Colour names - information box 

Use for entering long names for colour descriptions for variable material codes

A material is usually described by a material code and a description. With extended colour names the Material code and description are adjusted to provide maximum information about the material.

Material code                     Description

MEL-CHIP-15MM        Pre-laminated White 15mm

The usual way of entering a variable colour code in the part list would be to enter it into the material code column for example:

MFC18=WHITE-ASH-325

To use a long colour code enter only MFC18 as the material code and place the colour name in the information box.

Part list

Part code     Material                       Colour Box

PART/01       MFC18                         WHITE-ASH-325

PART/02       MFC18                         WHITE-OAK-302

When the cutting list is created (for optimising) the program uses the basic material code (in this example MFC18) to select the board sizes and creates a material code based on the colour box and the basic material.

Cutting list

Part code                Material

PART/01       MCF18-WHITE-ASH-325

PART/02       MFC18-WHITE-OAK-320

Material codes too long or contain spaces - in these cases the material code is not suitable for optimising so the program groups together identical colour names and creates a numeric material code for them, for example, MFC18=1

Part list

Part code     Material                    Colour Box

PART/01       MFC18                      WHITE-ASH-325

PART/02       MFC18                      Black & White

Cutting list

Part code          Material

PART/01       MFC18-ASH-325

PART/02       MFC18=1

Material description - this is created so that it is as informative as possible.

Material description = <colour name> + <Material description from root material>

If this operation results in a material description which exceeds the maximum length it is truncated to with two trailing ellipses [ .. ]

If the optimised material code contains the extended colour name this is not repeated in the material description.

Example - a long colour name

Material code                        Description

CHIP-18          18MM colour laminated chipboard

Part code     Material                                Colour Box

PART/01       CHIP-18              30662 MARBLE EFFECT OFF-WHITE

The material code and material description created (in summaries) is:-

Material code: CHIP-18=1

Material description: 30662 MARBLE EFFECT OFF-WHITE 18MM colour lamin ..

Example - a short colour name

Material code                        Description

CHIP-18          18MM colour laminated chipboard

Part code     Material                                Colour Box

PART/06       CHIP-18                                 GREY

The material code and material description created (in summaries) is:-

Material code: CHIP-18=GREY

Material description: 18MM colour laminated chipboard

The short name can be accommodated as part of the material code and the name is omitted from the material description to avoid duplication.