PlantStar Panorama Help

Material Usage


The Material Usage window provides a summary of the amount of material used, excess material, and material requirements for each material component of a job. All calculations are based upon the current job. Material usage statistics are primarily based upon net pieces or gross pieces, part weight, and a job's standard multiplier. The handling of reject parts, whether runners are re-fed, determines whether usage and excess material calculations must take shot size into consideration.

There is one line of information for each material component attached to the current running job on a machine. The window's information can be filtered by display group, machine state, and material component. The color of each line reflects machine states. See the Machine State Colors on-line help section for color-coding.

Where can you find it?

·Choose the Monitor menu on the main your system window.  
·Choose the Material Usage option.  

What do you want to know about?
 
·Changing Display Groups  
·Changing View Options  
·Changing Material Components  
·Closing the Window