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Module 1
Overview
The first step in building a simulation is to set up a working environment that best reflects the needs and desired outcomes of the users context. This module will begin by setting the options that will be used in this context. A project catalog allows the user to create a catalog of commonly used items that will be more efficient to access than going to multiple locations or to large repositories of objects. Once the environment is prepared, construction of the 3D Layout of a virtual world can begin. Bringing in plant layout items, resources and product are all items relevant to the virtual world.
Objectives
Topics in this module are: Set Options Create a Project Catalog Create a Plant Floor in AEC Plant Layout Insert Resources Insert Product
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General Display Parameters and Measures Product Structure Digital Process for Manufacturing
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Set Options Set General Options Set Display Options Set DPM Options Parameters and Measures Options Set Product Structure Options
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The first step in building a simulation is to set up a working environment that best reflects the needs and desired outcomes of the users context. 1
Launch V5 Product, open DPM Assembly Process Simulation.
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From the Main Menu, select Tools, then Options.
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Set Options
The Nodes and Tabs permit the user to customize the software.
The software must be closed and reopened for changes to take effect.
Scope: You will set the software default options for the best performance for this project. Conditions: V5 and DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench must be open.
In this exercise you will: Set General options Set Display options Set Parameters and Measures options Set Product Structure options Set DPM options
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Set the following options
Node General General configure Display Display Tab General Document Tree Manipulation Navigation Option Setting_____________________________________ Turn Off AutoBackup Other Documents= requires Instructor direction to path to data Turn on Automatic scroll Turn on Display Manipulation Bounding box Turn on Gravitational Effects to z axis Parameters & Measures Report Generation Input XSL = requires Instructor direction to select script Output Directory = requires Instructor direction to select output directory location Product Structure Digital Process for Mfg Digital Process for Mfg Digital Process for Mfg
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Activate Work with the Cache System Activate Applicative Data ADD Libraries = requires instructor direction to map path to .ACT files Activate Compare Roll up time of Parent with Calculated time (selected from drop down menu)
REMINDER: You must close and reopen the software for settings to take effect.
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About Catalogs
A Catalog is created at three hierarchical levels: CHAPTER FAMILY COMPONENT They can be linked to other Libraries or Catalogs for convenience. They can be referenced and detailed so that filters and searches can be applied
Specialty catalogs for specifications, parts, resources, etc. can be constructed, modified, and cross referenced
Create Catalog
A project catalog allows the user to create a catalog of commonly used items that will be more efficient to access than going to multiple locations or to a large repository of objects. It stores these commonly used items (or their links) in a single location for easy accessibility. 1
From the Main Menu select FILE, then NEW.
The NEW dialogue box will appear Select CATALOG DOCUMENT, and click OK.
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Examine the drop down menu for the varieties of catalog libraries available with the software.
Selecting Copy Keywords will keep all keywords assigned at each subsequent level of the hierarchy. These can modified at each level and assist the user when searching.
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Adding links to other catalogs and Part Families uses the same process. Remember that the hierarchy determines where the links will occur.
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To make this connection: 1. Double click to highlight the level (Chapter, Family or Component under which the link is to be established. 2. Select ADD Link to Other Catalog. 3. Select Add Family. 4. Select the catalog from the drop down list under TYPE: 5. Click OK. 6. Check the appearance of the new catalog link in the tree.
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Linking the Component to the Family will connect the graphical data to the Catalog.
You can verify if a link exists to the graphical data in two ways: Double click on the FAMILY node making sure it is BLUE. Click the REFERENCE tab in the right hand window. If no link is established a Document not Found message will be displayed. OR Click the PREVIEW tab. If no link is established, a generic icon will be displayed instead of the image of the component.
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Double click on the FAMILY node making sure it is BLUE.
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Select ADD Component from the icon on the DATA Toolbar, or use the Insert menu.
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Choose the route the path will take by selecting one of the following options: Select document, Select external feature, Select document in session.
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The Description Definition dialog box returns with the completed file name location. Verify by clicking on the Preview tab. Keywords can be added to assist search information as desired
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If you have a typing error, or want to edit the chapter, family or component, highlight the item, right click to get the dialog box, then select Edit.
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Scope: You will create a catalog document and map the paths to the resource items contained in the tools and equipment chapters. Conditions: V5 and DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench must be open. Access to the files in R16 DPM Assembly PROJECT DATA.
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Create a Catalog Document and add two chapters
1. Use File / New to open the new dialog box then select CatalogDocument.
2. Use the Insert Menu or the Icon to Add a Chapter. 3. In the Chapter Definition box, name the chapter Tools.
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Add 1 Family to the Tools Chapter and 3 Families to the Equipment Chapter
1. Double Click on the tools Chapter node. 2. Use the Insert Menu or the Icon to Add a Family. 3. In the Component Family Definition box, name the family Wrench.
4. Use the Insert Menu or the Icon to Add 3 Families to the equipment Chapter.
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4. Navigate to: R15 DPM Assembly / Project Data / Parts / Tools_equipment_parts 5. Locate the Adjust_Wrench.CATProduct and click Open.
