Authoring manufacturing process plans > 4D planning – visualizing construction over time

Open the process plan in the 4D Gantt view

To help you view the precedence of work orders in the process plan, Teamcenter provides you with the 4D Gantt view. This view assists you in setting precedence constraints between work orders and scheduling all the processes and work orders in a given scope. You can traverse back and forth over the 4D analysis results and visualize the development of the process in the Graphics view.

Procedure

Right-click a process that is associated to a schedule task and contains work orders and choose Open With→4D Gantt or Tools→Schedule→Open With 4D Gantt.
Set precedence constraints and lag and lead times between work orders.
Click to launch a 4D analysis of the process.
Traverse the results of the 4D analysis with the back and forth arrows to view the state of the assembly in the Graphics view.

Teamcenter highlights each line in gray and displays the current state of the assembly in the Graphics view. This allows you to step through the assembly process, including viewing parts that are disassembled and reassembled.

Do any of the following:

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Reduce the scale of the chart by a factor of two.

Enlarge the scale of the chart by a factor of two.

Scale the chart up or down to accommodate the entire process flow.

Scale the chart up to show the currently selected time element placed in the middle of chart and taking up most approximately two thirds of the chart.

Clear the 4D analysis results.

Unlock the 4D Gantt view so you can edit work order durations in the chart by dragging the sides of the bars.