Important limits and capacities
The program usually prevents data being entered beyond the limits for the number of items, range of numbers, part and boards sizes etc., and the program checks on import that limits are not exceeded by the incoming data.
The most important limits are shown below.
Item |
Limit |
Max items in part list |
20000 |
Max items in cutting list |
20000 |
Max items in board list |
5000 |
Max items in cutting list per optimisation (saw) |
9999 |
Max items in cutting list per optimisation (nesting) |
4000 |
Max items in board list per optimisation (saw) |
5000 |
Max items in board list per optimisation (nesting) |
2000 |
Max material types per run (saw) |
5000 |
Max material types per run (nesting) |
2000 |
Max offcuts in run |
7500 |
Max patterns in run (saw) |
5000 |
Max patterns in run (nesting) |
2000 |
Max dimension for parts and board (mm) |
9999 |
Max parts in a pattern (saw) |
5000 |
Max shapes in a nested pattern |
1000 |
Max value for quantity part / board list |
99999 |
Max run quantity per pattern |
99999 |
Max runs in batch |
250 |
Max length of product code |
25 |
Max length of part code |
50 |
Max length of material code |
50 |
Max length of material code (edging library) |
50 |
Max length of board code |
50 |
Max length of edge code |
50 |
Max length of destacking code |
50 |
Max length of machining code |
50 |
Max length of drawing code |
25 |
Max length of pattern code |
25 |
Max length of machine drawing file ref |
9 |
Max length of run name |
50 |
Max length of Order or Reservation code |
50 |
Max length for Stock order number |
50 |
Max length of variable name |
25 |
Max length of formula name |
25 |
Max length of part description (part library) |
25 |
Max length of product description (product library) |
25 |
Max length of memo field (product library) |
100 |
Max. records in product library |
99999 |
Max. records in material library |
Access mdb |
Max. capacity of Board library |
Access mdb |
Max. records in order library |
99999 |
Max. records in stock reservations library |
99999 |
Max. records in edging library. |
99999 |
Max. records in destacking library |
99999 |
Max. records in part library |
99999 |
Max items in variables table |
2000 |
Max items in formula table |
5000 |
Max items in lookup table |
5000 |
Max items in product definition. |
500 |
Max sub-assembly items in product (inc. above) |
|
Max variables in product definition |
500 |
Max global variables in product definition. |
100 |
Max length of product inf. in req. list |
50 |
Max number of information boxes |
99 |
Max length of information box data |
200 |
Max length of information box title |
30 |
Max length of formula - general |
80 |
Max length of formula - formula table |
300 |
Max length of file names |
50 |
Max items in Quotes/Orders list |
999 |
Max items in Requirements list |
999 |
Max length of path |
150 |
Max length of file extension |
4 |
Notes
In a few situations the above restrictions are limited further
Recent changes
Edging library description field increased: 20 chars > 50 chars
Destacking library reference field increased: 8 chars > 50 chars
The edging library description appears in following places:-
Edging library
Review runs (job costing, edging summary)
Part costing
Edging selection
The destacking library reference (Destacking code) appears in the following places:-
Destacking library
Cutting pattern labels
Review runs (station summary and destacking pictures)
Saw & optimising parameters - maximum values
For the following parameters the maximum value is an integer. This avoids any conversion problems if switching between decimal and fractional inches.
Saw parameters
Cutting 1
Maximum value 9999mm or 999 inches
Board dimensions (Minimum, Maximum length and width
Cutting 2
Maximum value 9999mm or 99 inches
Min size of first cut
Min size of last but one cut, Rip, Crosscut
Cutting centre
Maximum value 9999mm or 999 inches
Front trim
Max head piece length
Manual offcuts, Max length, Max width
Automatic offcuts, Min length, Min width
Tension trim
Maximum value 9999mm or 999 inches
Placement of tension trims
Max distance from edge / centre (Dimension)
Max distance (rotated board) (Dimension)
Multi-axis 1
Maximum value 9999mm or 99 inches
Min size of last set of strips
Optimising parameters
Maximum value 9999mm or 999 inches
Width of router for recuts
Additional allowance for gap between recut parts
Min difference in width of adjacent recut parts
Min gap between recut parts of different width
Min part length (cutting direction at rip saw)
Max part length (cutting direction at rip saw)
Min part width (flow direction at rip saw)
This also applies to the equivalent override values for material parameters.
