Using Batch Utility Features

You can use the batch utility for multiple uses.

This task shows you how to:

Migrate Virtual Product Management (VPM) Documents to Collaborative Business Processes (CBP) Documents

You can use the batch utility's check box feature to migrate or create all workshop Virtual Product Management (VPM) documents to Collaborative Business Processes (CBP) documents for workshops.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, select Utility and connect.

    The Batch Monitor dialog box appears.

  2. Scroll down and double-click Heavy Industry Manufacturing Options.
    The Heavy Industry Manufacturing Operations dialog box appears.
  3. Click to select Migrate VPM Documents to CBP Documents for the manufacturing assembly or part.
  4. Click the database by using 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Object Search .
    The TST Object Management dialog box appears.
  5. Select the manufacturing assembly or part and select Run.

    On execution of the Run, the batch utility fetches all VPM-type documents attached to the manufactured assembly or part and generate the equivalent CBP documents.

    Note: For the manufactured selected assembly or part, all information in the old VPM document. Managing its child files now are the new CBP document and it attaches to the Manufactured Item.

    Existing commands like Extract Workshop document, Profile Job Order, Plate Job Order generate CBP documents by default instead of VPM Documents. Contents of the XMLs are the same.

Supporting Plate XML Extraction inside of Batch

You can create a batch utility application to generate Plate XML in a batch mode without launching 3DExperience, and it saves to the database.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, select Utility and connect.

    The Batch Monitor dialog box appears.

  2. In the Utilities tab, select Heavy Industry Manufacturing Options.

    The application dialog starts.

  3. Click the check box for Plate XML Operation.
  4. From the database using the 3DExeperience Platform Object search, select objects.

    The dialog box appears for selecting the manufactured part/assembly.

  5. Select the Manufactured Part or assembly as required in Object dialog box.
  6. Click on Apply to search the required objects then click OK to confirm the results.

    The searched objects display in the batch extraction dialog.

  7. Click Run to generate the Plate XMLs.

    The generated XML's are saved to the database. For Manufacturing Assembly, Plate XML's for all Plate Manufactured parts under selected Manufacturing Assembly generate and save to the database.

    The Report creates in the directory mentioned in the Report Directory editor.