Primary Area

The primary area of the Instruction Authoring section provides commands for creating different kinds of work instructions and for adding snapshots of operations to the instructions.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Create Data Collect
Flyout for Create View
Flyout for Creating Markers
Flyout for Resource and Manufacturing Item Sub Components
Flyout for Manikin Posture


	Create Text Instruction Creates a nonspecific instruction that can have different attachments and views associated with it. See Using Create Text Instruction.


	Create Data Collect Plan Instruction See Flyout for Create Data Collect.


	Create Sign Off Instruction Create work instructions that require a sign off as part of the work process. See Using Create Sign Off Instruction.


	Create Alert Instruction Create an alert work instruction whenever you want to warn workers about safety or equipment concerns in an operation. See Using Create Alert Instruction.


	Create View for Operation See Flyout for Create View.


	Activate Views for Operation Selecting this command undoes a previous Deactivate Views for Operation command. Activation means views are visible when you play the operation sequence. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.


	Deactivate Views for Operation Deactivate the views for an operation to avoid seeing the views when you play the operation sequence. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.


	Redraw Views for Operation Redraw the thumbnails of views for an operation. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.


	Delete All Views for Operation Select the operation and click to delete all the views. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.


	Label See Flyout for Creating Markers.


	Measure Item Measures properties associated with a selected item. See Measure - Creating Measures


	Measure Between Measures the distance and angle between two items. See Measure - Creating Measures


	Sectioning Creates volume cuts of the visual representation. See Sectioning - Creating a Section


	Instruction Authoring From the Instruction Authoring Secondary Action bar, select the commands. See Secondary Area.


	Instruction Assignment Manager Assign instructions to Views. Select a Textual Instruction, a Data Collect Plan Row or a View under the Operation. Use the double arrows to select from the Assignable items. See Using the Instruction Assignment Manager.


	Define Resource Sub Component See Flyout for Resource and Manufacturing Item Sub Components.


	Display FTA for Items Shows FTA data attached to the design of the items. See Using Enable/Disable FTA for Item.


	Insert Image from FTA Capture Adds an image of FTA data to a view. See Inserting FTA Captures into a View.


	Manipulate Manipulation Move a component by freehand translation or rotation with the mouse. See Manipulating Items along with Detecting Clashes.


	Snap Snaps a Product / Item / Resource. See Using Snap and Measure


	Linear Explode Explodes the content in a linear direction. See Creating a Linear Exploded View.


	3-Axis Explode Explodes the selected assembly in three orthogonal directions. See Creating a 3-Axis Exploded View.


	Manikin Postures See Flyout for Manikin Posture

Flyout for Create Data Collect


	Create Data Collect Plan Instruction Create work instructions that direct workers to provide information such as inventory tracking or defect counts. See Using Create Data Collect Plan Instruction.


	Create Data Collect Checklist Instruction Create a Data Collect composed of Boolean checks to be performed. See Using Create Data Collect Checklist Instruction.

Flyout for Create View


	Create View for Operation Creates a snapshot or view of an operation. The view may or may not contain dressup. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.


	Create View with Specified Area for Operation Creates a snapshot or view of a specified area for an operation. The view may or may not contain dressup. See Creating a View or a Specified Area for Operation.

Flyout for Creating Markers

Note: To copy and paste the Markers, the current Operation (for which Views are being authored) needs to be made the UI active object to enable the paste of Markers. To do this, make the PPR tree visible (if not already visible) and then double-click the current Operation to make it the UI active object. A blue rectangle / background behind an object's name in the tree is an indicator that is it the UI active object. After creating the Marker, right-click and select copy, then make sure it is active, and select Paste. For quick multiple pastes, use Ctrl + V.


	Label Creates a text annotation, using the business logic. See Creating a Label


	Text Creates a text annotation. See Creating and Editing a Text Marker in a View


	Picture Creates a picture marker. See Creating Picture Markers


	Magnifier Creates a Picture Marker with a magnified view of a specified area. See Creating a Magnifier Picture Marker.


	Associative View Creates an Associative View Picture. See Using the Associative View.


	Hyperlink Creates a marker that is linked to a document or a web page. See Creating Hyperlink Markers


	Circle Creates a circular marker. See Creating Circular and Rectangular Markers


	Arrow Creates a marker with a unidirectional arrow. See Arrow in Flyout for Label


	Left Right Arrow Creates a marker with a bidirectional arrow. See Left Right Arrow in Flyout for Label


	Rectangle Creates a rectangular marker. See Creating Circular and Rectangular Markers


	Line Create a line. See Create a 2D Shape Marker

Flyout for Resource and Manufacturing Item Sub Components


	Define Resource Sub Component Create/Edit Capable Resource Sub Components for the Active Operation. See Using Define Resource Sub Component.


	Define Mfg Item Sub Component When a view is active, select Leaf-Level-Manufacturing-Items (LLMI) for defining them as Sub-Component-Mfg-Items (SCMI) See Using Define Mfg Item Sub Component.

Flyout for Manikin Posture


	Apply Manikin Posture You can apply (predefined) postures on a manikin (human) inside a View. See Applying or Removing a Manikin Posture.


	Remove Manikin Posture You can remove a manikin posture. See Applying or Removing a Manikin Posture.