To Use Manufacturing Process Planning for MFG
The following procedure outlines a typical session in Manufacturing Process Planning for MFG.
1. Click File > New to create a new process assembly, or click File > Open to open an existing assembly.
2. Select Manufacturing as the Type.
3. Select Process Plan as the Sub-type.
4. Type a name for the process assembly and click OK.
5. If you did not set up a work center, click Manufacturing > Work Center and select a work center type. For example, click Mill to set up a milling work center.
6. Set up the work center.
7. If you did not define an operation, click
Operation to create a new operation.
8. Define the operation parameters in the Operation tab.
9. If an operation already exists, depending on your current setup, you can create or redefine the following step types:
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Fixture—Create a typical setup [place part A in fixture B].
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Reference Model—Assemble Workpieces, Ref Models, General Assemblies and Mfg Assemblies.
◦ Create milling, hole making, turning, and WEDM step types which can be performed at this workstation type.
◦ General—Create all of the step types which can be performed at any workstation type. These steps include inspect, paint, debur, edge break, and so on.
◦ Surface—Create all of the step types which are specific to surface workcells. These steps do not perform any changes to the component geometries.
◦ Volume—Create all of the step types which are specific to volume workcells. These steps include heat treating and shrinkage. These steps do not perform any changes to the component geometries.
10. Define the step. Select components to be assembled directly from the screen or from the Model Tree window.
11. Define additional elements (such as, description of the step, a simplified representation, time, and cost estimates) for the step.
12. Define additional steps.
13. To replay the steps, click
Manufacturing >
Play Steps.
14. Create detail drawings of the manufacturing process by adding the process step model to a drawing. You can add a view of the model in a step and simplified representation of your choice.
15. Use Reports to create a manufacturing report table for the step, which lists only the components assembled during the active step or a table of manufacturing parameters. The system lists a new set of report symbols, beginning with a &mfg prefix, and unique to process steps.
16. In a drawing, when you create a view of another step, set the current default state to use in the next view you place.