The Parts and Materials Sheets. Corte 4 User's Manual

From the Parts and Materials sheets of the Launch Window you should introduce data for the parts to extract and the materials to cut off, respectively.

Note: The Parts Sheet is automatically activated when creating or opening a launch.

Each of the above sheets contains a table with the following columns:

Id: Defines a consecutive number for the part or material. Corte assigns this index automatically in order to use it as a reference in the other views of the launch.

Length, Width: Define the dimensions of the part or material.

Quantity: For a part, defines the number of units needed, that is its request (order). For a material, defines its availability (existence). A blank or zero value means unlimited availability.

Desc1, Desc2: This fields can be optionally filled for documentation purposes.

Act: Defines the activation state of the part or materia

Important: Inactive parts or materials are not taken into account when calculating the cutting patterns.

When editing part or material data you can do the following actions:

Edit cells: Click in or use the arrow keys to select a cell. To overwrite, type directly the new value with the keyboard. To edit, double-click or press ENTER. Press either ENTER or TAB to end the modification. You may also change the focus cell.

Note: Pressing TAB from the last cell of the table will automatically add a blank row.

Important: To change the activation state, enter “0” (disabled) or “1” (enabled) in the Act column. You can also double-click to alternate.

Select a block of cells: Drag the cursor inside the table or uses the arrow keys while keeping the SHIFT key pressed.

Tip: To quickly extend the current selection, use End, Home, PgUp or PgDn keys while holding the SHIFT key. The short cuts CTRL+SHIFT+[Home, End] extend, respectively, to the first and last cell of the table.

Select blocks of rows and columns entirely: Click in the row Id or column Title to select the first element of the block. Repeat for another row or column with SHIFT pressed.

Modify several cells at the same time: You can assign a whole block of cells with the same value in a single action. To do that, first select the block and then type the modification. The new value will be edited in the first selected cell of the block.

Multiply Quantities: Select a block of cells including the rows whose quantities you wish to modify. Then select Multiply Quantities from the Tools menu.

Tip: To divide quantities, multiply by a factor lesser than unity. For example, 0.5 divides by 2, 0.25 divides by 4, etc.

Erase cells: Delete with the row(s) not selected entirely.

Note: Pasted data always overwrite the current selection.

Important: If you had calculated the cutting patterns, then every action modifying either the dimensions or indexes (nor the quantities or descriptions) of the parts or materials will purge the calculated optimum solution since it wouldn’t be possible to guarantee correspondence between current data and their references in the cutting patterns. A handy exception of that is the addition of new parts or materials at the end of their corresponding tables since it would not affect the indexes currently referenced.

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	Shortcut to Parts Sheet
	Shortcut to Materials Sheet

	Insert rows: Activate the row before which you want to insert and select Insert from the Edit menu.
	Append rows: Select Append from the Edit menu or press the <down arrow> key from the last row of the table.

Delete rows: Select entirely one or more rows and then Delete from the Edit menu.

	Cut	First select a block of cells and then Cut or Copy from the Edit menu. In the same table or a similar one from another launch, select the cell from which the copied data will be pasted in. Lastly, select Paste from the Edit menu.
	Copy
	Paste