Set up 4D planning

Adding a time component to process planning to simulate and visualize construction over an extended period of time is referred to as 4D planning. 4D planning is used in very large structures to ascertain what parts are already assembled on a specific date in a specific part of the structure. For example, if you build a ship, you may want to begin fitting the cabins with furniture. It is necessary to know if the piping and electrical work is complete by April 30th to begin subsequent work. You can query your structure, taking the date into consideration, to see what has been assembled by April 30th.

Teamcenter uses an embedded Schedule Manager view to help you associate scheduling information with process planning operations. The Manufacturing – 4D Scheduling perspective already contains this view, in addition to structure views to assist you. This is the same view that is contained in the Schedule Manager application. Making a change in one changes the data in the other.

To configure 4D planning:

Procedure

1. Install the 4D Planning extension using Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM).

2. Set the time zone on the computer running the rich client to UTC (GMT). This is the only supported time zone.

3. In the rich client, open the Organization application and modify the Calendar setting.

Set the calendar time zone to GMT (GMT +00:00).

Remove lunch breaks in the calendar by clicking Details next to the weekday entries and modifying the times.

4. Set the following preferences:

Preference

Value

MECopyIdInContextToAssignedLine

true

SiteTimeZone

Etc/UTC or Etc/GMT

ScheduleTaskAvailableAttributesWithRelations

ScheduleTask.fdp0AssociatedProcesses

QS_QSEARCH_ENABLED

true

QSEARCH_update_enabled

true

QS_BBOX_GENERATION_ENABLED

true

QS_BBOX_GENERATION_FROM_NX_ENABLED

true

QS_TRUSHAPE_GENERATION_ENABLED

true

QS_SPATIAL_ENABLED

true

QSEARCH_foreground_processing_halted

false

Teamcenter sets the following preferences for you automatically.

Preference

Value

ME4DResultsViewDisplayNameColumnsShownPref

Mfg0BvrProcess.bl_indented_title Mfg0BvrProcess.ScheduledStartDate Mfg0BvrProcess.ScheduledFinishDate Mfg0BvrProcess.ScheduledCalculatedDuration

ME4DResultsViewColumnsWidthPref

45, 15, 15, 15

ME4DSearchCriteriaDate

fdp0ScheduledStartDate

MEProcessIconPropertyNames

start_date

MECopyIdInContextToAssignedLine

true