Chapter 2: Navigation

This chapter introduces how to operate with the 4G:PLM and how it will look. This chapter will include the followings :

§ Overview of the main window

§ Inbox

§ History

§ Work Area

§ Menu Bar

2.1 Overview of the main window

Open the 4G:PLM client application. You will see there are two panes: The left pane, is called the Navigation Pane and the Right Pane, is called the Content Pane.

Left Pane

The Left pane, also known as Navigation Pane, is the where you view recent items, objects, and documents, etc., that you have created, in a shortcut manner.

Figure 2.1: Left Pane

 

 

There are also tab views of the items and objects in an organized manner:

·        Recent Parts

·        Recent Changes

·        Recent Document

·        Recent Manufacturer Part

·        Recent Manufacturer & Supplier

·        Search

These tabs are highly responsive to mouse hover. To open a tab, put your mouse over the tab and you will be able to view the tab and work with it later.

              

Note

By default, the “Recent Items” tab is selected.

 

Right Pane

The Right Pane, also known as the Content Pane, is where the items, objects or documents selected from the Navigation Pane.

Figure 2.2: Content Pane

 

 

 

The content pane consists of three tabs:

·        Work Area

·        History

·        Inbox

On the right pane, is where you will do all the work, view the objects and edit or delete previous work.

Work Area

The Work Area contains the object or item selected from the Navigation Pane. While creating new objects or items, etc., a new window will pop up for you to work on. This window will have different views depending on the objects or items that you work on.

Think of the work area as your desktop. You can add objects of any type to your desktop and then find them easily later. When you are done working with an object, you can right-click on it to remove it from your desktop.

History

The history tab is a record of actions you have taken in the past in various change processes, e.g. approval or release of an ECO. You can look here to find changes that you have taken action on in the past.

Inbox

Inbox shows incoming emails or approval or change requests initiated by others. To change or respond to the messages, open the Inbox tab in the Right Pane of 4G:PLM. Any changes that are awaiting your approval show up here. Also, if someone has added you as an observer to a change workflow, you will receive notification here of important events.

Note that you may also receive notifications to your e-mail address if your administrator has configured e-mail notification.