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.
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.