Inserting an Existing Advanced System

You can use the contextual command Insert > Existing Advanced System to search and insert an existing Transfer or Transformation system by taking into account the candidate resources. These candidate resources are linked to the system and the process realized by the system.

Before you begin: Open your session data and start the Manufacturing System Definition workbench. The data must include a process that has links to capable resources, and a system that has links to candidate resources.
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About Systems
Creating Candidate Resource Links

  1. Create a scope between the root system and the root process.



  2. Right-click the root system and select Insert > Existing Advanced System .

  3. Select the root process

    The Insert Existing Advanced System dialog box is displayed.

  4. Select a Transformation system from the list.

    The candidate resources are listed in the Attributes tab.



  5. Click OK.

    The selected Transformation system is added under the root system.





  6. Repeat the steps above to insert a Transfer system.



  7. Click OK.

    The selected Transfer system is added under the root system.





Notes:

  • When the Show Packaging Information checkbox is selected in the Insert Existing Advanced System dialog box, a Packaging tab is available in the Candidate resources area. If accepted packaging is referenced by a candidate resource, the relevant packaging information (preferred input, preferred output and so on) is listed in the tab page. For more information about accepted packaging, refer to the Line Balancing User's Guide.
  • By default, the Attributes tab shows the resource name of each candidate resource. You can customize the list of attributes to display for candidate resources. Click the Customize button to display the following panel :



    Select the Environment and Object Type, then select one or more attributes in the Available Attributes column and use the arrows to pass the attribute to the Displayed Attributes column.

    When you click OK, new columns corresponding to the selected attributes appear in the Attributes tab: