration and Requirements

Version Requirements

Client Setup

Setup for Multiple Clients

PPR Server: DCOM Setup

PPR Client: Registry Setup

DPM Client: DCOM Setup

Installing Multiple PPR Servers

Requirements for Oracle Users

Upgrading Legacy Detailing Data

Overview of Process Engineer - DPM Integration

What is Loaded from the Manufacturing Hub into DPM

What is Locked When a Process is Loaded

Loading Locators and Fasteners

Supported Process Relationships

Attribute Mapping

Determining Graphical Representation

What is Saved Back to the Manufacturing Hub

Validation Pattern For Property Pages

Retrieving Objects from the Manufacturing Hub

Loading a PPR from a Project

Selecting a Project from the Manufacturing Hub

Applying Filters

Change Management Control and Planning States

Browsing the Project

Selecting the BOM

Loading a PPR from a Search Result

Loading Multiple PPRs in a Single DPM Session

Loading Products from other Processes

Loading the Manufacturing Context

Loading and Saving the Volumetric Context

Loading User Context

Opening a Project in Read Only or Partial Read Only Mode

Loading CAD Data from the Engineering Hub

Inserting a Product, Resource, Manufacturing Assembly or Manufacturing Kit from the Project

Inserting a Work System Component

Removing Products and Resources

Deleting Detailing Data

Viewing and Editing Current Manufacturing Hub Session Data

Changing the Modification Statement

Batch Utility to Compute Manufacturing Context

Viewing and Modifying Manufacturing Hub Attributes

Viewing Modified Parts

Changing Manufacturing Context Appearance

Saving a Project

Saving with Detailing Data

Saving without Detailing Data

Creating a PackNGo Dataset

Creating a Quick Access Link

Version and Alternative Management

Creating New Versions and Alternatives

Creating a New Copy of a Process

Change Order Management

Copying Processes and Resources

Copying Standard Processes from the Project Library

Inserting Processes, Resources and Manufacturing Assemblies from Templates

Copying Standard Resources from the Project Library

Using the Search Command

Search for a Product, Resource or Work Station Component

Saving and Loading Search Criteria

Editing User Attributes Defined in Process Engineer

Hyperlinks and Process Engineer Attachments

Creating a New Manufacturing Hub Resource

Creating and Marking Alternative Resources

Viewing and Changing Alternative Filters

Using a Security Overlay

Starting Process and Resource Definition from a Process Engineer Session

Lock Management and User Rights

Lock Management

DPM Lock Behavior

Displaying the Edit Status of Read-Only Objects

Viewing a List of All Locked PPR Objects

Unlocking Selected Objects

User Rights

Error Logging

Accessing Non-geometric VPM and ENOVIA Data

Collaborative Simulation

Verifying Detailing Data Integrity

Engineering Requirements Planning

Loading Engineering Requirements

Assigning Engineering Requirements

Designating Assignment Types

Reconciling Engineering Requirements

Automatic Re-planning

Workbench Description

Menu Bar

Activity Management Toolbar

Data Views and Select Toolbars

Logical Activity Creation Toolbar

PERT Tools Toolbar

URL Toolbar

Manufacturing Hub Commands and Publish Position Toolbars

DPM Planner Tools Toolbar

PPR Tools Toolbar

MBOM Tools Toolbar

Engineering Requirements Planner Toolbar

State Management Tools Toolbar

Process Context Builder Toolbar

Customizing

Tree

Libraries

Compare Tool

Gantt Chart

Manufacturing Hub

MBOM

Part Consumption

PERT Chart

PPR Navigator

Product Flow Editor

State Management

Verification

Glossary

Index