Invoking of Production and Reporting Functions

Once a selection has been made, it will stay as the current selection and it can be used when invoking different production and reporting functions via the Job Launcher. Below the Production Interface form is shown in another copy, this time with a selection made and therefore with no dimmed alternatives apart from Profile Cutting, since the current selection does not contain any nested profiles. Some of the entries in the menu contain sub-menus. These are Material List, Bending Templates and Jigs and Interfaces shown in figures below:

Production Interface Menu when objects have been picked

Production Interface Menu with Material List Functions

Production Interface Menu with Bending Templates and Jig Functions

Production Interface Menu with Interface Functions

Starting a certain function with the selected data as input is simply done by pressing the corresponding field in the menu. The function will then be started as a background job controlled by the Job Launcher. The name of the input file controlling the job is generated automatically. If this name shall be changed by the user at run-time, the logical variable SBH_PPI_NAME shall be assigned to the value MANUAL.