Creating and Connecting Functions—Exercises
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Basic Data Setup
Functions
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to register
some functions in IFS/PDM–Configuration.
Windows:
Product Basic Data/Functions
- If you have not already done so, create the following two functions, as
shown below, substituting your initials for XX:
Function No |
Description |
XX–F001 |
Electrical system |
XX–F002 |
Cooling system |
- Save your changes.
General exercise for Product
Basic
Required Data
Creating a Project Product Structure
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize
you with the data that must be in place before you can do the the exercises
below.
- Create a project product structure.
- Save your changes.
General exercise for Creating
Project Product Structures
Main Exercises
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to
register functions, create a functional structure by connecting the functions to
the project items.
Windows:
Project Product
Project Product/Functions
Project Product/Function Structure
Project Product/Items
- Open the
Project Product window and query for your
project XXPD–01.
- Click the
Functions tab.
- Create two new records.
- In the Function no list, enter the the two functions XX–F001
and XX–F002.
- Save your changes.
- Click the Function Structure tab.
- Build a functional structure by clicking the function XX–F001
in the navigator and connecting parts 20–130 (Electric
System 1600) and 20–10XX (Engine 1600) from
the List of Values.
- Save your changes.
- Do the same steps 7–8 for function XX–F002 and part 20–140
(Cooling System 1600).
- Click the
Items tab.
- To review the functional structure, click the top item, and right-click
and then click Project Item Navigator.
- Expand all the levels in the
structure to view the connected functions. Note that you can add a function to a project item
through this navigator by selecting the item, and right-clicking and then clicking Add –
Functions.