Creating a Contextual Scope for Reusing Systems and Operations

You can now add a "contextual" System-Item scope to specify which system instance will realize a particular item instance.

Before you begin: Open content comprising product, system, and manufacturing assembly structures and start Process Planning. In the following scenario, which illustrates contextual scope on the components of a skateboard:
  • The manufacturing assembly structure includes two assembly instances for the axis-wheel subassemblies (Front and Back).
  • The system structure includes two system instances for the axis-wheel subsystems (Front and Back).
  • Appropriate reference-reference scopes are already set up between the products, manufacturing assemblies and systems.
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Contextual Scope for Reusing Systems and Operations
  1. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Assignments Manager .
  2. Select the Loading operation for the right wheel of the front axis-wheel subsystem.



    The Assignment Manager panel appears. It lists the assignable items for the selected operation. These are all the item instances for the front and back axis-wheel subassemblies.



  3. Close the Assignment Manager panel.
  4. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Manage Scopes and select the front axis-wheel subsystem.
    The Manage Scopes panel appears, showing the existing reference-reference scope.



    Tip: A contextual scope can be used to specify that the front axis-wheel subsystem will realize the front and back axis-wheel subassemblies.
  5. Click "PLUS" in the Manage Scopes panel, and select the front axis-wheel manufacturing subassembly.
    The contextual scope is created.



  6. Click Assignments Manager .
  7. Select the Loading operation for the right wheel of the front axis-wheel subsystem.

    The Assignment Manager panel appears. The assignable items for the selected operation are the item instances for the front axis-wheel subassembly only.