Managing Auxiliary Parts

You can assign auxiliary parts to manufacturing assemblies and position them as required.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Positioning Resources
Managing Capable Resources

Assign Auxiliary Parts

You can assign auxiliary parts to a manufacturing assembly.

Click Play to watch the video:

  1. Select a manufacturing assembly.

    This video is based on the user interface in an earlier release, but the concepts described are still valid.

  2. Click Manage Auxiliary Parts .
    The Manage Auxiliary Parts panel appears.
  3. Click Find Auxiliary Parts.
  4. Enter a search term in the Search bar and press Enter.
  5. Select a part in the result list.
  6. Define the number of parts to create and click OK.
    Created the specified number of provided parts under the selected manufacturing assembly.

Position Auxiliary Parts

You can modify the position of auxiliary parts.

Click Play to watch the video:

  1. Right-click the manufacturing assembly and select Resulting Product > Open Resulting Product in New Tab.
  2. Double-click the part you want to position.
  3. Right-click the Robot and select Snap Automatically to Selected Object from the context menu.
  4. Select the auxiliary part you want to position.
    The Robot snaps to the selected part.
  5. Use the Robot to position the auxiliary part.