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Electronic Work Instructions user interface
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This graphic displays the default Electronic Work Instructions user interface. Your user interface may look different as your administrator can configure many aspects of it.
| (1) | Selected work package or process View the work package or process that is currently selected and whose work instruction information and associated documents you see in the different panes. You can also move between parent and child processes or operations using the bread crumb trail. Note Your administrator can: Specify which item types are used as a navigation structure in the EWI_NavigationStructure preference. Hide the header (area marked LG Work Package above), footer (Prev Step, Next Step below), or frame (the blue areas) using the EWI_HiddenComponents preference. Preference values include Header, Footer, and Frame. Configure which object properties are displayed in the following preferences: EWI_package_header_cc_properties EWI_package_header_process_properties EWI_package_header_product_properties EWI_package_header_plant_properties |
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| (2) | Instructions pane View a work instruction attached to a selected process or operation in the Instructions pane. Your administrator can define the properties or relations that appear in the Instructions pane in the EWI_InstructionRelationsInfo preference. Your administrator can specify different layouts using the EWI_Layout preference and also configure which tabs are visible using the following preferences: EWI_SinglePanelLayout EWI_TwoPanelLayout EWI_ThreePanelLayout |
| (3) | Gallery viewer Display 3D product views and images in the Viewer pane. View mandatory documents associated with the selected process or operation in the Documents pane, if available. View optional documents that support the selected process or operation in the References pane. View movies associated with the selected process or operation in the Animations pane. View individual activities that support the selected process or operation in the Activities pane. Note If there are no items of a specific type, the tab for that type of item is not displayed. For example, if no animations are attached, you do not see an Animation pane. Your administrator can configure which objects are loaded in the following preferences: EWI_ImageRelationsInfo EWI_AnimationRelationsInfo EWI_DocumentRelationsInfo EWI_ReferenceDocumentRelationsInfo |
| (4) | Parts and Tools panes Display parts consumed and tools used by a step. Your administrator can configure what is shown in these panes. |
| (5) | Navigation buttons Move through the work package steps. Your administrator can hide the navigation buttons using the EWI_HiddenComponents preference. |
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.xid2214895/xid597403 · retrieved 2026-07-11