Teamcenter master model drawings 1

[cowski]

We are currently implementing teamcenter but we are having problems importing drawings. We use the master model approach. When we import into teamcenter should both the model and the drawing be an 'item' type? Should the drawings be saved as a 'precise assembly' so they reference the correct part revision?

If you are running teamcenter, how do you handle master model drawings? I have seen/heard the terms 'baseline', 'specification', 'configuration', etc etc but I have not seen the recommended way to handle drawings. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

[NXJockey]

I can only speak from experience as different companies have slightly different methods.

Firstly, I would import a drawing as a 'UGPART' with a specification relationship. The model should be a 'UGMASTER' and both should be below the item revision. The nx manager tool is a good place to start. but some companies have drawing / model separation with the model and drawings as different items.

Baseline is typically a lifecycle status such as ‘pre-released or released’ which can be applied to an item revision (and related datasets UGMASTER & UGPART) model & drawing in order to allow progressive release to the downstream engineering chain.

The term specification (not to be confused with the relationship) is the common name for a drawing dataset within Teamcenter engineering, there are others such as manifestation, alt-rep etc……

Precise assembly v’s imprecise assembly. The eternal debate, I follow the imprecise route as this best supports large assembly structures and concurrent engineering, but does require an understanding of revision rules.

As for configuration, there will be lots for Teamcenter. Its best to start of with some dedicated help from Siemens if this is a new company implementation.

Which version of NX & TcEng?

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

NXj

 

[cowski]

Specification relationship sounds promising, I'll look it up in the help files and see what I can decode.

We are running NX6 and teamcenter 8.

 

[cowski]

Thanks again, NXJockey; that info pointed us in the right direction.

Now, does anyone have a script to import files into Teamcenter that they care to share? I'm looking to help automate the process and it will be a big help if I have something to start with.