In this article, we will discuss how to link dimensions from a Component Plan to corresponding dimensions in an Assembly Plan as a part of Assembly FAI functionality. This function allows dimensions that cannot be checked after a certain point in the process, or would be unnecessarily checked more than once to be checked earlier in the manufacturing and reported at a later operation with the push of a button.
Important Note: Enabling Assembly FAIs is a configurable setting that requires assistance from a 1factory representative. For Assembly FAIs to function correctly, you must also enable Version Control. If your organization is interested in this feature, please reach out to your 1factory representative or email support@1factory.com for further assistance.
For this example, we will have a part marking that occurs at a Component level, that then needs to be reported at the Assembly level. At the Component level the balloon number for this marking is #17.
When the Plan is created for the Assembly level, the Component marking is going to be reported as balloon #6.
These dimensions can be linked so that once it is checked on the FAI at the Component level, it does not need to be checked again at the FAI for the Assembly and instead can be transferred to the Assembly FAI with the push of a button. To link these dimensions, select the Sub Plans tab at the top of the Assembly Plan.
In this tab you can select a Balloon Number from the Assembly Plan to tie to a Component Balloon Number found in a specific Component Plan. To complete this example, we will select Balloon "6 - Component Part Marking" from the Balloon Number drop down, "Component 3 -" from the Component drop down & enter "17" in the Component Balloon Number box for the Balloon Number 17 at the Component level.
Now that those two dimensions are linked, we will accept the part marking as "PASS" in the Component level FAI.
In the Assembly level FAI Form 1, select the Part Type (17) & FAIR Identifier (18) that corresponds with the Component level FAI.
On Form 3 of the Assembly FAI, click the Transfer button on the left to import the data from the linked dimension of the Component level.
The linked dimensions from the Component level will import to their corresponding Assembly dimensions.