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Authoring manufacturing process plans > Creating process structures > Importing structures using the tcexcel_import utility > Linking multiple structures

Example A

This example links operations between two structures. You can link any process step between multiple structures. Note the M: and L: entries for OP20 and OP40.

Header1 Item Item Description ItemID Sequence
Header2 Process OP
Header3 Process OP
Title Root Root Description Store markers Seq. No.
Process-1–Root
OP10 Read 100
OP20 Get and place cable M:op20_marker 110
OP30 Record lot control 120
OP40 Get from printer and place on carrier M:op40_marker 130
OP50 New Sub-process2 140
OP60 Get sign and place on carrier 150
Header1 Item Item Description ItemID Sequence
Header2 Process OP
Header3 Process OP
Title Root Root Description Use markers Seq. No.
Process-2–Root
PS05 Set switch 200
PS10 Remove beam 210
PS15 Place carrier 220
OP20 Get and place cable L:op20_marker 230
PS25 Lock 240
OP40 Get from printer and place on carrier L:op40_marker 250
PS35 Get wire 260

As a result, you get the following two linked structures.

When OP20 and OP40 are used in Process-2-Root, they are the same operations that are used in Process-1-Root (items 000752 and 000754).

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/ex_imp_exA · retrieved 2026-07-11