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Process Material Information Page
Process materials are items that can be ordered that are composed of a given material and are required to perform a given operation. Process materials do not appear in the BOM for the end item. Typical examples are paint, glue, and grease.
The process material information page is a collection point for information related to the process material. The information page of a process material is accessed by clicking the information icon .
From the information page, you can perform actions on a process material, as well as view the object attributes and any related information.
For an overview of information page functionality, see About Information Pages and Customizing Information Page Tabs.
Actions
Information pages contain a list of applicable actions in a menu in the upper left corner of the page. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the process material, as well as your access to it.
The following actions are of particular interest for this object.
Action
Description
Open in > Manufacturing Resource Explorer
Opens the Manufacturing Resource Explorer window, allowing you to create and manage manufacturing resources.
For more information, see Working with Resources
Display Related Manufacturing Objects
Opens the Display Related Manufacturing Objects window, providing access to the Object List table. The Object List table allows you to view, collect, and associate additional related objects to the given object.
Tabs
The following tabs are viewable on the process material information page. You can customize the tabs that appear on each object information page to display the information most useful to you. For more information, see Customizing Information Page Tabs.
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Administrators have the ability to modify the tabs that are viewable to you.
Tab
Description
Details
The Details tab displays the attributes of an object.
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. Also, see About Visualization.
The following attributes are of particular interest for this object.
• Process Material
• Attributes
• Dimensions
• Process
• System
Where Used
The Where Used tab allows you to determine in which assemblies or product structures the selected part is being used. From this tab you can view the following related tables:
• Process Plan Use
• Where Used
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill.
Related
The Related tab allows you to view, add, change, or remove parts, described by and referenced documents. From this tab you can view the following related tables:
• Parts
• Describe Linked
• References Documents
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill.
History
The History tab allows you to view the entire process of the object through its workflow states. From this tab you can view the following tables:
• Timeline
Displays a graphical timeline of the part through the workflow states.
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill.
Changes
The Changes tab displays information about change objects and tasks. From this tab you can view the following related tables:
• Issues and Variances
• Change Requests
• Affected by Change Notices
• Resulting from Change Notices
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill.
Collaboration
The Collaboration tab displays information on the object or objects it is associated with. It also provides an overview of project members’ interactions with the object. From this tab you can view the following related tables:
• Discussions
• Subscriptions
See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill.