Additional Capabilities > Manufacturing Process Management > Working with Process Plans and Standard Procedures > Creating Operations
Creating Operations
The following procedure can be performed using the Process Plan Browser.
To create multiple operations:
1. From the navigation pane, select the process plan or the operation that you want to create operations for.
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Selecting an operation creates sub-operations.
2. Click the Uses tab.
The Operations table appears.
3. Click the create icon.
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You can also insert an operation after the selected operation by clicking the Insert Operations After icon.
The Insert Operations window opens.
4. Enter the number of operations that you would like to create. The number of operations must be between 1 and 60.
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If multiple operation types are possible, select the type of operation to insert.
5. Select Checkout Object? to check out all operations.
6. Click OK.
The operations appear in the navigation pane.
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Default values for the new operations are taken from the parent operation, or from the most recently created operation.
Inserting Operations in Process Plan Browser
Use the Insert Operations action available in the Process Plan Browser to insert operations or standard operations under a process plan or an operation.
Perform the following steps:
1. Browse to the Structure tab of the Process Plan Browser.
2. In the process plan tree structure, select a process plan or an operation.
3. In the Editing action set, select Insert > Insert Operations. The Insert Operations dialog box opens. Alternatively, you can right-click and select Editing > Insert Operations to open the Insert Operations dialog box.
4. Enter the number of operations or standard operations that you would like to create. The number must be between 1 and 60.
5. In the Type list, select Operation or Standard Operation.
6. Select Checkout Object? checkbox to check out all operations.
7. Click OK to add operations or standard operations under the selected entity in step 2 and close the Insert Operations dialog box.
The newly added operation appear in the process plan tree structure.
Using the Insert Operations After Action
Use the Insert Operations After action available in the Process Plan Browser to insert operations or standard operations after the selected operation.
1. Browse to the Structure tab of the Process Plan Browser.
2. In the process plan tree structure, select an operation.
3. In the Editing action set, select Insert > Insert Operations After. The Insert Operations After dialog box opens. Alternatively, you can right-click and select Editing > Insert Operations After to open the Insert Operations After dialog box.
4. Enter the number of operations or standard operations that you would like to create. The number must be between 1 and 60.
5. In the Type list, select Operation or Standard Operation.
6. Select Checkout Object? checkbox to check out all operations.
7. Click OK to add operations or standard operations under the selected operation and close the Insert Operations dialog box.
The newly added operation appear in the process plan tree structure after the operation selected in step 2.
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