Accessing and Using the System-Operation-Track Gantt Chart

You can use the Gantt chart to create a sequence, add activities to a sequence, arrange activities in a sequence, and edit the duration of sequences and their begin and end times. Gantt charts enable you to see where each sequence occurs in relation to other sequences in terms of time. You can work with sequence times either numerically and graphically. You can also add activities and tracks from the Gantt chart, and also use track operators from the Gantt chart.

Before you begin:

Open PPR context data, select Assembly Evaluation, and open 3D Simulation.

  1. Click Show Gantt Chart .
    The System-Operation-Track Gantt chart appears.
  2. Select a product in the 3D view.
    The Selection Assistant appears. It displays the name of the selected part and the corresponding manufactured item. The corresponding operation is highlighted.
  3. Change the Active Simulation Object (ASO) using the arrows in the ASO panel.

    The operation corresponding to the ASO is highlighted in the Gantt chart.

  4. Press F3 to display the tree.
  5. Select a part in the 3D view.
    The corresponding operation is highlighted in the Gantt chart and in the tree.
    Notes:
    • When an operation is selected in the Gantt chart, the corresponding products are highlighted in 3D view.
    • When an operation is selected in the tree, the corresponding node is highlighted in Gantt chart and the corresponding products are highlighted in the 3D view.
  6. Right-click on the nodes in the Gantt chart to create tracks (including kinematic tracks), apply track operators to tracks, or perform other actions for which the Gantt chart is uniquely suited, such as modifying the time or sequence of tracks.
  7. Select an operation or a system, and click Play in the Compass.
    The Experience Player appears enabling you to control the animation (play, play in reverse, step by step, and so on).
    Note: In this case, Simulate Specification Behavior Only or Simulate Specification Behavior and Abstract Product Motion must be set in the Simulation Options.
  8. Click Hide Gantt Chart when you no longer want the System-Operation-Track Gantt to appear.

 

See Also
Recording a Track
Creating a Kinematic Track
Using Track Operators to Output New Tracks