Populate or update PMI using a Teamcenter utility

You can use the Teamcenter utility populate_pmis_info.exe on a machine with NX and Teamcenter installed to populate or update product manufacturing information (PMI) objects in your Teamcenter Easy Plan database for use in Process Planning for ETO.

Another option is to use the preference MciImportPMIWorkflowName with a value of PMI Characteristics Extractor to populate objects into Teamcenter whenever a CAD model is saved from NX. However, if you don’t use this preference, then use populate_pmis_info.exe.

Procedure

1. In NX, modify the PMI information associated with the JT files that you want to add or update in Process Planning for ETO.

2. Open a Teamcenter prompt at the server's root location.

Example C:\Siemens\Teamcenterx\tcroot

3. Run the utility populate_pmis_info.exe and specify the following:

   The main structure root ID, which is the top node assembly ID
   
   
   The item ID, which is the ID of the subassembly in which PMIs to be added or updated are present
   

Example This command populates or updates PMI objects in this root and subassembly structure in the Work Instructions Authoring page of Process Planning for ETO: Copypopulate_pmis_info.exe -u=me -p=mypassword -g=dba -root=001110 -itemid=001116

Tip For help with specific utility parameters, at the prompt, type populate_pmis_info.exe -h.