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Map#

🔒 Map.Show

A Map can be seen as an instance of a Map Definition. It contains the actual data for each layer. A Map may be linked to a Material and the Map quantity can be synchronized with the Material quantity if the following conditions are met:

  1. The Material master Map default layer must be of either type
  2. The Map units must be defined and match either the Material Primary or Secondary Units.

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Maps are part of Mapping which is a Critical Manufacturing optional module.

Internally, and also for loading and exporting, Critical Manufacturing uses the G85-0703 format. Please refer to this link ⧉ for more information on the G85 format

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The setting /Cmf/System/Configuration/Mapping/CheckUpdatesAgainstMark determines whether the system checks for every unit update or the unit is part of the Map Definition mask. If set to true, there is a performance penalty incurred for every update.

Tying Everything Together#

graph TD
    A1[Step] --- Main[Map]
    A2[Material] --- Main
    A3[Resource] --- Main
    Main === A4[Map Definition]
    A4 --- A5[Map Definition Layer]
    A5 --- A6[Map Definition Layer Filter]
    A5 --- L1[Map Layer]
    L1 --- L2[Map Layer Content]
    Main --- L1

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
class Main mermaid_entity
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,A11,A12 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/map"
click A1 "../../business-data/step"
click A2 "../../business-data/material"
click A3 "../../business-data/resource"
click A4 "../../business-data/map-definition"

Sequence of Steps#

The necessary steps for correctly creating and using a Map are:

  1. Create a Map Definition.
  2. If it is intended to link the Map to a Material, create the Material.
  3. Create the Map.
  4. If it is intended to link the Map to a Material, link the Material with the Map.

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For more information, see the Mapping tutorial.