J_PartProcessingAreas

Open the processing areas management dialog

The processing areas management allows you to mark some parts' regions with specific processing indication (e.g. skiving). The processings associated to such regions can be exported to a PDF report, which the operator can consult when physically applying the processings to the cut-out part.

The processing areas dialog is structired as follows:

  • on the left side all the parts in the current model are listed.
  • each part can be checked/unchecked to include/exclude it in the report generation.
  • in the centre of the dialog, the preview of the selected part is shown. You can draw one or more regions over it, by using the tools at the top (rectangle, polyline, polygon buttons)
  • on the top-right side the palette of available processings is displayed; below it, the selected processing's properties are shown and can be edited.
  • on the bottom-right side you can associate a processing to one of the regions drawn over the current part.

Steps

  1. Add some processings if not already created:
    • click on the + icon on the top-right of the dialog
    • select the new item in the processing list
    • adjust the processing properties (name, colour, line width) [Note: line width applies to polyline regions only]
    • repeat if you want to add other processings to your palette
  2. Select a part from the list on the left
  3. Draw some regions over the part preview. You can draw three kinds of shape:
    • rectangle region: click twice on the preview to determine one corner and the opposite one of the desired rectangular area
    • polyline region: click repeatedly to insert polyline points, then right-click to confirm the polyline
    • polygon region: click repeatedly to insert polygon points, then right-click to confirm the polygon
  4. Select a region by clicking on it
  5. Apply a processing to the selected region by choosing a processing in the *Applied processing" combo box on the right
  6. (Optional) in the bottom-right text box, insert any note for additional information that can help the operator to correctly apply the processing
  7. On the parts list, check the parts for which you wish to generate the report
  8. Click Generate report button at the bottom of the parts list
  9. If the applied processings have not been saved, the Processing manager asks to save them before generating the report: click Yes to save and proceed with the report generation, No to avoid saving and cancel the report generation
  10. If the processings are saved, a dialog appears and you can set some options before generating the report:
    • Pieces: check this if the report must include information about each part's pieces per pair
    • Processings legend: check this if the report must include a legend that associates colors with processing names
    • Notes: check this to include the notes in the report
    • Draw background: check this if the part preview in the report must include the background
    • Monochrome: check this if the generated report must use grayscale colours
    • Portrait/Landscape: choose which page layout to use for the report
    • Parts per page: choose how many parts to lay out in each report page; for Portrait layout the available options are [1 per page, 2 per page, 6 per page]; for Landscape layout the available options are [1 per page, 2 per page, 4 per page]
  11. After confirming the options you can provide the path where to save the report.

Remarks

  • The dialog is opened only if the current model has some valid parts.
  • The processings added to the palette or associated to the parts' regions are not saved until you confirm and close the dialog by cliking on the OK button. Closing the dialog by clicking on the Cancel button will discard any temporary changes.
  • The temporary changes must be saved before generating a report, so you are asked if you want to automatically save the changes when clicking on the Generate report button.