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6. Repeat the process to connect the path to the following EQUIPMENT family components: Connect the CHAIR. CATProduct Connect the ToolCart.CATProduct
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Add Components. Connect the path to the workbench.
7. Connect the path to the Equipment family component Workbench The process is the same but the workbench is in a different location. It is in a library that comes with the software. Navigate to the library in Dassault Systems. 8. When you have navigated to the location of the library and the workbench, click on Open.
Bring in Resources Create and Import a Plant Floor Import Resources from Catalog Import Resources from Library
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The Plant Floor is created in AEC Plant Layout, saved as a resource, and then inserted into the environment under construction.
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The Plant Layout product enables you to easily create a layout design for a manufacturing plant or other type of plant. The main focus of the product is to allow preliminary or conceptual design of a plant to be accomplished quickly. It provides an efficient, cost-effective way to lay out an initial plant design for review and validation. The initial plant design may then be expanded, evolved, and modified to continue the plant design process. The entire process is accomplished through a simple, highly intuitive interface, combining traditional 2D layout paradigms with full 3D capabilities to allow you to build a 3D digital representation of the plant.
Create System Assemblies Path Reservations Disconnect / Connect
Create areas like floors, pillars, walls Break a run into two runs Item Reservation
Construction Planes
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Bring In Resources
The portion of this workbench that is of concern to this course in DPM Assembly is the Plant Layout Toolbar and the Area Creation function. Notice the drop down list of all of the available types of areas. Once the type has been selected, there are multiple things that can be done to modify the area parameters.
Create a rectangular area by setting the corners Create an area by setting the location Create an area bounded on the inside
Size can be input in any unit of measure but will automatically be converted to the unit predefined when the TOOLS / OPTIONS were set
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The Plant Floor is created in AEC Plant Layout, saved as a resource, and then inserted into the environment under construction.
From the Start Menu, select AEC Plant and then Plant Layout. Notice the workbench icon.
When the workbench opens, select the AREA icon from the Plant Layout Toolbar.
The AREA Creation box appears. Check that the Create button is on the default Rectangular Location.
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Set area size with X,Y and height choices. Leave the default 2D selection. Move the mouse into the main screen workspace. You will see a green box with the coordinates move around with the mouse.
The box will become grey and show the coordinates with an area identifier. Use the Fit all in icon to zoom back and reveal the entire plant floor if necessary.
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Save the file with a unique name in the location that has been chosen to hold the resources for the project.
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Go to the Insert menu and select Insert Resource or use the Insert Resource icon on the Activity Management toolbar.
the Plant Floor is saved. Select Open. The Plant Floor will appear under the ResourceList in the PPR tree
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Double click on an object in the PPR tree, it will open the object in edit mode in the workbench where it was created. This allows the user to make modifications to the object. However, the workbench with the object WILL NOT automatically return to the former workbench.
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Double click on the PROCESS NODE of the PPR Tree to return to the former workbench
It is easy to accidentally double click on an object from another workbench so pay attention to the workbench icons as reference points.
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With the Plant floor in the world, the next step is to populate the world with the resource items necessary to carry out the manufacturing activity. Many items exist in previously constructed custom catalogs or are resident in large libraries. The Catalog Browser is a convenient way to search and retrieve items needed to populate the environment for a particular project.
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current library as well as recently accessed libraries can be viewed from the drop down list.
Browse another catalog allows the user to search through all catalogs that have been mapped to the environment when the options were set.
Catalog items can be shown in large or small icons, or as a list. Queries can be constructed on multiple levels.
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The Catalog Browser window will open at the last catalog used.
Select the browse another catalog icon at the far right to navigate to the location of the library or catalog. Navigate through the library or catalog until the item you wish to import is located.
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Click to set the item in the world and notice that another instance of the same item appears. Clicking will set another instance of the item in the world and will open another instance. This continues until the user closes the dialog box. This feature is efficient for multiple instances of items necessary to populate a world.
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Check the PPR Tree to see that the item is listed under the ResourceList
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It is best to move each item to its approximate final position before inserting another resource. For items intended to be placed relative to another item (like a plant floor), at least one coordinate will be critical. For the plant floor example, all items must be at 0 on the Z axis. There are two ways to accomplish the positioning of objects in the world: 1. The item can be manipulated using the bounding box. This technique will permit movement anywhere in the world according to the increment size set in the TOOLS/ OPTIONS/ Equipment & Systems / General / Grid step size =
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2. The Snap Compass to Object function can be used. The Parameters for Compass Manipulation box can refine the positioning even further.
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If additional movements are necessary, grab another side of the bounding box and move in the direction permitted by that axis. Complete the grabbing and moving until the item is positioned correctly.
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NOTES: 1. Remember that the final placement of the item is defined by the grid size set in TOOLS/OPTIONS as noted earlier. 2. Remember that items in reference to a floor must all be at 0 on the Z axis.
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To move an object using the Compass, right click on the compass and select Snap Automatically to Select Object from the menu. Click on the object to be manipulated.
