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Process Plan Selection Tab
The Process Plan Selection tab is used to select specific process elements for re-use in the current process plan. For example, to copy an operation from one process plan to another.
Available Actions
The following table explains the actions available from the toolbars on this tab:
Process Plan Selection Task Tool Bar
Icon
Action
Description
Open Process Plan
Opens the Search window where you can search for an existing process plan to associate to open.
Close active structure
Closes the active structure.
Open In
Opens the product structure in a Creo View window.
Open in Explorer
Opens the selected process plan in a new Process Plan Explorer. Opens the related parts and resources of the selected operation.
Select in
Use to select the selected object and its related objects in an open Creo View explorer.
Select in Explorer
Use to select the selected object and its related objects in an open explorer or selection tab.
Edit Filter
Use to filter the structure using the configuration specifications defined by you. This option opens the Edit Expansion Criteria window so you can choose the criteria by which process plan structures are expanded. The configuration specification set by using this menu selection applies only to the current process plan displayed in the Process Plan Selection tab.
Show Filter List
Opens a window showing a list of saved filters for the current user and any filters shared to the current user. To display a shared filter in this list use the Manage window and select Show for the shared filter. A default filter for the current context appears at the top of the list. Selecting an item in the list of filters in this window applies the filter to the current product structure.
Refresh
Updates the structure of the selected object according to the current configuration specification.
Information
Opens the Windchill PDMLink information page, which displays the actions and attributes for process plan.
Copy
Places the selected object on the clipboard so the object can be an associated object for another process plan element.
Select Parent
Selects the parent of the currently selected object.
Expand All
Fully expands the structure of the selected object according to the current configuration specification.
Find in Structure
Finds objects that meet the entered criteria. Objects are displayed in the structure pane. Click Find Next to move to the next object that meets the entered criteria. Possible search types include Name and Number searches, and if visualization is enabled, geometric spatial searches.
Column Details
Opens the Column Details window, which the columns displayed in the table.