RELEASE DOCUMENTS

Use this screen to enter and maintain documents and to link documents to the parts to which they refer. Documents typically include drawings, parts lists, work instructions, test procedures, source control documents, and other documents that are used to engineer, manufacture, and procure products.

You can add, edit, clone, and delete a document in this screen and the Manage Documents screen. However, if you selected the Use Separate Document Release Function check box in the Configure Bills of Material Settings screen, you can use only this screen to modify document status, and modify or delete a document that has been released or made obsolete.

This screen has the following tabs:

Location

Identification

Use this block to add or edit basic information about the document you want to create or update. You can use to retrieve existing document entries you want to edit.

Document ID

Use this field to enter the identification code of the document you want to create.

Rev

Use this field to enter a revision number for the document.

Name

Use this field to enter a descriptive name for the document.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Parts

Click this link to open the Parts subtask and assign standard parts, effective dates, configuration IDs, and document print options for the document.

Text

Click this link to open the Text subtask and assign text code information to the document.