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Assign or unassign PMI objects to a BOP

You can assign one or more product manufacturing information (PMI) objects to an operation in a bill of process (BOP) plan from the PMI Assembly Level tab to the lower PMI tab in the Authoring Work Instructions page. You can also unassign PMI objects from an operation via the PMI tab.

Procedure

  1. If you have not done so already, search for and open an existing work package that contains processes and parts and navigate to the Work Instructions Authoring page.

  2. Using the Process tab, define the operations that you want to handle specific PMI objects.

Tip You can assign more than one PMI object to an operation.

  1. On the Process tab, select an operation.

  2. In the PMI Assembly Level tab, select a content method relevant to the operation (Method 3 for a selected operation in the Assembly list).

  3. Do either of the following:

If there are unconsumed PMI objects you want to assign to the selected operation, drag them to the lower PMI tab. The objects are displayed in the PMI tab and are assigned to the operation.

On the PMI tab, select any PMI objects to be unassigned from the selected operation and click Unassign .

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.xid2214895/xid1967342 · retrieved 2026-07-11