Starting from R2019x FD04, users working on the Engineering Definition from the “Engineering Release” widget are able to add, as content of the parent item, engineering items that represent volumes consumption of “Engineering Materials” such as glue, oil, water etc…, which are required in order to complete the product Engineering Definition.
We often refer to this topic as “continuous quantity” for volumes as well.
Pre-requisite (Engineering Material Definition):
The definition of the type of Engineering Material (currently implemented with “PLM Core Material”) is done in:
- The native clients (3DEXPERIENCE CATIA/SIMULIA)
Or
- Through import from external sources
The process:
Once the Engineering Material definition is available in the platform, it can then be instantiated in the “Engineering Release” widget in order to create child-engineering items that represent the consumption of a specific quantity of these materials (as “New volume of material”).
During this definition, the quantity per material must be defined. Currently, the definition is limited to “volume” type as a unit of measure:
- Liter (L)
- Deciliter (dL)
- Centiliter (cL)
- Milliliter (mL)
Once the unit is selected, a new engineering item is created with values in the following attributes:
- Core Material
- Declared Volume
Note:
- All other engineering items that do not represent materials, will have empty values in these attributes
- All engineering items (whether they represent the volume consumption or not) will have the same type: “Physical Product”
Calculating the total material quantity required for an engineering item:
The total material quantity is available using the “Group by Reference” option in the widget, which will calculate the total “Declared Volume” in a single unit: L (no matter the unit defined for each declared volume: L, dL, cL, mL), allowing product engineers to have a consolidated view of the global quantity of the material consumed in an engineering item.
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