Set the rule(s) for determining how the information box is set
● Enter the rule in box
Click on the button to pop up the Condition dialog
(Move to or click on the field to pop up the button)
The condition dialog provides help with creating rules. Each rule has the format: field, condition, value. e.g.
X>1000
In this example 'X' stands for the part length.
Field codes
The field codes are:-
P - [Part code]
M - [Material Code]
X - [Length]
Y - [Width]
Z - [Thickness]
Q - [Quantity]
G - [Grain]
O - [Over]
U - [Under]
E - [Edge] (Quick edging)
L - [Line number]
T - [Title]
N - [Optimising parameters]
S - [Saw parameters]
D - [Drawing source]
#1 to #99 - information box numbers
Condition
This can be one of following logical/mathematical symbols.
> greater than
>= greater than or equal to
= equal to
<= less than or equal to
< less than
<> not equal to
:: contains
Value
This can be any fixed value or text:-
35.0
MDF-15
'MDF-15'
The value can also be another field or information box.
[Length]
[Width]
#22
Examples
For full details of how to refer to part list fields and information boxes in a rule or value see the topic: Cutting list rules - using part list fields
Comparing with blank values
Rules can be defined where the comparison value is blank. For example:-
Field Expression Condition
[Info box 12] use default [Info box 12]=
[Info box 17] 20 [Info box 15]<>
The above rules act as follows:-
If box 12 is empty box 12 contains the text 'use default'
If box 15 is NOT empty box 17 contains the value '20'
- 'Empty' means no characters following the logic symbols
Notes
- If the information box field being compared is set to a data type of numeric then a numeric comparison is undertaken otherwise the default of a text comparison will be used.
