Standard text overview

Teamcenter enables creating work instructions using standard text as building blocks. These work instructions are associated with operations or processes in the process structure.

The standard text library is a Teamcenter structure comprised of standard text folders and standard text elements nested under the folders. Standard text is associated with standard text elements and is accessible in the Teamcenter Attachment pane.

The benefits of standard text include:

• Standardization and consistency of work instructions throughout the entire organization.

• Managing standard text content. Standard text enables you to write once only and reuse the same text many times.

• Easy maintenance of up-to-date work instructions when products are upgraded. Make a single change in a procedure and propagate the change through all the relevant documents.

• Improved accuracy. Work instructions are intrinsically connected with the process structure; they are a textual expression of the manufacturing process.

• Work instructions are composed by the planners or engineers who designed the product, increasing accuracy.

• Standard text is stored in the Teamcenter database, enabling you to search for text by its ID, name, or the text itself.

• Easy localization.

• Easy transfer of documents between different virtual engineering systems.

Typically, there are three user roles involved in creating work instructions:

• Administrator Responsible for creating and maintaining standard text and work instruction templates. If required, the administrator can configure different system templates for standard text and work instructions. The administrator can change these templates or create new ones according to organizational requirements. The templates are in Microsoft Word DOCX format and are associated with a dataset object.

• Librarian Responsible for creating standard text libraries, managing standard text folders and elements, writing standard text, and creating and managing standard text symbols. Standard text is written in a generic style so that it can be reused in varying contexts. An example of standard text is a procedure describing how to mount a wheel on a car and this can be reused in multiple projects. The librarian uses the standard text editor to write standard text elements and the standard text library interface to manage them. Additionally, the librarian may use the Teamcenter Search view and the Results window as aids.

• Planner or engineer Uses standard text as building blocks to compose work instructions. Planners cannot edit standard text in the standard text library; however, they may copy and edit standard text and save it in a new document associated with an operation or process in the process structure. Additionally, the planner may use process structure, the textual work instructions editor, Teamcenter Search view, and the Results window as aids.

Administrators must configure Teamcenter to enable the standard text feature.