The compass moves to the object and the bounding box appears .
Grab and hold the axis of the compass that will move or rotate the object in the desired direction.
Repeat the grabbing and moving until the object is in the desired location. Right click on the compass and click Snap Automatically to Selected Object again to toggle off this function and permit the compass to be moved back into the world.
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The positioning of objects can sometimes be more quickly and efficiently accomplished by defining the parameters for compass manipulation. These settings will cause the compass (and thus the object) to move in these predefined increments. To access this function, This capability is right click on the compass useful if objects need and select EDIT to be at a certain angle relative to another object, or for speed of placement.
Setting the Translation increments will cause the compass to move along the selected axis in the predefined amount
When snapped to the selected object, the coordinates of the object will be reflected in the top of the box. Setting the Rotation increments will cause the compass to rotate about the selected axis in the predefined amount. EXAMPLE: Setting 90 deg along W axis will cause a right angle movement on that axis.
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To use this function, highlight the object to be removed in the PPR tree. It will also become highlighted in the world.
From the PPR Tools toolbar, click the Remove from PPR icon.
The object disappears from the world and the PPR tree.
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As the construction of the simulation becomes more complex it is sometimes necessary to hide some of the items in the world. Hiding items does not remove them from the PPR tree, it simply removes them from the visualization of the world. Hide / Show can be toggled on or off as the user desires.
Right click and select Hide/Show. The chair is gone from the view but remains in the PPR Tree.
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Scope: This exercise offers practice in bringing resources into the simulated world. Conditions: V5 and DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench must be open. Access to the files in R16 DPM Assembly PROJECT DATA
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Create and insert a plant floor 1. Open AEC Plant Layout workbench and create a plant floor that is 800mm x 800 mm. 2. Save the plant floor to the RESOURCE FOLDER of the PROJECT DATA. 3. Open DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench and insert the plant floor from the Resource folder.
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Insert 2 workbenches from the furniture catalog inside the facilities library. 1. Select Catalog Browser,. 2. Navigate to the furniture catalog. Dassault Systemes / B15 / intel_a / startup / components / facility / furniture. 3. Select the 72x36x34 workbench. 4. Insert two (2) workbenches. Maintain Z axis of 0 5. Position one workbench to be at 90 degree orientation to the other workbench: Snap the compass to one workbench From compass properties select EDIT Set the Parameters for Compass Manipulation box to a rotation increment of 90 deg along the W axis. Close the box and move the workbench so that it is at a right angle to the other.
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Insert Resources from the Custom Catalog that was Created Earlier 1. Select Catalog Browser, navigate to My_Catalog and Insert the chair. Position the chair between the two workbenches 2. Repeat these steps and insert the toolcart. Position the toolcart at the end of one workbench. 3. Repeat these steps and insert the wrench. Position the wrench on the toolcart.
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The final step to creating the environment is to bring in the product. This is done in two steps: 1. Import the product 2. Use Snap to position the product
Select Insert Product from the Insert menu, or the Activity Management toolbar.
The File Selection window will open allowing you to navigate to the location where the product data is stored.
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The Layout Tools toolbar contains the Align, Snap and Attach functions.
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Select the Basic Snap function. This will activate the Snap Option box and a command line message to Select an Object to be Moved.
Select the product from the PPR Tree. IMPORTANT: Selecting the product from the PPR tree guarantees that all components of the product will be snapped. If you select from the world, there is a risk that only the component selected will be snapped.
After the object to be snapped is selected, the Define Reference Plane ( From ) is activated as well as a screen prompt to Select options / Define reference plane on the object.
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Click OK to close the selection and the Define Plane (from) box.
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The prompt indicates that the next step is to select the place where the object is to be snapped to. When the target location for the object (product) is selected, the product snaps to the selected position and the Snap Options box appears.
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Choose any constraints that will increase the precision of the snap. Select OK.
Select plane of object to be snapped (product). Click OK to set selection and close Define Reference plane (from). Move cursor to target location and click to snap. Make precision adjustments to the snap in the Snap Options box. Select OK to finish.
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With the environment intact, process, product and resources assigned and verified, locate the Simulation toolbar and choose Save Initial State.
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For both Hub and file based systems, use SaveAs to save this world with a unique identifier.
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This exercise will offer practice in bringing the product into the simulated world.
Conditions: V5 and DPM Assembly Process Simulation workbench must be open. Access to the files in R16 DPM Assembly PROJECT DATA
In this exercise you will: Import the Product Snap the Product to the workbench
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Insert and position the Product 1. Use Insert Product function and navigate to the PRODUCT folder of R14 DPM Assembly/ Project Data/ Product 2. Select the 3.5 HP engine 3. Use the Snap command with the Define plane option to snap the engine to the top of the workbench.
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Module Summary This module has introduced you to the basic actions necessary to create a virtual world for the simulation study. Not every simulation requires the construction of a world, however, where there are physical, human, or mechanical resources interacting with the product, these items form critical factors for a complete simulation analysis
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