Part Marking Lifecycle

Senior Design Engineers can create and manage Part Marking objects. Before a part is released, its part marking can be changed as long as none of the builds for the part is released. Once a part is released, its part marking cannot be changed.

The Part Marking lifecycle includes these states:

Create

When a part marking is created, its name can be specified or can be automatically generated by the system if Autoname is selected. Marking characteristics can be chosen to specify what will be marked by the part marking object, including part name, revision, type, tooling ID, product, or date. The marking method is also selected and whether parts are marked by lot number or serial number.

When the part marking is in the Create state, the Senior Design Engineer can attach parts and a part specification. When the part marking is promoted from the Create state to the Review state, a check is made to ensure that a part marking specification is attached.

Review

The part marking can be edited in the Review state. Additional parts can be attached. A part marking cannot be demoted from the Review state to the Create state.

In order for the Senior Design Engineer to promote the part marking to the Complete state, the attached specification must be in the Approved state and at least one file must be checked in.

Complete

Once the part marking is in the Complete state, no specification files can be added to the related part marking specification. The related part marking specification cannot be demoted. Parts can still be attached.

Superseded

In the Superseded state, no additional parts can be attached to the part marking.