Dynamic in-process assembly overview

You can create a dynamic in-process assembly (DIPA) for a process structure. This method of IPA creation is based on lightweight BOM technology, providing a much faster way to create assemblies. You can create a DIPA for one or multiple stations and display the results in the Graphics view. As long as a DIPA is created beneath the station level in a process structure, it can be used in isolated studies.

A DIPA is valid for the exact moment it is created. If you make any changes after creating the DIPA, you must recalculate it. DIPAs are available only for the current Manufacturing Process Planner session.

Your administrator must set the MEDynamicIPAOccurrenceTypes preference to list all the part occurrence types that should be collected into a DIPA. By default, this preference is set to MEConsumed. If you use other occurrence types, such as custom occurrence types, your administrator must add these occurrence types to the preference. Otherwise the DIPA does not contain parts assigned to the process structure with those occurrence types.

If you remove parts from an assembly by assigning them a specific occurrence type, for example, MEDisassembled, the DIPA does not contain the removed part. The occurrence type designated for part removal is specified in the MEDynamicIPARemoveOccTypes preference.

In the PERT chart, you can link stations that are not under the same direct parent to help you model fish-bone structures of sub-lines merging or leaving a main line. Creating a DIPA for those stations then includes parts containing scope flows to any parts involved in the DIPA.

Tip

You can use the Structure Search to find all features in the search scope that are connected to parts in the incoming dynamic in-process assembly of a given process.

Related Topics

• Configuring the import and export of dynamic in-process assemblies