Control Characteristics Tab

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In a process, part, assembly, or system, control characteristics are any functional features, geometrical or material properties, that can be qualified, measured, or quantified and for which variation or deviation control is necessary.

Use the Control Characteristics tab to view and add control characteristics, as well as manage the resources allocated to a control characteristic. Different options are available, depending on the object selected in the structure pane:

• If a part or process plan is selected then use this tab to create control characteristics

• If an operation is selected then use this tab to allocate control characteristics and resources to other control characteristics

Available Actions

The following table explains the actions available from the toolbar on this tab:

Control Characteristics Task Toolbar
Icon	Action	Description
	Insert Existing	Adds an existing control characteristic.
	Insert New	Adds a new control characteristic.
	Remove Standard Control Characteristic	Removes the selected control characteristic from the part or operation to which it was allocated.
	Copy Standard Control Characteristic	Copies the selected control characteristic to the clipboard.
	Paste	Moves the control characteristic on the clipboard to the designated location.
	Assign Control Characteristic from Product	Fetches all the control characteristics from the allocated part and the related part.
	Assign Control Characteristic from Process	Fetches all the model item from the attached EPM document.
	Update Model Item	Searches for and selects a new model item that is to be associated with the control characteristic.

Attributes in Control Characteristics Tab

The following attributes are present in the Control Characteristics tab of Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser:

• Number

• Name

• Category

• Version

• Model Item Graphical Representation

• Part Name

Part Name displays the name of the part to which the control characteristic is associated.

Using the process plan browser 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.

A standard control characteristic can be linked multiple times to a same or different operation.