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An administrator (or a user with administrative rights) sets up your virtual factory and factory resources. The Factory Resources area of the FactoryLogix Office client application visualizes the physical assets and resources available for production on the factory floor. A workstation is one of the key assets you need to define when you set up factory resources:

• Each workstation may be grouped into lines or clustered workstations

• Each line or clustered workstation may be grouped into an area

• Areas may be grouped into a factory

After you create and configure your factory, you're ready to set up workstations to generate machine programs for placement and inspection equipment in the factory. 

Create a factory and resources

1. Log into the FactoryLogix Office client application.

2. Select Templates and Standards  > Factory Resources.
   
   
   

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3. Select the New  button, then select Factory from the drop-down.

4. Enter a name for the new Factory, then select Save.
   
   Once a Factory is defined, you can add an area or a line. 
   
   

5. Select the Add  button, select Area, name the area, then select Save.

6. Repeat Step 5 for each area, line, workstation, clustered workstation, and other resources you want to add to your factory.
   
   
   

    

Set up machine types

After you create factory resources, you specify the machine type for individual workstations to enable machine programming.

1. Select a workstation or clustered workstation from the factory tree.

2. On the right side of the window, enter a Name for the workstation.
   
   
   

   
   
   

3. (Optional) Select the Add  button, then locate and select an image of the workstation.

4. Enter a Computer Name associated with this workstation.
   
   

5. Review the options on the Machine Information tab and make any necessary changes to the options---you must define the machine type if you intend to use machine programming for this workstation.
   
   

   • Machine Type - Specifies the type of machine interface associated with this workstation.

   • Positive X, Positive Y, Position Angle
     
     

     • The Positive X/Y values define whether a positive value for the X/Y coordinates mean that the position is to the left/right or above/below the origin point respectively.

     • The position angle defines whether rotation angles are to be considered Clockwise (CW) or Counter-Clockwise (CCW).
       
       

   • Default Program Path - Specifies the default path for output files for this machine.

   • Resource Types - Specifies the resources used by this machine. (Select the Edit Resource Types  button to display a dialog where you can modify resource types.)

   • Location - Specifies the physical location of the machine (a specific factory, for example). Select the Manage Locations button to add or delete locations.)

   • Default Efficiency - Specifies the percentage of efficiency for this machine at full capacity.
     
     

6. Select the Save button to save the configuration for this workstation.