Study basics

Working with studies

After you open a study from the Study Manager view, you see one of these study types:

• Shared studyIn the Study Manager, a shared study uses this icon . In other Manufacturing Process Planner views, a shared study uses this icon .

• Isolated studyIn the Study Manager, an isolated study uses this icon . In other Manufacturing Process Planner views, an isolated study uses this icon .

Sync and publish to studies

The sync and publish buttons are typically not needed for shared studies. They are frequently used with isolated studies. Isolated studies are normally used for event-based work in Process Simulate or as a way to set up alternative processes. When using isolated studies, the study contains alternate processes and operations, but has shared resources.

There are several commands related to isolated studies:

• Synchronize to Study – Updates the processes and operations in the study.

• Publish from Study – Updates the processes and operations in the process structure.

For more information, see the Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner documentation.

Adding operations to studies

To add operations from another station into a study, a copy and paste can be used. As data associated to these operations is shared, it is updated in all places. The user should take care to put only operations into the study that they intend to update, for example, OP1 in the diagram below. As this operation is linked to specific resources from Sta1, it is also included in this study.

Adding resources to studies

Additional resources that are not included as children to the linked station from the plant structure (BOE), can also be added to the study. These resources may be added to the study in order to evaluate adjacent clearances. If there is no intention to move a resource while preforming the study analysis, then the resource should be added to the study by assigning as a MEWorkarea directly to the study process (RES/A in the diagram). However, if there is a requirement to reposition a resource and the user would like this information to be propagated back to the plant structure (BOE), then the immediate parent to the resource should be assigned as MEWorkarea instead. See GUARDING/A in the diagram below.