Configure the PERT chart

You can configure the behavior of the PERT chart in the Manufacturing options, as well as by using some preferences.

Procedure

1. In the Manufacturing Process Planner perspective, choose Edit→Options and select Manufacturing from the Options list.

2. Click the Pert tab.

3. If you want Teamcenter to automatically fit the size of a new PERT node to the text it contains, select Auto Size Pert Boxes. If you do not select this, Teamcenter creates each new node the same size.

4. Configure the text that Teamcenter displays in each PERT node using the Configure Pert Node Text table. You can specify the contents of a PERT node that depends on which type of object is displayed.

Add a new object type to the Object Type list by clicking .Teamcenter displays a new line in the table.

Select an object type by clicking in the Object Type cell.

Click in the Pert Node Text Pattern cell.

Type the property names that you want to appear in the PERT node. These must have the following format:free-text[bl_item_item_id]/[bl_rev_item_revision_id][bl_rev_object_name]where:

free-text

Any text except for square brackets [ ]. HTML is not supported.

[property_name]

A valid property name for the property type that must be wrapped in square brackets, for example: [bl_rev_object_name].

Putting text on a new line displays the text on a new line in the PERT node.For the process PERT chart and the station flowchart, the fields that comprise the formula may be selected from the BOM line properties or occurrence notes of the object. For the activities flowchart, the fields may be selected from the activity attributes.For example, if you enter the following for an OP object type:Revision: [bl_bomview_rev] Class: [bl_line_object_class]Teamcenter displays the following operation in the PERT node: and if you enter the following for an Activity object type:Name: [me_cl_display_string]Desc: [me_cl_object_desc]Teamcenter displays the following activity PERT node:

Note These values are also stored in the PertChart.Object_Type.Text preference.

Note If you customized text in the PERT nodes prior to Teamcenter 9.0, you must remove the HTML tagging and use plain text.

5. On the Gantt tab of the manufacturing options, change the implicit flow color.

This implicit flow color is used in the PERT view as well.

6. Change other pertinent preferences. Some of the preferences listed do not exist in the database; you must create them manually.

Preference

Usage

PertChart.NodeDefault.Text

Configures the default text for all types derived from operation/process and work area class.

PertChart.ActivityDefault.Text

Configures the default text for all types derived from activity class.

PertChart.BoxDefaultWidth PertChart.BoxDefaultHeight

Configures the default width/height to be used when new PERT nodes are created in the preference file (per site, group or user). The values of width and height are any positive integers and specify the number of pixels used for the width and height of newly created PERT nodes. If the BoxDefaultWidth and/or BoxDefaultHeight entry do not exist, 138 / 50 is used as default. Those values are common for all PERT chart types. Once they are defined in the process PERT chart, the activity and station flowcharts use these values to define the size of newly created PERT nodes.

PertChart.AutoSizeMode

Turns autosize on or off. When autosize is off, the size of the all newly created PERT nodes is uniform. When autosize is on, the size of the newly created PERT nodes is automatically fitted to the displayed text, including allowing for multiple lines. This preference is applied to all PERT chart types (process, activity, and plant PERT charts). If the entry is not defined in the preference file, nonautosize mode is used as default.

PertChart.BoxAutoSizeMaxWidth

If the autosize mode is on, configures the maximum width in pixels to be used when new PERT nodes are created. For example, PertChart.BoxAutoSizeMaxWidth=150 causes the following text to be split into multiple lines:

If this preference is not set, Teamcenter uses a default value of 170.

PertChart.Object_Type.BGColor

Defines a background color for a specific object type. For example, PertChart.OP.BGColor=40,100,240 displays the following operation node:

PertChart.NodeDefault.BGColor Defines the background color for nodes in the process and station flow PERT chart that do not have an explicit background color definition.

PertChart.ActivityDefault.BGColor Defines the background color for nodes in the activity PERT chart that do not have an explicit background color definition.

PertChartCreationLayout Defines where newly created nodes are placed in the PERT chart. If the value is Horizontal, all newly created nodes are put at the top right corner.

7. Close the PERT view and reopen it to see the changes.