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Create a station and set station properties.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:04
To analyze how materials flow through a factory, you need to set up a station.
00:08
In this example, you open a Material Flow drawing and use Factory Design to create and set the properties for two stations.
00:16
To begin, open AutoCAD, and in the Start tab, click Open.
00:21
Navigate to and open an existing DWG file.
00:25
To follow along with this tutorial, navigate to the Tutorial 4 folder and open Material Flow Analysis_Start.dwg.
00:35
If the Material Flow palette is not already open, on the Factory ribbon, Tools panel, expand the Palettes drop-down and select Material Flow.
00:44
Expand Palettes again, and this time, select Factory Properties.
00:49
Now, set up a station.
00:52
On the Factory ribbon, Material Flow panel, select Station.
00:57
On the layout, select the area on the left, upper portion of the AutoCAD geometry to create a station.
01:03
Then, on your keyboard, press ENTER.
01:06
On the layout, click to place a connector at the center of the new station.
01:12
Next, set the properties of the station.
01:15
In the Material Flow Browser palette, click the Station 1 node.
01:19
Change the name of the station to “Planning Station”, then press ENTER.
01:24
In the Factory Properties palette, Material Flow Object tab, change the Uptime Percentage to 95 and the Energy Consumption to 5.
01:33
Press ENTER, then ESC.
01:35
To set up another station, again, in the Factory ribbon, Material Flow panel, click Station.
01:41
Window select the AutoCAD geometry at the lower right, and then press ENTER.
01:46
Again, click the layout at the center of the new station to place a connector.
01:51
To set the properties of this station, in the Material Flow Browser palette,
01:57
click the Station 2 node, and then change the name of the station to “Panel Machining”.
02:02
In the Factory Properties palette, set the following parameters:
02:06
Setup Cost Rate: 30
02:09
Processing Cost Rate: 28
02:12
Uptime Percentage: 90
02:15
Energy Consumption: 3
02:18
On your keyboard, press ENTER.
02:20
With two stations created, you can now add products and routings to the layout to analyze transportation.
Video transcript
00:04
To analyze how materials flow through a factory, you need to set up a station.
00:08
In this example, you open a Material Flow drawing and use Factory Design to create and set the properties for two stations.
00:16
To begin, open AutoCAD, and in the Start tab, click Open.
00:21
Navigate to and open an existing DWG file.
00:25
To follow along with this tutorial, navigate to the Tutorial 4 folder and open Material Flow Analysis_Start.dwg.
00:35
If the Material Flow palette is not already open, on the Factory ribbon, Tools panel, expand the Palettes drop-down and select Material Flow.
00:44
Expand Palettes again, and this time, select Factory Properties.
00:49
Now, set up a station.
00:52
On the Factory ribbon, Material Flow panel, select Station.
00:57
On the layout, select the area on the left, upper portion of the AutoCAD geometry to create a station.
01:03
Then, on your keyboard, press ENTER.
01:06
On the layout, click to place a connector at the center of the new station.
01:12
Next, set the properties of the station.
01:15
In the Material Flow Browser palette, click the Station 1 node.
01:19
Change the name of the station to “Planning Station”, then press ENTER.
01:24
In the Factory Properties palette, Material Flow Object tab, change the Uptime Percentage to 95 and the Energy Consumption to 5.
01:33
Press ENTER, then ESC.
01:35
To set up another station, again, in the Factory ribbon, Material Flow panel, click Station.
01:41
Window select the AutoCAD geometry at the lower right, and then press ENTER.
01:46
Again, click the layout at the center of the new station to place a connector.
01:51
To set the properties of this station, in the Material Flow Browser palette,
01:57
click the Station 2 node, and then change the name of the station to “Panel Machining”.
02:02
In the Factory Properties palette, set the following parameters:
02:06
Setup Cost Rate: 30
02:09
Processing Cost Rate: 28
02:12
Uptime Percentage: 90
02:15
Energy Consumption: 3
02:18
On your keyboard, press ENTER.
02:20
With two stations created, you can now add products and routings to the layout to analyze transportation.
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