Pro/Process, pre-assembly step?

[davehaigh]

Can I define an assembly process step where I don't use what's assembled in that step until much later in the assembly process?

I want to glue some parts together, and set them aside to dry. In the mean time other steps of the assembly process would continue, then at some later time those bonded parts would be assembled.

Assume that the assembly is flat, and there are no sub-assemblies.

Can this be done?

David Haigh
Phone: 925-424-3931
Fax: 925-423-7496
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
7000 East Ave, L-362
Livermore, CA 94550


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[dgschaefer]

It's been a LONG time since I used Pro/Process, but I recall that each
step could assemble or disassemble as well as have a specific explode
state. Could you not assemble the two items, but show them exploded
well off to the side with a note to glue them and leave them. Then, you
could either leave them shown, off to the side, or disassemble them for
the interim steps, bringing them back in when it's time to assemble them
into the main assembly.

You could also simply add a separate assembly of these two parts to your
drawing and show the glue step on it's own sheet or view at the
appropriate time in the sequence.
Doug Schaefer

[jflores-3]

One method that I've used it is to create the step where the components
are bonded together and show up in the assembly sequence steps (BOM),
apply a note for them to be set aside until adhesive is cured. Then
create a simplified rep excluding this bonded sub-assembly for the
following steps until this sub-assembly is consumed. Then later when
this subassembly is consumed use a different simplified rep that shows
them. It really help if you use the previous assembled component color
configuration setting so that in the step that this sub-assembly is
consumed the operators can clearly see that it is not a component
missing in that particular step of assembly sequences (BOM). I use
magenta in this sample whre they are bonded on page 2 but not assembled
until page 34.









Thank you, Jim Flores

Mech. designer/CAD admin.

Clinical Care Systems

Philips Healthcare

2271 Cosmos Court

Carlsbad, CA. 92011

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[brianlynn]

Use a Simplified Rep, you can assign different Simplified Reps to
different steps.

Hope that helps,

Brian S. Lynn
Technical Coordinator, Product Engineering