Chapter 4: Documents

A Document is usually used to describe either a physical document, such as a manual, or an electronic document, such as a specification in a word-processing format or designs in some CAD format. Both parts and documents are modeled in the same way in 4G:PLM: the administrator defines part and document subclasses as required and assigns attributes to them. Both parts and documents can contain physical file attachments, have bills of materials or be routed through a change process (covered later). To simplify discussing these functions, the term “Item” is used to speak of both “Parts” and “Documents”:

 

 

The term “Assembly” is often used for an item that contains other items, i.e. it has a bill of materials.

4.1 Create a new Documents

To create a new Document, click on New Object and select Document

 

You will be prompted to select the Document Type:

Select the Document Type and Click on Create to create a new Document. This will bring-up a new form which is same as the Part. Fill in all the details and click on save button to Save the information.