Automatically update PMI from NX and Teamcenter JT sources

Using a defined workflow in Teamcenter, you can automatically update JT data containing product manufacturing information (PMI) when JT files in a structure are changed and saved in NX and Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner. Alternately, you can improve performance and scalability by updating PMI information for a manually created list of specific JT nodes, thus avoiding the need to update PMI information for an entire engineering bill of materials (EBOM).

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To update an entire structure, no action is required but to make and save the changes in a modeling program such as NX and in Teamcenter.

1. In the modeling program, update a subassembly in a structure by modifying the preferred subassembly of the EBOM and then saving only that subassembly to Teamcenter.The following example illustrates a selected middle subassembly for which PMI information has been modified. Note For more information on PMI in NX, search for PMI in the appropriate version of the NX Support Center documentation.

2. In Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner, in the EBOM, open the subassembly as an attachment, right-click the subassembly JT file, and then choose Copy.

3. In the EBOM, select any node from the structure, press Ctrl + n, and in the New Process Dialog dialog box, from the Process Template list, select PMI Characteristics Extractor.

4. In the Attachments tab, right-click the Targets folder, choose Paste to paste the JT file copy, and click OK.

In Teamcenter Easy Plan, the updated PMI is visible in the PMI Assembly Level tab of the Work Instructions Authoring page.