Introduction

Raw Material, as you know, is the source that is used in making products.

For the procurement department, it indicates what raw materials to be purchased.

For the manufacturing department, it indicates which raw material to be used to build the parts when these parts are fabricated internally.

Raw material has properties that represent the way the material is consumed (by length, width, volume, and so forth).

Examples:

• Polyurethane Glue (consumed by volume or mass)
• Carbon Steel (consumed by length)

As-required

When the raw material consumption does not require a specific quantity, use the option “As Required” to precise this consumption:

In this case, you must define the “Dimension” (Volume, length, and so forth).

After saving this definition, you cannot modify it further.

Unit definition is optional (m3, liter, and so forth).

Raw Material definition in Engineering:

In the “Engineering Release” app, you have the following cases to define the consumption of the raw material for a physical product:

Case1 – Raw Material that the product is made from.

This definition links the Raw material directly with the product, to indicate the quantity and the unit that are required for manufacturing the product.

Once you select the Engineering Item for which you want to define this material, select the “Information” icon then select the tab “Make From” to:

• Search for the Raw Material
• Add it to the definition panel.
  • Here you can define if the quantity of the Raw Material is:

As Required

Or

Defined with dimension/unit

Case2 – Raw Material needed to fabricate/assemble other products in the assembly

You can use certain Raw Materials to assemble/connect parts of the assembly, such as glue.

In this case, the Raw Material is instantiated directly in the Engineering Definition (an instance of the Raw Material is created.)...

Click the “Existing Raw Material” command from the menu in the “Engineering Release” app to define this quantity:

Note: The definition of Raw Material using this method applies to the selected Engineering Item. In the example above, the Root Item is selected, and therefore the definition applies to it.

Raw material Quantity Views

 “Reference view” shows the total quantity (number of instances of this Raw Material) in the complete Engineering Definition (3 in the following example):

If you click on the number of instances (3), then you will see the details of these instances (the Raw Material Quantity per each instance):

“Usage View” will detail the Raw Materials used in the complete Engineering Definition, in the Engineering Definition itself:

The following video (R2023x FD02) illustrates this capability: