Clone a process during process planning or work instructions

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If you have authored a process or operation, you can use that object as a template to create a new object. You can also select a cloning rule, which determines whether consumed parts and resources are assigned to the cloned object.

The

Copy

and

Paste

commands are available, respectively, from the bill of materials (BOM) and bill of process (BOP) toolbars. In Easy Plan, the ability to drag files or objects to other objects works the same way as it does in other applications. For more details on resequencing and moving elements, see

Rules for cloning, moving, and resequencing objects in the BOM or the BOP

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Prerequisites

You can use the Process.Template preference to define which process template rule is used to clone a process structure. Cloning rule options include:

• Mapping_Consume—Clones all consumed objects referenced by the template to a new object in the cloned structure.

• Referencing_Consume—References all consumed objects from the manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) into the cloned structure.

• Ignoring_Consume—Clones the process from the template, but ignores all consumed objects in the original process.

In addition, you must add the Process.Template preference to the AWC_StartupPreferences in the Teamcenter rich client.

See the Preferences section in the Active Workspace Administration documentation for a description of preferences and how to set them.

Procedure

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

2. If you are on the Work Instructions Authoring page, do the following.
   
   In the Process tab or panel, select a process or operation.
   
   In the Editor tab, next to the process or operation name you just selected, click , then select Add Clone.

3. If you are on the Process Planning page,
   
   In the Process panel, select the process or operation beneath which you want to create a clone.
   
   Click and select Add Process or Add Operation from the drop-down menu.

4. In the Add panel click the Search tab, and then search for the process or operation that you want to clone.
   Tip You can use wildcard characters in your search. For example, type STN to search for a work area item name that begins with STN. To ensure the best search results, create a query with narrow parameters.

5. From the results list, select the object you want to clone, and then click Next.

6. (Optional) Click Revision Rule, and select an option from the list.

7. Click Cloning Rule, and select an option from the list.
   Mapping_Consumes—Clones all consumed objects into the new object. Referencing_Consumes—References all consumed objects into the new object. Ignoring_Consumes—Ignores any consumed objects in the clone template, and only clones the process or operation.

8. Click Add as Clone.

                The cloned object is added to the structure.