Creating and Updating Parts List Illustrations
These processes describe how to create and update illustrations from the Parts List Editor. They are supported for illustrations created for Creo Illustrate 4.2 or higher or Arbortext IsoDraw 7.3 M110 or higher. For information on working with Creo Illustrate, see the Creo Illustrate Help Center.
To create a Parts List illustration, Windchill first creates a Parts List structure document which is a .pvz representation of the parts list and is used by Creo Illustrate to create the illustration. Creo Illustrate uses this input to create a Creo Illustrate document (.c3di). The .c3di source document is edited using Creo Illustrate. When the edited document is ready for use, the illustration is published as another .pvz document that can be viewed online or published as .pdf.
The New Illustration action creates the structure document and the .c3di document, and opens Creo Illustrate for editing the .c3di document.
If the BOM data or Parts List changes, the Update Illustration action is used to open Creo Illustrate and include the updates to the .c3di file.
Create an Illustration
Before starting to create an illustration, decide if you want to have access to the Illustration Source object (Graphic Dynamic Document or GDD) for the illustration. By default, this process hides GDDs. To make them available, specify an output folder for the current container with the preference > .
For more information, see Setting Service Preferences.
To create an illustration and add it to the parts list:
1. In the Structure tab of the Parts List Editor, select the root node of the parts list you want to illustrate.
2. From the context menu, choose > .
You can also find the action in the Illustration drop-down menu in the Related Objects action set.
The action is available for users with create permissions for parts list illustrations.
The New Illustration dialog box opens.
For more information, see New Illustration.
3. In the Set Attributes tab, define these required attributes:
◦ Template—select Creo Illustrate or IsoDraw
◦ Name
◦ Location —where you want to save the new illustration
4. Click Next to move to the Set Filter tab.
Alternatively, click Finish to create the illustration with the current filter applied, and add it to the parts list.
5. In the Set Filter tab, configure the content filter you want to apply. The dialog displays the current default filter set for the Parts List Editor, if you do not make changes here.
There are two options for setting the filter:
◦ Select a saved filter from the Saved Filters list
◦ Define a new filter configuration based on Configuration Specification, Option Filter, Attribute Filter and Service Effectivity settings, as required.
For more information, see Creating and Updating Parts List Illustrations.
The Service Parts preference Cascade filtering into parts list representation’s low-level parts specifies whether the filter should apply to top level parts only, or should be passed into lower levels of the parts list.
For more information, see Filtering the Display of Parts.
6. Click Finish. The illustration is created, checked in and added to the parts list.
The illustration opens in Creo Illustrate or Arbortext IsoDraw. You can now complete work on the illustration if required, such as managing figures, animations, callouts, and so on.
When you save the illustration in Creo Illustrate, it is saved back to the Windchill repository.
If the Illustration Source Folder Location preference has a value for the current container, the Illustration Source object (Graphic Dynamic Document/GDD) for the illustration is output to the specified location.
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This process uses the illustration template available for your Site. Ask your administrator to update the template with a custom version, if required.
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Update an Existing Illustration
To update an existing illustration in a parts list:
1. In the parts list, select the illustration you want to update.
2. From the context menu, choose > .
You can also find the action in the Illustration dropdown menu in the Related Objects action set.
The action is available for users with Update permissions for parts list illustrations.
The Update Illustration dialog box opens.
For more information, see Update Illustration.
3. In the Set Filter tab, specify whether to use the existing filter or navigation criteria, or define new ones.
The dialog box displays the filter and navigation criteria that were applied for the current version of the illustration.
4. Click Finish.The illustration is updated and checked in. It remains in the parts list.
The illustration opens in Creo Illustrate or Arbortext IsoDraw. You can now complete work on the illustration if required.