Working with Alternate Units
The Alternate Units tab displays a list of Alternate Units for an object. Alternate units are a way of defining a different unit for an object other than its default unit. For example, for a part that has a default unit of “each”, you can define an alternate unit of “box”, where one box is equal to five parts.
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To enable Alternate Units you must first set the Alternate Units Tab Display preference. This preference can be found in the Preference Management, at the Site level, by navigating to PSE/MPMLink specific preferences.
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Alternate units can be applied to the following objects:
• Parts
• Process Plans
• Operations
• Sequences
The Alternate Units tab attributes that appear in the table are described below:
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Attribute
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Description
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Unit
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The name of the alternate unit being used for the selected object.
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Numerator
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The original designation for the unit; for example, if a part has a default unit of “each” the numerator could be one.
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Denominator
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The alternate designation for the unit; for example, if a part has a default unit of “each” the denominator for the alternate box unit could be five. The alternate unit of one box then, would be equivalent to five parts.
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Available Actions
The following table explains the actions available from the toolbar on this tab:
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Alternate Units Task Tool Bar
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Icon
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Action
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Description
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Add
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Opens the New Alternate Unit window where you can create a new alternate unit for the selected object.
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Remove
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Removes the alternate unit from the selected object.
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Column Details
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Opens the Column Details window, which can be used to configure the columns displayed in the table.
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