Adding & editing cutting technologies
How to add & edit cutting processes in ToolBox.
To add a cutting technology to ToolBox you first need to go into the menu and then select processes to get to the following screen
Processes page showing cutting technologies
From here to create a new cutting process select the Add Cutting Technology button at the top right of the screen, this will then load a side menu for you to complete and add a cutting technology.
Add cutting technology
Complete the data in the form above to create your new cutting technology.
- Display Name
- The name of the cutting technology and how this will be displayed in ToolBox
- Maximum sheet length
- The maximum sheet length you can fit on the bed of your cutting machine
- Maximum sheet width
- The maximum sheet width you can fit on the bed of your cutting machine
- Setup time
- The time in seconds it takes on average for you to load the cutting machine with the program, parameters and load the machine with the required materials.
- Setup mode
- How you want to apply the setup time as a cost within your quotes
- None - Setup charge does not need applying for this process
- Line Item - The setup time specified will be applied to each individual line/part you are quoting for in your quote. e.g 5 line items = 5 set up charges with 1 charge per line of the above time.
- Material - The setup time will be spread across common material groups and thicknesses. e.g. 5 Line items, 3 differing materials = 3 setup charges split across the 5 line items based on materials that are common on parts
- Sheet change time
- The time in seconds it takes on average for you or the machine to change the beds of material over on the cutting process.
- Sheet change mode
- How you want to apply the setup time as a cost within your quotes
- None - Sheet change charge does not need applying for this process
- Line Item - The Sheet change time specified will be applied to each individual line/part you are quoting for in your quote. e.g 5 line items = 5 Sheet change charges with 1 charge per line of the above time.
- Material - The Sheet change time will be spread across common material groups and thicknesses. e.g. 5 Line items, 3 differing materials = 3 Sheet change charges split across the 5 line items based on materials that are common on parts
Once you have completed this data select Add to save this cutting process into your ToolBox.
Adding a cutting technology
Your new created cutting technology will be in your processes screen.
New cutting technology in processes
When you have created a cutting technology or want to edit an existing technology you need to select the edit button to open the menu for editing the data.
Edit button in a cutting technology
Once selected you will be presented with a side menu to edit this process
Editing a cutting technology
Once you have changed the data you need to for this cutting technology select Update to save the changes to this technology.
In the processes screen you can also Archive cutting technologies you no longer want to use or be visible for quoting, this can be done by selecting the archive button within the processes list.
Archive cutting technologies within processes
You may also unarchive an older technology if you wish by select the Show archived technologies shown at the top right of the screen to show any archived technologies.
In ToolBox you may also specify your default cutting technology to be used when quoting by selecting the icon within the cutting technologies as shown.
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Default cutting technologies