Establish master process flow templates before migrating

Due to fundamental changes in process definitions between V7 and FactoryLogix, you must create and save one or more new master process flow templates in FactoryLogix Office (also known as process templates or process definition templates) before migrating your data from V7.

A FactoryLogix process flow template is similar to a V7 master factory model, but it does not reference the physical resources in your factory such as lines and process points. During the migration, your newly-created FactoryLogix master process flow template will serve as the “target” when you migrate an existing V7 project based on a factory model to FactoryLogix.

Differences between FactoryLogix and V7 processes and routings

There are significant differences between how processes and routings are designed in FactoryLogix versus the older V7 system, specifically:

• A FactoryLogix process definition provides a clear separation of the process from the physical routing, whereas a V7 factory model combines these concepts into a single definition.
  
  This fundamental change in process definitions means that there is no straightforward way to automatically map V7 process revisions based on V7 factory models directly to FactoryLogix process definitions. Instead, a mapping/translation tool helps you map V7 model points to their FactoryLogix equivalents.
  
  

• When a new assembly or process is created in the FactoryLogix Office client application, you are given the option to base it on any process revision in your V7 assembly tree.
  
  When you select an existing V7 revision, the process migration wizard starts in FactoryLogix Office and guides you through the migration process step-by-step. You are prompted to select a FactoryLogix process template, then mapping options are displayed, allowing you to map existing V7 model points to their FactoryLogix equivalents (operations). After you establish the desired mappings, you can reuse them whenever you migrate a V7 revision based on the same Factory Model to FactoryLogix.

What data is imported from V7?

When you import V7 process revisions into FactoryLogix, the following data is imported:

• ECAD and Gerber data

• BOM information

• BOM level AML, AVL, and Alternate Part information

• Component assignments

• Visual aids

• Embedded OLE objects (see OLE object translation for more information).

• Attached documents

• Notes (Notes are converted to a linked rich text document independent from the Visual Aid.)

OLE object translation (V7 visual aids)

Visual aids you designed using the V7 CircuitCAM product may contain both linked and embedded OLE objects (for example, embedded MS Word, Excel, or PDF documents). General support for OLE has been discontinued by Microsoft, and OLE is not supported by the FactoryLogix platform. As a result, alternative approaches to OLE are offered within FactoryLogix.

During the V7 to FactoryLogix visual aid conversion process, OLE objects will be converted to an alternative form as described in the following table.

In-place displayed OLE objects in V7 are converted into a simple picture in FactoryLogix. The OLE data source behind the in-place object will also carry over to FactoryLogix as an embedded document independent of the visual aid.

Smart Text mapping

The following Smart Text fields will map over to FactoryLogix during the migration process:

• Assembly Number

• Assembly Revision

• Customer

• Description

• Process Revision

• Modified Date

• Model Point

• Current Date

• Page Number

• Total Pages

• Job Name

Frequently-asked questions (FAQs)