Creating a Control Characteristic in an Explorer
To create a control characteristic in an Explorer:
1. Select one of the following:
◦ A part or assembly in the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer
◦ A process plan in the Process Plan Explorer
2. Click the Control Characteristics tab.
3. Click the new control characteristic icon
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The New Control Characteristic window opens.
4. If more than one type of control characteristic has been defined in the system, select a control characteristic type from the Type drop-down list and click Next.
5. Fill in the required fields (indicated by an asterisk) and any other desired fields. Before you can save the information in this window, you must fill in all required fields.
| Use the Model Item field to assign a model item to the control characteristic. |
6. Click OK.
| To associate multiple control characteristics with a process, click  . |
Creating Control Characteristics Using the Process Plan Explorer
Using the process plan explorer to create a control characteristic allows you to associate a control characteristic with the process plan or a related part that exists in a different view that you do not have modify rights to. If a control characteristic is created without a model item relationship, then it belongs to the process plan. A control characteristic created from a process plan belongs only to the related part when the selected model item comes from the related part.
