ISE 440B FactoryPLAN Guide

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ISE 440B FactoryPLAN Guide

• By Brad Hollingsworth
• May 9, 2002

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AutoCAD 2002

• Stocker 292A
• Icon available in public_app folder
• Annoying Pop-up Assistant
• Easy to turn off
• Right click icon at the bottom right hand corner
• Select Exit Active Assistant

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Opening FactoryPLAN

• Select from Factory menu in AutoCAD 2002
• If Factory menu is not on AutoCAD toolbar
• Type menuload in the command line and press
  return
• Menu customization window opens (see next slide)
• Select Browse
• Select C\CIMF\Program\
• In the program folder, select factory and then
  open.
• This will bring you back to the menu
  customization screen
• Click Load, then Close.
• Factory menu should appear on AutoCAD Toolbar

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Figure 1 Menu Customization
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Activity Relationship Data

• You will need the following information before
  you begin using FactoryPLAN
• List of departments
• Department space requirements
• Department relationships
• See Chapter 4 in Facilities Planning (pg. 94-95)

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Data Entry

• Select FactoryPLAN from Factory menu
• Set limits as shown in tutorial
• Select FPEDIT from Chart/Data menu
• Note Tutorial is not accurate from this point
• FactoryPLAN prompts you to enter file names (see
  next slide)
• Save your drawing to your disk before you begin
  FPEDIT to ensure that the correct file path
  appears

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Figure 2 FPEDIT File Window
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Entering Department Names

• After selecting OK in FPEDIT File Window,
  Activity/Department window appears (Figure 3)
• Delete BLDG-OUT from list
• Just a default activity
• Enter department name in text box
• Select Add after entering to add to list
• Select Save after all departments are entered
• Select Space Information to enter area
  requirements
• Accept default height width values

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Figure 3 Activity/Department List
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Entering Space Information

• Space Information window opens (Figure 4)
• Click on one of the department names
• Enter appropriate information
• Important Select Update after entering area
  type for each department or the data you enter
  will not be saved
• Repeat for all departments
• Select Save when complete

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Figure 4 Space Information
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FPEDIT Instructions Cont.

• Will return to Activity/Department List (Figure
  3)
• Select first department
• Select Edit Relationships
• Relationship Editor opens (Figure 5)
• Click on one of the department names
• Enter appropriate information
• Important Select Update after entering
  relationship reason for each department or the
  data you enter will not be saved
• Reason codes
• Can be added and modified through Reason Editor
• To access reason editor, see button on Figure 5

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Figure 5 Relationship Editor
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Activity Relationship Chart

• Select Insert Relationship Chart from
  Chart/Diagram menu
• Important Type the insertion point in command
  line
• Ex. 0,0 -20,-20, etc
• Point you select is arbitrary
• Do not use existing point for insertion
• See example chart in Figure 6

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Figure 6 Final Chart
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Reason Codes

• Reason codes
• Explain why you chose AEIOU
• Accessible in file C\CIMF\Support\Default.REA
• To include on drawing
• Open this file with NotePad
• Paste into AutoCAD file with Activity
  Relationship Chart (See Figure 6)