Import manufacturing features in Teamcenter

Using a PLM XML file, you can import features—including weld points, weld arcs, and datum points—into a structure using Teamcenter rather than add each one manually. In the PLM XML file, you can specify the JT name to which the features are connected. For weld points and datums, JT datasets are assumed to already exist in Teamcenter and the import connects the weld points and datums to the existing datasets. For weld arcs, the import creates new JT datasets.

Procedure

1. Create containers (item revisions) for the features at the required level in the structure.

Note You can also specify the container in the PLM XLM file to be imported.

2. Select the line under which you want to import the features.

Note If your PLM XML file contains manufacturing features for parts that are not in the selected line, or if you have variants configured out of the structure, all features are imported into the selected line. In the Connected To column of the view, features with hidden or configured-out parts have no value. They are reported as errors in a log file after the import completes.

3. Choose Tools→Import Manufacturing Features.

In the Import Manufacturing Features dialog box, the Scope of Connected Parts text box displays the line you selected.

4. Next to the Imported File text box, click and browse to and select the PLM XML file that contains the import information.

5. (Optional) In the product structure, select a different container to which you want to import the features.

6. To specify a different feature container, next to the Default Container of Manufacturing Features text box, click and browse to and select a folder.

7. If you want to import the entire contents of the import file into the container, in the Advanced Settings group, select the Cleanup - delete manufacturing features if they are not included in the imported file check box. Features that are not listed are removed. If you do not select this option, you perform an incremental update. Only those features that are included in the PLM XML are changed. New features found in the import file that are not in the container are added to the container. Features in the container that are not in the import file are not changed.

8. If features in the PLM XML file exist outside the default container location in the structure, and you do not want them to be duplicated, select the To avoid duplicates, search for the existing features under this scope check box, click , and select the folder where these features reside.

9. Click OK.

Teamcenter imports the features, displays a warning concerning features that may have been configured out, and, optionally, displays a log file. If you performed an incremental update, any features that have a released status before the import are revised. If they have a working status, Teamcenter updates the current revision.

10. (Optional) Right-click a feature and choose Open with→Attachments to verify that attributes and a JT file exist for that feature.