Item Data Dialog Box
General
This instruction applies when the Vertex G4 is used without the Vertex Flow.
- Vertex Flow is a product data management system based on the items and product structures stored in Flow.
You can add and edit item data in the following ways.
- (A) When you create a new part or assembly model by selecting Item Data.
- This function opens a dialog box where you can enter only part item data, but not part raw material or raw material item data.
- (B) In a part model with the context-sensitive function: Item Data.
- (C) In an assembly model with the function Assembly | Tools | Item Data.
- This function opens a dialog box where you can enter assembly item data at the top, and the bottom of the dialog box shows the parts and subassemblies in the assembly, i.e., the main level of the assembly item structure.
- (D) With the function System | Product Database.
- Edit the Item Database
- This function opens a dialog box, the lower part of which (the raw material section) does not have several tabs.
Page - Archive Item Data
- Note that it depends on the function whether the data presented below or a function button can be found in the dialog box that opens.
- Label
- Enter or select the item label.
- Enter the Label or set the model label as the item label by clicking Label?.
- The Label? button opens the dialog box Label Select Mode and fills in the model label as the label.
- If necessary, you can click Select from item database which allows you to retrieve a pre-created label for the model in the item database.
- Enter the Label or set the model label as the item label by clicking Label?.
- Item Structure
- Add a structure for the item.
- Can be used when viewing item structures (Reference: D)
- In Use
- The program will display a list of items in which the item in question is used.
- Description, Description 2 and Description 3
- Enter a description for the item.
- The Description 2 and Description 3 fields are only visible when you are viewing item structures (Reference: D)
- Drawing / Drawing No.
- The field is inactive (reference A, B, and C) and displays the drawing number associated with the item.
- You can fill in the drawing number associated with the item when you are viewing item structures (Reference: D)
- Model / Model No.
- The field is inactive (reference A, B, and C) and displays the model label associated with the item.
- You can fill in the model number associated with the item when you are viewing item structures (Reference: D)
- Open (Model No.)
- You can open the model associated with the item when you are viewing item structures (Reference: D)
- Translations
- The function opens the translation database (d_TRANSLATE).
- If the contents of the Description field can be found in the translation database, the program lists the corresponding translations.
- You can complete the dictionary. Exit the dictionary and return to item data by clicking OK.
- Unit
- Select the Unit by clicking the preselect button and choosing the item's calculation unit from the list that opens.
- Weight
- Enter or calculate the weight by selecting the function Calculate next to the Weight field.
- Weighted (Weight)
- Select Weighted if you want to enter the weight and do not want the program to recalculate the weight when the model changes.
- This is a good choice when you are modeling a part to be purchased, so that the model does not exactly match the geometry of the part, and when the "part" contains several raw materials, e.g. an electric motor or a hydraulic cylinder.
- Area
- Calculate the part area by clicking the Calculate button next to the Area field.
- Please note that the area also includes the area of the holes in the part and both sides of the sheet metal and the area of the edges, for example.
- Calculate Model Surface Area and Output to Item Data
- Factor (Area)
- Enter the area factor, if the information is needed later.
- Vertex G4 does not calculate and list areas in the same way as weights.
- The area can otherwise be useful information and the information can be transferred to the production control system, if necessary.
- Dimensions
- If necessary, enter the relevant dimensions.
- Standard
- Enter the standard that the part will follow, if necessary.
- Purchasing
- Choose a purchasing method.
- Stored/Spare Part
- Defines stored or spare part as the item data.
- Class
- The class defines an item's classification.
- Main Group
- The main class of product classification.
- Sub Group
- The subclass of product classification.
Page - Purchased Item Data
- This page is visible when you are working with items by using the function System | Product Structures. (Reference D)
- The points that differ from those presented above are presented below.
- Supplier
- Enter the name of the supplier, if necessary.
- Price
- Enter the price of the item, if necessary.
- Material
- Enter or select the material, if necessary.
- Select the preset button to open the material class.
- Select the material class.
- The program opens a list of materials.
- Double-click on a row to select a material from the list.
- The program fills in the fields Material, Density, and Description.
- Density
- Fill in the density (of raw material item), if necessary.
- Price
- Fill in the indicative price needed for the design, if necessary.