About Manufacturing Assembly Attributes

You can define the Make/Buy status of each assembly and sub-assembly of the manufacturing assembly. Unassigned is a status defined by the program in some cases, but it cannot be defined by the user.

This page discusses:

See Also
Setting Manufacturing Assembly Attributes
About Manufacturing Assembly Structure Management

Available Status Attributes

The available statuses of a manufacturing assembly are Make/Buy/Unassigned.

When defining the manufacturing assembly structure, you can define the Make or Buy decision on each manufacturing assembly.

Unassigned is a status defined by the program in some cases, but it cannot be defined by the user.

Effect of Modifying a Status on a Manufacturing Assembly

Modifying the Make/Buy/Unassigned status of a manufacturing assembly can impact the status of its child sub-assemblies.

  • If the status of an assembly is Make, the status of the child sub-assemblies of the modified assembly are defined as Buy.
  • If the status of an assembly is Buy, the status of the child sub-assemblies of the modified assembly are defined as Unassigned.
  • If the status of an assembly is Unassigned, the status of the child sub-assemblies of the modified assembly are defined as Unassigned.

Impact of Group or Move on Make/Buy Status

Generally, the Make/Buy/Unassigned status of a target manufacturing assembly or manufactured part (the object on which the drop is done) does not change after a group or a move of another manufacturing assembly or manufactured part on it.

Impact of Group

If the status of the target assembly or part is Unassigned, the status of the new manufacturing assembly is defined as Unassigned.

If the status of the target assembly or part is Buy, the status of the new manufacturing assembly is defined as Make.

If the status of the target assembly is Make, the status of the new manufacturing assembly is defined as Make.

Impact of Moving a Manufactured Part to a Manufacturing Assembly

The status of the target manufacturing assembly stays the same.

The status of dropped part depends on the target assembly status:

  • If the status of the target assembly is Make, the status of the dropped part is defined as Buy
  • If the status of the target assembly is Buy or Unassigned, the status of the dropped part is defined as Unassigned

Impact of Moving a Manufacturing Assembly to Another Manufacturing Assembly

The status of the target manufacturing assembly stays the same.

The status of the dropped assembly depends on the target assembly status:

  • If the status of the target assembly is Make, the status of the dropped assembly is defined as follows:
    • If the status of the dropped assembly is Make, the status of the dropped assembly stays the same.
    • If the status of the dropped assembly is Buy, the status of the dropped assembly stays the same.
    • If the status of the dropped assembly is Unassigned, the status of the dropped assembly is defined as Buy.
  • If the status of the target assembly is Buy, the status of the dropped assembly is defined as Unassigned.
  • If the status of the target assembly is Unassigned, the status of the dropped assembly is defined as Unassigned.