Creating and editing publishing pages overview

When you first open the Work Instructions pane, you see a blank page.

You can immediately begin to create a work instruction on this page or you can load a template and work from there.

The following is an overview of the process for creating a publishing page.

1. Add any static Visio shapes, text or graphics you need to the page.

2. Associate the page with an alias file. Alias files tell Teamcenter what data to display in different assets on the page and how to find that data. This step is optional; a default file is loaded.

3. Place the required assets on the page. These are placeholders. You can place the following objects in a work instruction page, each embedded in an asset of the same name:

   Text that is bound to a property of an object in Teamcenter.

   Tables whose cells map to object properties in Teamcenter.

   2D images (for example, BMP, GIF or JPEG files)

   3D geometry assets These are objects that you create or view in the embedded viewer, such as a factory view or the desired state of the product at a certain assembly station.

   2D snapshots These are dynamic objects that represent a 2D scene (a view of the base image and markups) that are associated with a BOM line in your product structure.

   Links You can create a link to a Microsoft Word file or text file.

4. Associate the asset with a transfer mode and an alias name. The transfer mode and the alias tell Teamcenter how to find the data in the database that is displayed in the asset.

5. (Optional) Save this page as a template for reuse.

6. Select one or more assets and an object in Teamcenter to populate the assets. This step traverses the structure to find the desired data or files and places them in the selected assets.

You can detach the Work Instructions tab to get a movable window. You can then select a different structure line in the Teamcenter window that you can use to create assets on the publishing page.

Caution

While the Work Instruction tab is still attached, you cannot select a new structure line from which to create assets. Until you detach the tab, all assets in the page are populated with objects attached to the selected BOM line.