Creating Manufacturing Requirements

You can generate manufacturing requirements defining 3D Tolerancing & Annotation requirement specifications for consumable annotations. Consumable annotations are the ones which define the manufacturing information for any product.

Before you begin:
  • Clear the Disable template creation and the Disable Generate Manufacturing Requirements check boxes under the Annotation Set available in Me > Preferences 3D Tolerancing & Annotation > Administration expander.
  • Create and save a geometrical feature with various annotations created on it.
  1. In the tree, right-click the required annotation set and select Generate Manufacturing Requirements .
    The requirement is generated from each consumable annotation and the execution report is displayed. The customized requirements are also generated if the business logic is set for the same in Data Setup. See Generate Customized Manufacturing Requirements (ComputeFTAReqTypes).
    Note: You can manage the consumable annotations as below:
    1. Right-click the required annotation and select Properties.
    2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Manufacturing tab and clear the Consumable check box.
  2. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Links & Relations.

    You can also double-click the Implement Relations node in the tree.

    In the Edit Links & Relations dialog box, the following nodes are displayed:
    • Impement.x: Displays the below nodes when expanded:
      • Product name node which is the source for generating requirement specification
      • Requirement Specification.X node
    • Physical product name: Displays all the requirements when expanded
  3. Expand the Impement.x node.
    The generated requirement specification is displayed.
    Notes:
    • When you duplicate a 3D part having an implementation link, the implementation link of that duplicated part is linked to the original FTA requirements.
    • When you modify or insert any consumable annotation, the manufacturing requirement is updated or created accordingly.
    • When you delete the entire annotation set or assembly annotation set, manufacturing requirements still exist. You need to delete them manually.
    • When you generate manufacturing requirements on imported V5 features, manufacturing requirements are generated for all the annotations except annotations from the following:
      • As result annotation sets
      • Engineering connections that are not loaded corresponding to assembly annotations
  4. Save the session and, in the Search box, enter the name of the requirement specification.

    You can also search for the requirements under requirement specification.

  5. In the search result, right-click the required requirement specification to open or explore it.

    You can select any of the following:

    • Explore > Explore with System Finder: To explore the requirements in System Finder.
    • Open With > Smart Open in RFLP: To open the requirements in Functional & Logical Design in the form of 2D graphs. For more information, see Product Development Model Based: System Finder User's Guide: Navigation on RFLP Structures: Managing the Display of an RFLP Structure.
    • Explore with Collaboration and Approvals: To explore the manufacturing requirements in Collaboration and Approvals. For more information, see Collaboration and Approvals User's Guide.