Synchronizing with Planning Data

You can import planning data into a manufacturing cell. This data defines the part to be machined, the stock, the fasteners and allow the definition of drilling operation on fasteners. It is the output of a Process Planning session. You can use the Synchronize Data with Planning with a part operation, planning operation, or manufacturing product. The following example synchronizes planning data with a part operation.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Prepare the planning data with Process Planning.
  • The manufacturing cell containing the part operation must have a scope link defined with the planning. For more information, see Manufactured Item Definition User's Guide: Manufactured Item-Product Scope: Creating Manufactured Item-Product Scope.
  • Planning data needs to be imported into the machining process from any Process Planning session. Planning data is present under the PPR Context.

Synchronize Data with Planning

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Synchronize Data with Planning and select a part operation.
    The Get Planning Data dialog box appears.

    The data listed in the dialog box is:

    • The design part.
    • The stock.
    • The manufacturing requirements.
    • The process output attached to the planning operation, supporting the holes.
    • The part containing the geometry definition of holes to be machined. Holes are defined as a set of points with the origin coordinates, axis, diameter, depth, and drilling type (predrilling, drilling, not to be machined). This definition is used as is, with no coherence check or adjustment (for example: the depth of the hole is not adjusted to the part height).
  2. Select each element listed in the dialog box:
    1. Click an action from the list, either Transfer or None.

      • Transfer: Creates an instance of the imported data (part to machine, stock, or process output supporting the holes). It can also create a new part containing geometry data for the holes data under the manufacturing product associated with the part operation.
      • None: No transfer occurs.

    2. You must specify a design part, stock, requirement, or process output supporting the holes if it already exists in the manufacturing product and must be replaced by the data you are importing.

      Note: This functionality is not available for holes.

  3. Optional: In Drilling and Riveting operations:
    1. Click an action from the list under Manufacturing fastener creation options:

      • Create manufacturing fasteners and patterns: Create manufacturing fasteners related to all the design fasteners that are instantiated under the manufacturing product and group them into a manufacturing pattern based on their reference type. This option is selected by default.
      • Create manufacturing fasteners: Create just the manufacturing fasteners related to all design fasteners that are instantiated under manufacturing product. No grouping of patterns occurs with this option.
      • No action: Does not create any manufacturing fasteners.
      Note: When updating a synchronization from planning data, only out of date manufacturing fasteners are updated. The list of available actions also changes to: Update manufacturing fasteners and patterns, and Update manufacturing fasteners.

    2. Click [...] to select a rivet table from the database as the reference for the parameters of the created manufacturing fasteners.
    3. Optional: Select Process managed fasteners only to only instantiate fasteners already existing in the selected system or operation.
  4. Click OK.

A manufacturing product is created. It contains the following elements defined from the planning data:

  • The part to machine.
  • A list of the specified manufacturing requirements (visible in the manufacturing view).
  • The part supporting the holes.
  • The part containing the geometry definition of the holes to be machined. A Machinable Axial Feature is created for each hole imported. You can use it to create patterns.

In Drilling and Riveting operations, a manufacturing fastener is created for each fastener instantiated from the planning data. Then, a manufacturing pattern is created to group the corresponding manufacturing fasteners.

Note: Modifications to the planning data are not propagated to the data imported in the manufacturing product. It must be imported again.

The status of the data is displayed by a green or red thumb. No status is displayed if:

  • The planning operation does not contain information.
  • Nothing has been previously transferred to the manufacturing product.

Show Linked Manufactured Product

You can display the manufacturing products that are exclusively related to the selection.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Show Linked Manufactured Product.
  2. Select an executing resource, a manufacturing cell or a manufacturing product.

The selected manufacturing product is displayed. All others are hidden in the 3D area.