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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Blake ReevesFeb 25, 2013 2:04 PM (in response to Charles Gary)
Hi Charlie,
This is an odd issue, I will look into this as well, for now I would suggest creating a template from one of the provided default templates. If you are using the default template and modifying it, it is a read-only document so when you make a change and save it, you are saving it as a new template. As a result you can now modify this copy of the template and use it as your starting point in template-creation.
Of course, because you are saving it as a new template, you must go back to the drop down in the Costing Task Pane and select the new template that you have created as a result before you can see the changes take effect.
Let me know if this helps!
-Blake
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Charles Gary Feb 25, 2013 2:53 PM (in response to Blake Reeves)Hi Blake,
This helped a lot. I saved the default template with a new name and added some material to the plate library to match what I have. The only part that confused me was even after setting the machine preference to "laser" for the material in question I had to change the default setting to "laser" before Costing would put any kind of dollar value on the Cut Path operations. The attached picture shows the settings I'm talking about.
Thanks for reading and responding.
Charlie
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Blake ReevesFeb 25, 2013 3:24 PM (in response to Charles Gary)
Let me know if this persists and we can look into this as well
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Charles Gary Feb 25, 2013 5:46 PM (in response to Blake Reeves)Hi Blake,
It does persist. Here is my recipe for confusion:
I clicked the Launch Template Editor button, then selected New. Things went as expected in the beginning, and here's a screen shot from the first page.
Page 2, Stock Material, looks like this for now.
Page 3, Machine, looks like this.
Here is what page 4, Cut (Stock Plate) looks like before I do anything and after I switch to a different page then back.
Here is page 4 after I put in information for four different stock cutting machines.
After adding more than one machine I never got the option to set a default machine, and when I tried to select a machine for the selected material in the lower menu the only words shown on the button and in the drop-down menu are "Select Machine".
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but all of the following pages seem to have the same lack of function. Thanks for reading, and thanks for holding my hand through this.
Charlie
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Blake ReevesMar 1, 2013 11:42 AM (in response to Charles Gary)
Hmm, I can't seem to duplicate this with SW2013 SP1, what version of SW are you using right now?
Thanks
-Blake
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Charles Gary Mar 1, 2013 1:11 PM (in response to Blake Reeves)Hi Blake,
I'm running SW Professional 2013 x64 Edition, SP2.
Charlie
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Re: Template Won't Accept Input
Blake ReevesMar 1, 2013 1:29 PM (in response to Charles Gary)
Interesting, I seem to be having some difficulties with the cut plate stock tab on the machining template in SP2 as well, let me get back to you on this one Charles.
Thanks
-Blake
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