Add Material Data for a Part

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.
  • Material data or item data can be added to a part.
  • Material data only contains data about the raw material (or raw material item) used in the part.
  • In addition to the material data, the item data contains the item data related to the part, i.e. the , data used to identify the part, e.g. in manufacturing and in the warehouse.
    • If you want the weight of the assembly to be calculated correctly, you need to enter the item data and transfer the items to the item database (d_COMPONENTS).

Add Material Data

  1. Select the function Part | Tools | Material.
    • The program opens the dialog box Material Data.

  2. Enter the material data or select it from the item database.
    • Note that the dialog box has three tabs.
    • At least fill in the data needed in the drawing parts list.
    • The contents of the dialog box may differ from the above if it has been modified to suit the customer's needs.
  3. Confirm the data by clicking OK.