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Visualizing Manufacturing Resources
You can use the Manufacturing Resource Browser to perform many advanced manufacturing tasks on your resources, such as:
Defining a plant or workstation layout by instantiating manufacturing resources within it and positioning them in 3d using Creo View
Viewing a plant or workstation layout in 3D using the Visualization tab.
Viewing the process plan in the context of a Plant structure. A Process plan can be opened in its related plant to visualize and validate the flow of the operations within the Plan. With this you can:
Open the operation in CreoView and validate its feasibility in a workstation.
Using 3D position the parts allocated to an operation within the context of the workstation to which it has been localized.
Using Playback mode visualize the flow of the assembly process on the shop floor.
Using the Playback Actions feature, view the parts and resources that are used in operations and sequences in the context of a manufacturing plant. As your product moves through the manufacturing process, each step is displayed in a visual representation of the work center where that operation is performed.
Visualize by color, the parts that are part of the related assembly that has been allocated to the process plan.
To visualize resources:
1. Select the resource in the tree picker.
2. Open the context menu of the resource and select from one of the following visualization options:
Select in Visualization
Hide in Visualization
Show in Visualization
Isolate in Visualization
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To automatically load a resource structure in the visualization tab each time it is opened, use the Preference Management utility to change the preference: Load The Structure in Visualization Tab On Demand.