View menu - Board library

 

Customise display for the board library

 

Use this to change the layout and style of the Board library screen. At the Board library screen:-

 

 Select: View

 

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Boards only

 

Switch the view from Materials / Boards to a single list of all boards. This can be useful when working with or searching for specific boards sizes and codes.

 

Stock boards / Offcuts

 

Include stock boards in the library views.

Include offcuts in the library views.

 

To view stock boards without offcuts - click 'Offcuts' so that it is not checked. To view offcuts without Stock boards click 'Stock boards' so that it is not checked. These options are also available on the toolbar. The following example shows the board library showing offcuts without stock boards.

 

Columns

 

Sets which columns in each list (Materials, Boards, Transactions) are shown. To use this select an item from the sub menu. e.g. Columns - Material. The program displays a list of the available columns. Check the box against each column to show the column on screen.

 

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Some columns e.g. Material code, cannot be hidden and some columns are only available with a specific modules.

 

Transactions

 

Show / do not show stock transactions

 

Toolbar

 

Show / do not show the main Toolbar

 

Status bar

 

Show / do not show the status bar (at the foot of the screen)

 

Grid lines

 

Show / do not show horizontal and vertical lines for the lists

 

Sort by

 

At the materials pane the list is sorted by material code

At the board pane the list is sorted by board code

 

Resize

 

The options are:-

 

- To fit contents

 

Grid resizes so full contents of each cell are shown. The screen may need to be scrolled to the right to see all columns.

 

- To fit display

 

Grid resizes to fit all columns onto to the current screen. The full contents of some cells may not be visible without scrolling within the cell.

 

Save view as default

 

Stores the current view as the default one

 

Restore default view

 

Resets the view to the current default (either the 'factory' default or the last view that was saved as the default).

 

Refresh

 

Updates the screen with any changes

 

 

See also