Adding & editing rate tables
How to add & edit rate tables in ToolBox.
Adding a rate table
To add a rate table within ToolBox you first need to navigate to the menu and then select Rate Tables.
From this page to create a new rate table you need to select the Add Rate Table option from the top right of the screen.
This will then load the side menu for the creation of the rate table.
The data in this form is as follows:
Name
Name of the rate table you are creating in ToolBox
Cutting Technology
Which of the cutting technologies you have set up this rate table is associated too.
Base hourly rate
The starting/base hourly rate you want to charge out this rate table out at, this can be altered per thickness within the tables.
Etching feed rate
How fast does this rate table etch onto the material or the part when etching is required.
When this data is complete and you are ready to create this rate table select Add to save this rate table into your ToolBox account.
Your new rate table will be ready within ToolBox for you to add data too.
Adding thicknesses to your rate table
To add a row to your rate table for a thickness and the relevant data you will first need to select Add Thickness
From here you will see a side menu with the relevant data that needs populating to add this data to your rate table.
The data in this form is explained below:
Thickness
The thickness of material that this rate data would be used for in cutting
Web
For nesting to calculate material usage, this is the gap you would like to leave between each part, and the gap between the parts and the edges of the sheet
Cutting feed rate
The speed your machine runs at when cutting in this thickness and rate table
Pierce time
The time in seconds it takes your laser to complete a pierce when running on this rate table and thickness
Fine speed diameter
A cut off point for when you need to switch over from a standard cutting rate to a reduced rate to guarantee finish quality and the smaller details can be cut
Fine cutting rate
When you switch to fine cutting for small details what speed will you be running the machine at when cutting
Fine pierce time
What is the pierce time when you switch parameters for cutting the fine details within a part
Small holes limit
What is the limit you can use the fine cutting details for and the point in which you can no longer cut the detail in this thickness
Hourly rate multiplier
This is to be used if you want to apply a differing hourly rate for this thickness from your base hourly rate
Applied hourly rate
The actual hourly rate you will be charging for this thickness if you are using the Hourly rate multiplier
When this data is complete select Add to save this data into your rate table.
Your thickness and the relevant data will now be added to your rate table for use in quoting.
Editing a thickness in a rate table
To edit a thickness and its data already in a rate table you can do so by selecting the edit option in the table.
From here this will open the data for this thickness in the side menu of ToolBox
Once you have made the changes you need to in the thickness data select the Update option to save these changes to the rate table and thickness.
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