You can create a custom routing for a part or assembly by inserting additional processes (including custom processes), reordering processes, and excluding processes. See Create a custom routing and Creating custom processes.
You can also customize an operation sequence performed to a specific GCD, which enables you to provide a routing variation and capture complete costs in situations where the pre-defined routings do not completely represent the actual manufacturing production processes done on that component. See Create a Custom Operation Sequence.
Depending on how you have customized routing, you may also need to manually assign operations on specific GCDs to different processes. See Assign Operations to Different Processes.
Use Cases
Common situations where custom routing functions may be useful include:
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Routings which use multiple instances of a single process, for example, a part that is initially cut on one waterjet machine and later undergoes another cutting operation on a second waterjet machine.
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Routings which include simple secondary processes such as inspections that are performed at various points throughout the routing. It is also very common to manually add surface treatments at the end of a routing.
Some processes cannot be manually added, such as milling or turning, or progressive die. Any processes that can be manually added are listed in the column displayed for Customize Routing. aPriori Services can also extend your Digital Factories to extend the set of processes and pre-defined routings that are always available.