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MPMLink Browsers
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Windchill MPMLink explorers are in the process of being replaced by Windchill MPMLink browsers. The functionality provided by the browsers is similar, and in some cases more advanced than what is currently available in the explorers.
Windchill MPMLink browsers are used to view, modify, and organize manufacturing objects. Each browser consists of a multi-pane panel that enables you to view the structure and configure the attributes and relationships of the Windchill MPMLink object(s) contained therein. The left-side pane displays a hierarchical structure (representing a manufactured product or manufacturing resources such as a plant, process plan, operation, or work center). The right-side pane is organized by various browser-specific tabs that can be used to view and configure the attributes and relationships of the object selected in the structure.
You perform various tasks on selected objects in the structure by selecting options from the Actions menu, or by clicking icons in the browser toolbar located at the top of the panel.
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The information displayed in the right-side pane always pertains to the object currently selected in the left-side structure pane.
When you install Windchill MPMLink on your Windchill PDMLink system, the browsers listed in the following table are installed. For more information, click on the browser name in the table.
Browser Name
Description
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Provides the ability to define manufacturing product structure processes and the specifications created for handling material during the execution of operations when manufacturing, repairing, inspecting, or maintaining parts in their plants. Also used to manage the associative relationships between engineering and manufacturing BOMs.
AWindchill MPMLink Product folder.
Right-click in the part or assembly object row and select the action Open in > Open in Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser from the menu.
Provides the ability to define and manage the physical and human resources required to manufacture products. These resources could include physical plants, manufacturing resources, and resource groups.
The Structure tab of the resource object’s Information page.
Provides the ability to define process plans, which are the detailed descriptions of what needs to be done on the shop floor in order to produce, inspect, repair or maintain a given part or assembly.
The Structure tab of the process plan object’s Information page.