One of the important facilities of the application is allowing the user to modify the material assembly list calculated by the application. The database is configured for usual cases. There are structures that are rarely found – i.e.: door with shock absorber – and which needs the assembly list changed due to extra materials and the elimination of those unneeded.

Changing the assembly list is done from the consumption tab presented in the picture below:

The consumption tab has its own toolbar through which the changing options are done. These are the options:

Reset Consumption. Is used when the user made many changes but isn’t sure of the result and you wish to roll back to the initial settings (to the assembly list calculated by the application).
Refresh Consumption. Ra Workshop will recalculate the project automatically when it senses a change. There are situations in which you want to force the recalculation of a project or a component.
Add Item. Allows the completion of the assembly list by adding a new item from the database. The consumption items can be added only on the components not on the projects.
Change Item. Changes the items already calculated by the program. In the unsummarized mode (see below) all properties of an item can be modified. In the summarized mode (se below) only changes to proprieties that are identical to all summarized items is allowed.
Summarized/Unsummarized Visualization. A rectangular window has frame segments identical 2 by 2 (2 highs and 2 lengths). As default Ra Workshop presents these results summarized. Meaning that instead of presenting 4 frame segments each with their own measures, Ra Workshop will report 2 pieces of one measure (high) and 2 pieces of another measure(length). The summarized visualization mode allows the user to commute between the 2 visualization modes.
Reset the Visualization Method. The graphical interface allows the user to select what information (columns) he wants to see in the consumption grid, to group the data after a criteria, etc. The user can role back to the original settings by pressing this button.
Select Export Data. The assembly list can be exported into Excel or Text to be used in other software. Pressing this button will open a dialog window from which we can select the export data and the order they will be exported.
Export Assembly List. Exports the information from the current tab in one of the supported formats: excel or text.

Add / Change Item
Adding a new material or changing an existing one can be made in the same dialog window. Depending on the summarization some proprieties cannot be changed. The changed items will be displayed in blue color and the added ones in red.

Delete Item
To delete an item from consumption, select the item and press the Delete key or the delete button from the main toolbar.

Changing Assembly List

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