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Viewing a Work Instruction
A work instruction is a dynamically generated HTML page that combines process plan information (sequences, operation, part allocation, resource allocation, time, etc.) and all related documents such as drawings, images and 3D sessions with annotations.
Work instructions can be used on a manufacturing shop floor as a step by step guide on how to produce, inspect, repair or maintain parts. Because they are dynamically generated any change made to a process plan, operation or sequence is immediately accessible to a shop floor worker, ensuring that the most up-to-date manufacturing information is available at all times.
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Work instructions are generated according to the navigation criteria (configuration specification and option rules) set using the Preferences and Edit Filter windows. For example, work instructions can be generated so that only the operations meeting an effectivity criteria are displayed. If a process plan has multiple related assemblies the work instructions displays the part allocations from the active assembly.
Process Plan Browser
To generate a work instruction using the Process Plan Browser:
• Right-click on an operation and select Work Instructions > Generate Work Instructions.
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• On the information page for a process plan or operation, select Default Work Instructions from the Actions menu.
Process Plan Explorer
To generate a work instruction using the Process Plan Explorer:
1. From the navigation pane select the process plan or operation that has the work instruction you want to view.
2. Select View > Work Instructions.
An up-to-date, dynamically generated work instruction appears.
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Work instructions can also be generated by using the context menu of a work center in the Work Center Allocation graph.
For more information, see Viewing and Working with a Plant Layout.
Creating illustrations for work instructions is done by creating an illustration for an operation. Images can also be added to an operation as document file, and then selected to be displayed as work instruction. Documents that have been selected to appear in the work instruction are noted on the Documentation tab.
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When you click an illustration in a work instruction, the illustration opens in Creo View. If the illustration was created in Creo Illustrate, the image is read-only. Repositioning and annotation updates made in Creo View are not saved for those illustrations created in Creo Illustrate.
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