Creating Manufacturing Installations

You can use a Manufacturing Installation to manage the installation of several products on to a larger assembly.

A Manufacturing Installation usually has one input item and one output item. It can also contain one or more items.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open your data, which must have product and manufacturing assembly structures.

Create a Manufacturing Installation in Series

You can create Manufacturing Installations in series.

Press Ctrl + select the input and output items.
Right-click the items and select Insert Predecessor > Installation .
A Manufacturing Installation is created between the input and output items.
The Manufacturing Installation is a sibling of the input item.

You can create Manufacturing Installations in parallel.

Press Ctrl + click the input and output items.
Right-click the items and select Insert Predecessor > Installation.
A Manufacturing Installation is created in parallel with the existing Manufacturing Installation.

The created Manufacturing Installation is a sibling of the input item and the existing Manufacturing Installation.

You can create Manufacturing Installations without an input item.

Right-click an item and select Insert Predecessor > Installation

A Manufacturing Installation is created as predecessor to the selected item.

You can create items that are contained in a Manufacturing Installation.

Right-click a Manufacturing Installation and select Hierarchical Manufacturing Installation.
A new Manufacturing Installation is created inside the existing Manufacturing Installation.

The created Manufacturing Installation is a child of the container Manufacturing Installation.
Optional: At the top of the container Manufacturing Installation tile:
- Click Collapse to collapse the item.
- Click Expand to expand the item.

You can define contained items by dragging items on a Manufacturing Installation.

Drag a Manufacturing Assembly on a Manufacturing Installation.
If required, expand the Manufacturing Installation tile.
The Manufacturing Assembly and associated Provided Parts are rerouted under the Manufacturing Installation.

The Manufacturing Assembly and associated Provided Parts and Fasten steps are contained in the Manufacturing Installation.