Stock

Each stock (also called sheet) is a piece of material from which parts are cut (or where parts are placed).

Stock attributes

A stock has the following attributes:

• Shape - can be a polygon or circle (click on cell to change it),
• Length, Width - must be specified if the shape is empty,
• Quantity - how many identical sheets of material we have,
• Material - from what material is made (can be empty),
• Label - can write where this part is used,
• Priority - 0 is the highest priority. If not specified the stock is used in the order in which is given.
• Price - cost of the material,
• Use it - if the stock is used or not in the optimization.

Stock toolbar

• Import - import parts from CSV files,
• Print - prints the current stock,
• Columns - shows/hides the columns of the table,
• Additional - additional commands,
• Clear - deletes all current stock,
• Export - Export current stock to CSV and XLSX (when posible - polygons are not exported into XLXS),
• Open + Append - loads an existing file containing stock and appends them to current grid /data,
• Import + Append - loads an CSV file containing stock and appends them to current grid /data,
• Group identical parts - Group identical data in 1 row,
• Append more rows - Appends more empty rows to the grid. Adding one row can also be achieved by pressing Down Key on the last row.

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