To work with Materials, click the button 
in the main toolbar or select the menu item "File > Inventory > Materials" or press Ctrl+2.
Columns |
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No. |
Record number. |
ID |
Unique identification number generated by program. |
# |
User defined identification number. |
Description |
Short description. |
Thickness |
Thickness of material. Useful for some Machine settings. |
Stock level |
Sum length of all stocks of actual material. The field is red if Stock level < Min. level. |
Min. level |
Minimum stock level. See more in chapter Stock level control. |
Above level |
Calculated value of above stock level (Above level = Stock level - Min. level). The field is red if Stock level < Min. level. This column is hidden by default, you can make it visible in columns rearrangement form. |
Note 1 |
Additional description. |
Note 2 |
Additional description. |
Note 3 |
Additional description. |
Note 4 |
Additional description. |
To rearrange columns, their order and visibility, click the button |
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Click the Materials master tab to add new material and/or change descriptive information about existing materials. When new material is added you can continue in defining of stocks, parts and cut settings.
Stocks tab
Click the Stocks tab to define stocks of actually set material. These stocks are your real inventory and you can associate them to the specific Storage through the field Storage. If no Storage is defined, default storage will be used implicitly.
Columns |
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No. |
Record number. |
ID |
Unique identification number generated by program. |
# |
User defined identification number. |
Length |
Length of stock. |
Qty |
Quantity of available stocks. Unlimited quantity represents virtual ones. Such stocks are not part of your real inventory. |
Cost |
Stock cost (e.g. "75.00 / pc" or "8.20 / L4", etc.). pc = cost of whole piece L1 = cost of 1 length unit L2 = cost of 10 length units L3 = cost of 100 length units L4 = cost of 1000 length units L9 = cost of 12 length units |
Cost/pc |
Calculated cost of whole piece (read only). |
Description |
Short description of stock. |
Storage |
Storage where the stock is stored. |
Mnf. date |
Manufacture date (all created remnants have the same manufacture date as the stock they were cut from). |
Note 1 |
Additional description of stock. |
Note 2 |
Additional description of stock. |
Date |
Is automatically filled-in when stock is entered or remnant is created. |
Origin ID |
When defining a new stock, Origin ID is automatically set by program and is equal to stock ID displayed in data grid. All remnants inherit Origin ID from stock they were cut from. It is extremely useful for tracking purposes of given material from original stock through sub-stocks or remnants to final parts. |
Plan ID |
Plan identification number, in which remnant was created. |
Mark |
Determines which stocks can be copied to plan. |
To rearrange columns, their order and visibility, click the button |
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Note: Stocks which are defined in Materials are your real inventory. When you define and use them, you get a transparent overview of movement of materials and overall inventory in Storages. |
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Tip: It is possible to import stocks of materials from any file with any structure or from clipboard. |
Parts tab
Click the Parts tab to define parts for given material. Defining of parts in Materials can be useful in cases when these predefined parts are frequently used in plans, so that copying these parts from Materials may save time and simplify preparation of new cutting plan.
Columns |
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No. |
Record number. |
ID |
Unique identification number generated by program. |
# |
User defined identification number. |
Length |
Length of part. |
Qty |
Quantity of parts. |
Description |
Short description of part. |
Order # |
Order number. |
Note 1 |
Additional description of part. |
Note 2 |
Additional description of part. |
Mark |
Determines which parts can be copied to plan. |
Color |
Color of part. To define or change it, click on particular color cell. Tab with following color picker will be shown.  |
To rearrange columns, their order and visibility, click the button |
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Settings tab
Settings tab enables you to define list of pre-defined plan settings for given material. See more in chapter Entering Settings for the Plan.