Windchill work instructions - Illustrations workflow

[sderoose]

Version: Windchill 13.0

Use Case: We're evaluating the eBOM/mBOM/work instructions in Windchill. What's the workflow when updating an eBOM?

Description:

We're evaluating the eBOM/mBOM/work instructions in Windchill. What's the workflow when updating an eBOM? You can easily compare an updated eBOM with your mBOM, but what kind of tools are available for the work instructions? With the part allocation you can see newly added WTParts currently missing from the process plan, and with the inconsistency report you can see which parts have been removed. But is there an easy method to tell which illustrations needs to be updated, because parts have been revised and geometry has been updated? Is it possible to update alle illustrations/images automatically without having to open them one by one in Creo Illustrate?

[avillanueva]

Sorry I cannot be helpful on this since I am not an Illustrate or MPMLink user. You might want to cross post on the Illustrate forum: https://community.ptc.com/t5/Addtl-Creo-Products-View-Sketch/bd-p/creogeneral

I am sure there is a design process to account for changes like this. Educate me, does illustrate rely on the Creo View representations? If so, those can be published automatically and Windchill reporting can be used to do comparisons. Certainly if Parts are update, its a good change it was from related CAD modifications but this is something that can be reported. Do you know how your publishing is configured? Latest or As-stored?