PMI

In Process Planning for ETO, you can work with product manufacturing information (PMI) when you search for and open an existing work package that contains processes and parts and navigate to the Work Instructions Authoring page. PMI information is displayed in the PMI Assembly Level tab.

PMI provides engineering, manufacturing, quality control, and other data in a 3D model such as a JT file. Like a 2D drawing, PMI helps manufacturing designers and engineers to convey dimensional markup, but uses a single source 3D format to build and measure a part, automate tasks, and verify that manufactured results fall within specified parameters.

Note

• You cannot perform PMI commands without a PMI license.

• PMI is not supported on any version of the Teamcenter 14.2 release.

PMI is governed by the industry standards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A primary focus is on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), which is used to verify that products fall within the same specifications in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided inspection (CAI), and coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) software.

PMI can also include a bill of materials (BOM), weld symbols, surface and material specifications, change order information, other metadata, and related notes.