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Material Chart

Description / Operation / Benefit

Material Description

Only materials to be cut are displayed on the chart

Material Color

Each nest on the machine chart is cross referenced to the material chart color

Light Blue Outline

Highlights the material type as the user moves from nest to nest on the machine chart

Check box

Clicking anywhere on a material description will put a check mark in the box to the left of the material indicating and instantly filter Machine Schedule so that only marked materials are displayed.  Multiple materials can be checked and displayed on the Machine Schedule.   All non checked materials are set to a clear color.  Clicking on a material a second time un-checks the material.  If no material is checked then all plates return to their appropriate color.

Machine Schedule

Operational hours

The number of hours that the shop operates – user definable

Day of the week

The days of the week and the date

Total hours of cutting

The hour scale can be toggled between total hours scheduled and the operating hours per day

Machine description

Lists the machines available to be scheduled

H/D

Hours per day – less breaks ( 8 hours less two 15 min. breaks should be entered as 7.5 )

D/W

Days per week

Bar Graph

Displays each nest in the order it will be cut and in the color of the material shown on the Material Chart

Mouse Cursor

Placing the mouse cursor over a nest will display the nest name, material, due date, cut time & remnant

Left Mouse Click

Turns on PREVIEW, displaying the actual nest

Left Mouse HOLD

Click and Drag – Allows the user to reschedule a nest within a machine and or move a nest from one machine to another machine

Arrow keys

Move the cursor left, right, up and down on the machine schedule.  If the preview screen is ON the picture of the nests are updated as the cursor is moved.

Menu Selections

Screen Setup

The user can edit the machine parameters for hours of operation and timing information:

H/D  Hours per day

D/W  Days per week

Machine Calibration – timing variables used in calculating the differences between shifts and machines

L...Late

Inserts a separate bar graph for each machine listing the plates that are going to be late.

R..Remnant

Inserts a separate bar graph for each machine displaying the scheduled nests that have a remnants.

T..Time Available

Displays the amount of machine time available at the beginning of each day.