Creating Product Flow Animation

Create Assigned Product Flow Animation

You can create assigned product flow animation to visualize and understand the behavior of systems and products in the model. When an assigned product is selected on any system tile, Source system is the start point of the animation.

Select an assigned product on the Source system tile.
Click Play in PLM Compass.
The selected product moves from one system tile to another based on the flow connection starting from the origin Source system.
Make sure that product representation is GREEN on the Sink system.
Select a Buffer system and remove product assignment using Define Operations dialog box.
Select a product on the Source system tile and click Play in PLM Compass.

Product representation is ORANGE in color when it passes over the Buffer system, and ends at Sink system as GREEN.
Select a Transfer system and remove product assignment using Define Operations dialog box.
Select a product on Source system tile and click Play in PLM Compass.

Product representation is RED in color when it passes over the Transfer system, and ends at Transfer system only.
Double-click product flow link between the General and Transfer system.
1. Click Detail Selected Material Flow Link in the balloon toolbar.
2. Remove product flow for the connection.
Select a product on Source system tile and and click Play in PLM Compass.
Product representation stops at General system and both product representation and connection are RED in color.

Create Materialized Product Flow Animation

You can create materialized product flow animation to visualize and understand the behavior of systems and products in the model. When an output product is selected on the General system tile, the flow paths starts from the Source to General system to build the materialized product. The starting point of the animation is the Source system.

Select Shows Only Concerned Parts command .
This selection ensures that the right product is chosen.
Select output product on the General system tile.
Click Play in PLM Compass.
Flow paths starts from the Source system to General system. Animation starts at the Source system and the resultant product is displayed at the General system.

The resultant product representation on the General system tile is GREEN in color as the product is consumed or dispatched and the lifecycle of the product is over.
Select a system and remove product assignment using Define Operations dialog box.
When product is not assigned and system is in the path then the product is displayed as RED on the corresponding system tile.
Select a Buffer system and remove product assignment using Define Operations dialog box.
The product representation is ORANGE at the buffer system.