Purpose
This section explains how to define requisition nodes and templates when starting a new project in the Smart Materials E&PI(Req) module.
Exercise
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Open the R.10.41 Nodes and Templates screen from the Smart Materials > E&PI (Req) > R.10 Setup menu branch.
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Select R.10.48 Create Req Master Nodes from the Fastcall dropdown list.
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Enter ‘PIPING’ in the Node field, 10 in the Order Seq field, ‘Piping’ in the Short Desc field, and ‘Piping Discipline’ in the Description field. Click the Save button to save the new master node.
Click the at the upper right corner of R.10.48 to close this screen.
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Close the R.10.41 screen and reopen it to refresh the node tree on the left. Select the new master node PIPING.
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Select R.10.49 Create Req Nodes from the Fastcall dropdown list.
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Enter ‘PIPES’ in the Node field, 10 in the Order Seq field, ‘Pipes’ in the Short Desc field, and ‘Pipe Material’ in the Description field. Click the Save button to save the new node.
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In the same way, create further requisition nodes underneath the master node PIPING as listed below.
Node
Order Seq
Short Desc
Description
FLANGES
20
Flanges
Flanges
FITTINGS
30
Fittings
Fittings
LEFTOVERS
999
Leftovers
unconsidered Material
Click the at the upper right corner of R.10.49 to close this screen.
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Close the R.10.41 screen and reopen it to refresh the node tree on the left. It should now look like the picture below.
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Double-click the ‘PIPE’ node in the requisition nodes tree to open Window 2. Enter ‘PIPE-CS’ as the name of the new template in the Name (Code) field and select the Enabled indicator. Enter ‘Pipe CS’ in the Short Desc field and ‘Pipe Carbon Steel’ in the Description field. Click in the REQ Rule field and open the LOV using the List of Values button, select PIPING from the list, and click OK to complete the selection. Next, click in the REQ Desc Rule field and open the LOV using the List of Values button, select PIPING from the list, and click OK to complete the selection. Enter 1 in the Exe Seq field. Click in the Where Condition field and open the LOV using the List of Values button, select PIPES from the list, and click OK to complete the selection.
Click the Save button to save the new template. Click the in the upper right corner of Window 2 to close this window.
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Double-click the ‘FLANGES’ node in the requisition nodes tree to open Window 2. Create a new template in the same way as described above and as displayed in the picture below.
Click the Save button to save the new template. Click the in the upper right corner of Window 2 to close this window.
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Double-click the ‘FITTINGS’ node in the requisition nodes tree to open Window 2. Create new templates in the same way as described above and as displayed in the picture below. For this node, we need two templates to cover the buttweld fittings and the forged fittings.
Click the Save button to save the new templates. Click the in the upper right corner of Window 2 to close this window.
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Double-click the ‘LEFTOVERS’ node in the requisition nodes tree to open Window 2. Create a new template in the same way as described above and as displayed in the picture below.
This template is used to collect all remaining material, that was not selected by any of the other templates. For this reason, we assign the where condition ALL, which does not have any restriction with regard to the material.
Click the Save button to save the new template. Click the in the upper right corner of Window 2 to close this window.
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Close the screen by selecting File > Close All or Close from the main menu.