Navigating to Data for a Process, Operation or Branch Node

You can navigate to the Data for a Process, Operation or Branch Node.

Data that is not global (see Navigating to Global Data) is associated with a single template node. (Note that same template node, in this sense of node, can appear in multiple templates.) There are two general ways to access the data associated with a given template node: from the template graph below the editing pane, and directly from the navigation pane.

This section describes the following tasks:

• Navigating to the Data for a Given Node

• Navigating to the Data for a Given Process or Operation

• Navigating to the Data for a Given Branch Node

Navigating to the Data for a Given Node

Caution: Use this navigation method only to navigate to processes, operations, or branch nodes that you are certain exist in the navigation pane. Some template nodes exist only in a template (for organizational purposes) and have no associated data or logic in the cost model. Using this method on such a node unnecessarily creates an empty node in the navigation pane and clutters the cost model.

To access, from a template graph, the modules for a given node, follow these steps:

1. In the navigation pane, expand Templates.

2. Double click a GCD type in whose template the desired node occurs. The template specification appears in the editing pane, and the template graph appears in the pane below it.
   

3. In the template graph, right click on the desired node, and select Create/Open Cost Node.

4. In the editing pane, select one of the following tabs:

   3. Lookup Tables. See Working with Lookup Tables.

   4. Process Setup Options. See Working with Process Setup Options.

   5. Machine Type. See Working with Machine Metadata.

   6. Tool Shop Type. See Associating a Tool Shop Type with a Process.

Navigating to the Data for a Given Process or Operation

For a node that represents a process or operation (as opposed to a branch node), you can access the node’s modules directly from the navigation pane as follows:

1. In the navigation pane, expand Processes, GCDs & Operations.

2. If the node represents a process, double click the process that the node represents. Otherwise, expand a process that can serve as an ancestor (in the process-operation hierarchy—see Cost Engine Details) of the desired operation.

3. Expand a GCD type to whose creation the desired operation can contribute.

4. Double click the desired operation under the expanded GCD, if it appears. Otherwise, expand an operation that can serve as ancestor (in the process/operation hierarchy) of the desired operation, and go back to step 3 to continue down the hierarchy.

5. In the editing pane, select one of the following tabs:

   2. Lookup Tables. See Working with Lookup Tables.

   3. Process Setup Options. See Working with Process Setup Options.

   4. Machine Type. See Working with Machine Metadata.

   5. Tool Shop Type. See Associating a Tool Shop Type with a Process.
      

Navigating to the Data for a Given Branch Node

For branch nodes, you can access a module for a given node directly from the navigation pane as follows:

1. In the navigation pane, expand Templates.

2. Expand a GCD type in whose template the desired node occurs.

3. Double click the desired node under the expanded GCD.

4. In the editing pane, select one of the following tabs:

   2. Lookup Tables. See Working with Lookup Tables.

   3. Process Setup Options. See Working with Process Setup Options.