2.1 Introduction to Process Designer

Process Designer provides a planning tool for digital factory with a 3D viewer. Process Designer consists of a Navigation Tree, which contains the elements of the digital factory (Products, Resources, Operation, and Manufacturing Features), and the Graphic Viewer, where you can view the 3D representation of the data and work with the layout of the factory.

Process Designer provides users with fast viewing performance and basic analytical tools that increase the quality and productivity of their work during the planning process. In summary, the following are typical activities you can do in Process Designer [Siemens-2013a]:

1. Create, open, import and export a project
2. Modify objects in a project
   • Check in and check out objects from eMServer
   • Add and delete objects in the project
   • Assign parts/guns/resources or properties
3. Analyze manufacturing process
   • Display objects in different views and modes
   • Manipulate the display and placing objects in the viewer
   • Perform kinematics on various resources
   • Display 3D representations of manufacturing features (MFGs) related to parts
   • Generate a united representation of selected compound parts
   • Measure distances and angles

Launching Process Designer

1. To launch Process Designer, double-click the Process Designer icon or select Start (Windows) > Programs > Tecnomatix > Planning Applications > Process Designer.
2. The Login to eMServer window opens. Now you can log in with your user name and password.
3. The Open Project window opens and displays a list of existing projects available for the logged in user.
4. Select a project and click OK. The main window of Process Designer will then launch.

Figure: Login to eMServer window

Figure: Open Project window