In Work
New drawing prints and new drawing print revisions are created in the
In Work
state. A drawing print's name can be automatically generated or calculated by
the owner. In either case, the Create New Drawing Print or Create New Drawing
Print Revision pages are used to generate the drawing print and connect it to
the appropriate change objects and part objects.
The owner performs whatever CAD work is required to generate the new
file(s), then checks them into the object and promotes it to the
Frozen
state.
As the drawing print leaves the
In Work
state, the following checks are fired:
- The drawing print must be connected to a change action or change
order. Only one CA can be connected to the drawing print with "For Release" as
the Requested Change value.
- All earlier revisions of this drawing print must be at the
Released
state.
If these checks pass, the Drawing Print will be promoted to the next
state.
Frozen
The drawing print is reviewed and approved from the
Frozen
state by the Responsible Manufacturing Engineer. The review can include viewing
its file(s). The permissions in this state do not allow any new files to be
checked into the drawing print. Once the Responsible Manufacturing Engineer is
satisfied that the drawing print correctly defines the part(s) it is intended
to specify, 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 drawing print is connected to a part with the "Part
Specification" relationship, then there must be a CA connected to the drawing
print before it can be promoted to the
Released
state. No associated CA is required if the drawing print 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 drawing print enters the Approved state, all proposed
changes connected to the drawing print'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.
A trigger is available (but is inactive, by default) to block CA
proposed changes from being promoted to the
Released
state unless the connected CA is already in the
Released
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 Drawing Print enters the
Released
state, an Action fires that disconnects all Part Specification relationships
between the previous revision of this drawing print and its parts then connects
identical Drawing Specification relationships between those same parts and this
drawing print. 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 drawing print enters the
Released
state that automatically changes the owner of the drawing print to be a special
user in the system, "Corporate." This locks down the drawing print so no
additional changes can be made and it removes the drawing print 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 Drawing Print.
Note:
Drawing prints connected to change-required development parts can
be released without a change object.
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