How to Streamlining Business Workflows & Processes by using 3DEXPERIENCE Route Management?

What is Route Management:

Routes on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform are a set of tasks to complete a given business activity. Routes provide a structured strategy to organizing activities such as getting permissions for a new product design. This not only saves time, but also guarantees uniformity and traceability throughout the process.

We'll look closely at how workflows and procedures are handled by Route Management.

STEP 1:

You just need to drag and drop the Route Management widget from the Dashboard tab under Collaborative Industry Innovator.

STEP 2:

After selecting the Route Management app Click the New Route button

STEP 3:

Click on properties tab > Specify Title > Specify Description >

Click on Advanced option > Select Route Base Purpose

STEP 4:

UNDER ROUTE BASE PURPOSE

Standard: The route may comprise tasks meant merely for notification or information, or it may include tasks requiring the assignee's permission or remark.

Approval: Only tasks requiring the assignee's approval are included in the path.

Review: Only activities that call for the assignee's input are included in the route.

STEP 5:

ROUTE COMPLETION ACTION

Notify Route Owner: The route owner receives a notification from the system after all tasks have been finished.

Promote Connected Object: If no other routes or requirements are preventing promotion and the route owner has promoted access for the connected objects, the system will automatically promote the object after the route is finished. The completion of the route is also reported to the route owner. Only if the route owner has promoted access to the object may you use this option if you have previously provided content to the route.

STEP 6:

AUTO STOP ON REJECTION

Immediate: The Route stops immediately

Deferred: The route stops after other tasks at the current level are completed or rejected.

STEP 7:

Then click on content tab where you can add contents to review.

STEP 8:

Next, select tasks from which you can define processes, as indicated below.

Now the New Route has been Created.

The assignee will receive notification once the Route has been created. 

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Creating a Custom Forming Tool

Forming Tools act as Dies that bend, stretch, or otherwise deform sheet metal. The face to which you apply the forming tool corresponds to the stopping surface of the tool itself. By default, the tool travels inward towards the face.

When you create a forming tool:

The locating sketch is added to position the forming tool on the sheet metal part. The colors are applied to distinguish the Stopping Face from the Faces to Remove.

Consider how the minimum radius of curvature (MRC) correlates with the forming tool. The MRC in a forming tool is a good measure of the maximum thickness for a sheet metal part. Beyond this limit, the results are not guaranteed to work. You can verify the MRC in Tools > Evaluate > Check.

In the Check Entity dialog box, under Check for, select Minimum radius of curvature, and click Check.

Creating a Custom Forming Tool:

Forming Tool is saved to a “sldftp” file type. Selections are made to determine the Stopping face and optionally Face(s) to Remove.

Steps To Create a Forming Tool:

A. Geometry Creation:

1. Create a New part that represents the shape of the form you wish to make.; Here we have created a part with basic features: Extruded Boss/Base and Fillet features.

Note: Multi-body parts are not supported for sheet metal forming tools.

2. Here we need a hole; With the help of a split line, the sketch divides the selected face into separate faces.

Once you have finished creating a single-bodied part, select the Forming Tool option from the Sheet Metal toolbar. It can also be accessed from

Insert →Sheet Metal →Forming Tool

B. Forming Tool Feature:

3. The first selection is the Stopping Face (blue planar face). Any faces in front of the stopping face will create the "form" in the sheet metal part.

4. You can also choose Faces to Remove (pink planar face). The selected faces here will leave holes in the sheet metal part when the form tool is applied.

Note:

Stopping Face: Sets the face to define where the forming tool stops when it is applied to the target part. It defines how deep the tool is pushed into the part.

Faces to Remove: Sets the face or faces to remove from the target part. When you place the forming tool on the target part, the faces that you select for Faces to Remove are deleted from the part. If you do not want to remove any faces, do not select any faces for Faces to Remove.

At this point, the form tool has been successfully created. But how do we apply it to parts? Our next step is to add it to our Design Library for easy access while designing in sheet metal parts.

C. Adding Tool to Design Library

The design library is an area to store commonly used features, blocks, etc.

5. To add the forming tool, right-click on your part at the top level in the Feature Manager design tree and select Add to Library.

6. The Add to Library will appear on the Property Manager, and you can able to choose the folder you want to place it in. It is important to put it inside the Forming Tools folder for it to function correctly.

D. Using the Forming Tool from the Design Library

7. Drag and drop the created forming tool from the Design Library; Position the tool according to the requirement (In the Type Tab, you can able to align the tool, rotation angle, select configurations, etc.; In the Position Tab, you can able to constrain the position of the tool for your requirement. Once the forming tool is applied, the intended forming process will take place resulting in the desired output.

8. Results...

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