The stock page contains a table with the following columns, where you can specify information about the material available for optimization.
NOTE: The columns you see may be different depending on the Options you have selected. In this grid the column width of the columns can be adjusted.
| Stock | Enter a unique name for each stock. |
| Length | Length of the stock. You can select the units using the Units dialog. |
| Qty | Available quantity of stock. Has to be zero or greater. |
| Cost/Piece | Cost per piece of stock material. This column is available only if you enable the "specify cost with each stock" using the options dialog. |
| Section Type | This column will appears, if you have purchased 'Sections' module along with PLUS 1D - Nesting Software. It provides the type of sections (depending on the sections database file selected) to choose.Example of section types are L, I, W, RHS, etc. options dialog. |
| Section | Specify the material or sections of each stock. Parts of the same material are matched and nested together on appropriate stock. See options dialog. |
| End Trim | Specify how much length has to be cut at both the sides of
the stock. To allow for removing damaged ends.
Zero by default.
Note: This is considered as waste during Utilization % computation. |
| Stock Wt | It is weight of the stock in Kg or pound (Lbs) per meter or ft. |
| Section Perimeter | It is the perimeter of the stock section to. It is used in the powder coating calculation |
| Vendor | It is name of the vendor or supplier of the stock. |
| Remarks | Additional information about the stock. |
| Used | The number of stocks used is displayed here, once the optimization is done. |
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This button will open the automatic name generation dialog. Using this the user can decide a criteria for automatic naming of the stocks. See Auto Names. |
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Allows import of stock information from text files. See CSV import. |
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Allows import of stock from the inventory database. Select the stocks you would like to use in the job, and they are automatically added. See Import stocks from Inventory. |