In Work
New CAD drawings are created in the In Work state. A CAD drawing's
name can be automatically generated or calculated by the owner. In either case
the Create New CAD drawing page is used to generate the CAD drawing and connect
it to the appropriate ECO and part objects.
The owner performs whatever CAD work is necessary to generate the new
file(s), then checks them into the object and promotes it to the Frozen state.
As the CAD drawing leaves the In Work state, the following checks are
fired:
- The CAD drawing must be connected to a change action or change
order. Only one CA can be connected to the CAD drawing with "For Release" as
the Requested Change value.
- All earlier revisions of this CAD drawing must be at the Released
state.
If these checks pass, the CAD drawing will be promoted to the next
state.
Frozen
The CAD drawing is reviewed and approved from the Frozen state by the
Responsible Manufacturing Engineer. The review should include viewing its
file(s). The permissions in this state do not allow any new files to be checked
into the CAD drawing. Once the Responsible Manufacturing Engineer is satisfied
that the CAD drawing correctly defines the part(s) it is intended to specify,
s/he promotes it to the Released state. The owner is also allowed to promote if
the owner belongs to the same project and organization.
If the CAD drawing is connected to a part with the "Part
Specification" relationship, then there must be a CA connected to the CAD
drawing before it can be promoted to the Released state. No associated CA is
necessary if the CAD drawing is not connected to a part, or if it is connected
to a part with the "Reference Document" relationship only.
Note:
Users with the Author role cannot promote development phase parts,
production phase parts, CAD models, CAD drawings, drawing prints, or part
specification from Frozen to Approved.
Approved
After the CAD Drawing enters the Approved state, all proposed changes
connected to the CAD Drawing's CA are checked to see if they are also in the
Approved state. If all proposed changes are in the Approved state, the CA is
automatically promoted to the Frozen state. If any single proposed change
connected to the CA is in a state prior to Approved, the CA is not promoted to
the Frozen state.
Note:
Users with the Author role cannot demote development phase parts,
production phase parts, CAD models, CAD drawings, drawing prints, or part
specification from Approved to Frozen.
Released
As a CAD drawing enters the Released state, an Action fires that
disconnects all Part Specification relationships between the previous revision
of this CAD drawing and its parts then connects identical Drawing Specification
relationships between those same parts and this CAD drawing. This process has
the same effect as if float were defined on the TO end of the Part
Specification relationship.
Another Action also fires as the CAD drawing enters the Released state
that automatically changes the owner of the CAD drawing to be a special user in
the system, "Corporate." This locks down the CAD drawing so no additional
changes can be made and it removes the CAD drawing from the engineer's desk.
In the Released state no disconnections of any relationships are
allowed. Connections are however permitted to CR objects that want to revise
the CAD drawing.
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