Structures Generated Using Routing Plan
When you select a routing plan as the source in the Initialize Manufacturing Structuresdialog box, the following structures are generated.
Generated Structures
If a single part was selected, the selected structure opens in plant layout. If multiple parts were selected, one of the parts in the selected list opens in plant layout. It displays the new process plan structure and routing plan associated with it. Any associated objects, such as operations and sequences, are also created and displayed under the process plan.
For more information on plant layout, see Opening Manufacturing Structures Associated with Routing Plan.
You can access all the objects from the confirmation message banner displayed at the top or from the folder location specified in the Initialize Manufacturing Structures dialog box. You can view the generated structures by navigating to the folder and opening the new part in BOM Transformer or opening the new routing plan in plant layout.
The name of the new process plan and routing plan is displayed in this format: <name of the source process plan or routing plan>_<number of the source process plan or routing plan>. The number suffix specified in the Initialize Manufacturing Structures dialog box is appended to the new process plan and routing plan number.
The new parts have the same names as the original ones, but you can identify them by the number suffix specified during generation.
Email Notification
The following email notifications are sent upon successful or unsuccessful completion of job.
Key Points About Generation of Manufacturing BOM
Manufacturing BOM generation depends on the downstream structure associated with the selected routing plan:
• When you select a routing plan associated with a downstream part that is not equivalent to any upstream part, the routing plan acts as a template for generating the downstream structure. You can specify transformation and restructuring rules in the rules file or properties file on the downstream part associated with the routing plan. To create equivalent links between specific parts, you can specify the equivalent link rules in the rules file or properties file using the equivalentLinkRules configuration. For more information, see Use Case 17: Generate a Downstream Structure and Create Equivalent Link Based on Template.
• When you select a routing plan associated with a downstream part that is equivalent to an upstream part, the downstream part associated with the routing plan acts as the template mBOM for generating the downstream structure and the upstream part acts as the similar eBOM. The transformation action that was used to generate the template mBOM, is now used to generate the similar mBOM. For more information, see Generating Using Existing BOMs.