Sort and filter the PMI Assembly Level tab

When authoring your process plan, you can sort and filter product manufacturing information (PMI) objects in the PMI Assembly Level tab. As you can in most Active Workspace tabs, you can drag columns to rearrange the column order. You can also right-click a single column and sort the table by choosing:

• Sort Ascending to sort from A to Z and from zero (0) to the highest number.

• Sort Descending to sort from Z to A and from the highest number to zero (0).

Procedure

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

2. To filter the list of PMI objects by a text string, in the PMI Assembly Level tab, right-click a text column such as PMI Description, and then in the Text Filter text box, type the text that you want included in all PMI object results, and click Filter.

For example, type dat to limit the list of PMI objects to those that only contain the text string dat, such as Datum Feature Symbol. Text filters are not case-specific.

3. To filter the list of PMI objects by number, right-click a numeric column such as Nominal Value, and from Numeric Filter, select:

Equals to limit the results to only PMI objects with a specific value. For example, right-click the Upper Specification Limit column, type -0.0.2, and click Filter. The PMI Assembly Level tab now displays only PMI objects with USL values that are exactly equal to -0.0.2.

Greater Than to limit the results to only PMI objects with more than a specific value. For example, right-click the Nominal Value column, type 1.0, and click Filter. The PMI Assembly Level tab now displays only PMI objects with nominal values that are greater than 1.0.

Less Than to limit the results to only PMI objects with less than a specific value. For example, right-click the Lower Specification Limit column, type 0.1, and click Filter. The PMI Assembly Level tab now displays only PMI objects with USL values that are less than 0.1.

Range to limit the results to only PMI objects that fall within a specific numeric range. Example Right-click the Nominal Value column and:

     In the From text box, type `0.1`.
    
    
     In the To text box, type `-0.2`.
    
    
     Click `Filter`.
    
   
   The PMI Assembly Level tab now displays only PMI objects with nominal values that fall between the range of 0.1 and -0.2.

What to do next

Note

To clear the sort capabilities, right-click the sorted column and select No Sorting. To clear a filter, right-click the filter column and click Clear.