Using Manufacturing Tool

The Manufacturing Tool lets you cross highlight the elements between the harness data and the corresponding flattened data, and also generate the Bill Of Material (BOM).

This task shows you how to:


Before you begin: Flatten the harness data.

Cross-Highlight Elements

You can cross-highlight the segment, device, support, branch, protection, conductor, conductor group, mechanical part, and electrical geometry between the flattened data and the harness data. You can also select the table generated using Table Management to cross-highlight segments, protections, devices, and supports on that table.

  1. From the Manufacturing Options list, select Cross highlight.
  2. Select any of the following elements from the harness data or the flattened data:
    • The segment, device, and support from the 3D area or the tree.
    • The branch, protection, wire, wire group, mechanical part, and electrical geometry from the tree.
    • The table generated using Table Management.

    When you select the required element from the harness data, its linked element from the flattened data is highlighted, and vice-versa.

Generate Bill of Material

You can generate and export the Bill Of Material (BOM) comparing the quantities of devices, supports, conductors, conductor groups, and mechanical parts of the flattened source data with the target harness data.

  1. From the Manufacturing Options list, select BOM Comparison.
  2. Select the root product of the required target harness data.

    You can drag the BOM report out of the 3DEXPERIENCE window.

  3. Select the required row to cross-highlight its corresponding elements in the flatten and the harness data.
  4. To reframe the elements from the row in the flatten data, right-click the required row and select Reframe On.
  5. Click to export the report in an excel sheet.