Examine station flow in the Time Way Planner view

Using the Time Way Plan view you can visualize a station as a physical layout with a length and a width. A station has a direction (left to right or right to left) and an orientation (clockwise or counterclockwise, with a possible rotation of 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees). Each operation is represented as a row inside the station. You can display a 2D image of the product as a background for the station.

You can open the Time Way Plan view on a plant BOP (bill of process), a process area, or a station.

This procedure assumes you have a plant BOP containing an assigned product BOP. The operations within this product BOP already have execution positions defined.

Procedure

1. Select the plant BOP root line and choose Open With→Time Way Planner.

2. In the Time Way Planner view, perform any of the following:

Change the direction of the station flow by selecting the station and clicking Right to Left or Left to Right in the view menu bar.

Rotate the layout of the station by selecting it and clicking or . Use the direction and orientation to fit stations to the process line layout. For example, if the process line is C-shaped, orient the stations so that they reflect this shape.

Add a product image to one or multiple stations by selecting the stations, clicking , and selecting the image. Note You cannot remove a product image but you can exchange it for another.

Add an image of the plant as a background by selecting the plant BOP, clicking , and selecting the image.