Adding a New Process to a Process Group

This section contains examples of adding a new process to a process group as a starting point for the full implementation of a custom process. The first procedure shows how to create an unpopulated process using the File menu. The second procedure shows how to copy an existing process to provide a more developed starting point.  The other main steps involved in fully implementing a custom process are covered in subsequent sections of this chapter.

Creating a New Process from Scratch

Use this procedure if you want to create a completely new process with minimal starting data. This creates the costTaxonomy and machineSelectionRule CSL Modules, and populates them with the basic equations of a standard cost taxonomy, along with the necessary library file references to start configuring.  Optionally you can also specify to create an empty machine table that has an identical format to one specified at creation time (no machines will be populated in the new table).

  1. From the File menu, click Create New Process...

  2. Follow the prompts in the resulting Create New Process window to provide:

    1. Digital Factory Name where the new process should be created.

    2. Process Group where the new process should be created

    3. The Name of the new process

    4. (Optional) Whether or not to create an empty machine table with the same structure as the one specified

  3. Click OK when done.

  4. Continue to develop the new process using the later sections in this chapter.

  5. When the process is complete, click Publish Cost Model and Digital Factory from the File menu, or click publish_icon.png in the toolbar.

Creating a New Process from an Existing Process

This example creates a custom process, AbrasiveJet Cut, which is copied from Laser Cut. AbrasiveJet will mimic the starting point process Waterjet Cut; here we copy from Laser Cut just as Waterjet Cut might have been created by starting from a copy of Laser Cut.

When you copy a process, you create copies of the original process’s associated CSL modules, process setup options, data tables, and metadata tables. Optionally, you also create copies of the original process’s associated operations (including their associated modules, setup options, data, and metadata).

These sections include:

For more information on these tasks, see Creating and Deleting New Plant Variables in Working with Cost Model Logic.