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DOC3.22.2 PROJECT MATCH (OPTIONAL)

The Project Match is thought for the planning of projects of big scale.
Allows to manage more slabs at the same time in order to program all the workings necessary for the project with an overview.

Control Panel

Pressing the button on the bottom bar opens a panel through which to navigate inside the functionality.

If you want to access the Project Match, these buttons will be shown.

	New project Allows to create a new project.
	Load project Allows to load a project already existing.
	View preview Allows to open a screen where is shown the preview of the entire project.

Inside a project, the panel has different buttons.

	Save work area Allows to save changes made to selected work zone within project.
	Save all work areas Save simultaneously the changes made to all project work areas.
	Save and close project Allows to exit from the book match project, leaving decide if save or not.

NOTE

The panel can be moved by dragging it on the screen.

New project

Pressing the button opens a window that allows to create a project for the open book multi slab.

Name	Name with which to save the project.
Rows	Allows to decide the number of rows of the project.
Columns	Allows to decide the number of columns of the project.
Slabs	Number of slabs total that the project can contain.
	Size work area Allows to choose the dimensions, in width and height, of the work areas that compose the project.

Load a project

In this screen are shown the saved projects that is possible to open.

Close a project

A window opens that allows to close the project.

To change the closing mode use the button:

Closing mode
Allows to choose whether to close the project saving the changes made or without saving them.

Project

A project is structured in rows and columns, where the slabs can be contained.
In this screen is possible insert slabs inside the project, define their perimeters and place the pieces.
The operator can move the pieces between one slab and the other as desired.

Work zones

The work zones are represented by the cells of the project.
Each zone allows to manage the processing of a slab, defining a perimeter and inserting pieces inside it.

In the top left corner of each work zone some information are shown.

Slab	Dimensions of the slab (width x height x thickness).
Pieces	Number of pieces positioned inside the perimeter.
Slabs Area	Area of the slab perimeter.
Piece Area	Area of pieces positioned inside the perimeter.
Percentage	Percentage of perimeter area occupied by pieces.
Cuts	Total length of the cuts to be executed on the slab.
Minutes	Estimation of time, in minutes, that is spent to execute the cutting program on the sheet.

Project parameters

Inside the user parameters panel the section 'Slabs' is shown through which it is possible to modify some properties of the currently opened project.

Rows	The operator can change the number of lines of the current project.
Columns	The operator can change the number of columns of the current project.
Total	Total number of zones that compose the current project.
Slabs	Number of slabs inserted in the current project.
Pieces	Number of pieces inserted inside current project.
	Keyboard shortcuts Allows to access the Project Match shortcut keys screen.

Keyboard shortcuts

For Project Match there are keyboard commands that allow you to easily perform routine actions, useful to simplify the work in office.

Zoom on project	Widen the view on the entire project.
Zoom on zone	Narrows the view on selected work zone.
Mode pan	Allows to move the viewing through the interaction with the screen.
Navigate zones	Allows to change the selected zone using the keys.
Move piece	Move the selected piece in the four directions.
Rotate piece	Rotate the selected piece respectively in counterclockwise and clockwise.
Rotate piece _90	Rotate the piece 90 degrees clockwise.
Select all	If a work zone is selected, this command selects all the pieces inside it. Otherwise, select all pieces of the project.
Active multiple selection	Activate the multiple selection of pieces/work zones.
Cancel	Cancel the last operation executed.
Copy slab	Copy the slab inside the selected work zone.
Cut slab	Cut the slab inside the selected work zone.
Paste slab	Paste the slab within the selected work zone.
Unselect	Allows to deselect all pieces/work zones.
Confirm perimeter\photo	To be used to confirm perimeter/photo
Select next	Select the next piece within selected work zone.
Magnet on/off	Activate/deactivate the pieces magnet.

Quick controls

With the right mouse button, you can access the quick commands window.
The proposed functionalities change if you press inside a work zone or outside of all.

Project commands

	Save workings Allows to save the changes made to all work zones.
	Report Allows to save a PDF file containing a project report.
	Nesting Allows to execute nesting of pieces on all slabs of the project.

Work zone commands

	Lock/Unlock If a work zone is blocked, it will not be possible to move the pieces contained inside it, nor insert new ones. It is not allowed to change perimeter or choose other photos. It is necessary to unlock it to make everything possible again.
	Cut it Brings the user to the screen to manage and optimize the cuts of the selected slab to be able to create the ISO program.
	Save Allows to save modifications applied to single work zone.
	Report Allows to save a PDF file containing a report of the selected work zone.
	Import file Load a file of saving the state of a slab inside the project.
	Nesting Executes the nesting of pieces inside selected work zone.

Nesting

Activating the Nesting function on the entire project, two modes are available.

Insert the pieces into current slabs	Inserts the pieces on the slabs already present in the project, in order to optimize available space.
Insert slabs and pieces until exhaustion	Are created slabs on which to apply the Nesting until all pieces of the list are exhausted. The dimensions of the slabs are the same of the first that has been defined. It is used to give an indication of how many slabs may be needed to complete the project, knowing that slabs of the same shape must be cut.

To use the Nesting until exhaustion of pieces it is necessary to create a perimeter to give indication to the program of the dimensions of the slabs that will be used.
Will be created slabs of the same size until all pieces of the list are inserted with the Nesting.

Report

Save a report in PDF format in the dedicated folder project/current work zone.

ReportWorkzone.pdf

ReportProject.pdf

Preview

In this window is possible to see a complex representation of the project in real time.
It is possible to insert pieces inside the selected work zone pressing inside on the preview.
Furthermore, by dragging the background of a piece, the operator can change the position of the piece on the bench.

Buttons

To the left there are these buttons.

	Move pieces Allows to move the pieces that compose the preview. The buttons of the bottom bar of the window are visible.
	Move view It is for moving the preview view with all the pieces.

To the right there are these buttons.

	Load render Opens the folder where the renders of the projects are saved.
	Customize preview Opens a panel that allows to customize the colors of the preview entities.
	Reset pieces' position Restore the pieces moved in the original position.
	Project configuration reset Restore the book match project configuration.
	Save render Opens a panel through which it is possible to save the render of the project.

Planning of a project

Create a new project

The operator creates a new project indicating its name, the number of rows and columns that compose it, remembering that each cell equals a slab, and the dimensions for the cells. Once confirmed this will be the screen:

Add slabs

Afterwards insert the slabs into the work zones. To do this select a zone, load a photo from file, and choose the perimeter.

Import pieces

At this point, import the pieces that you want to cut. You can load both DXF files and standard pieces. There is no limit to the number of files that can be loaded.

Open preview

When there are pieces inside the list, you can open the window with the preview of the project.
This will show all pieces that have been imported.

Insert pieces in slabs

To insert the pieces inside the slabs, use the classic method through the piece list, or select within the areas of the pieces that you see in the preview.
They will therefore be inserted on the slab of the selected work zone.
By dragging one of the pieces from the preview, the piece will also move on the slab so as to choose the best part of the slab to make the grain match between the various pieces. You can also do the reverse, that is, drag the piece from the slab and see from the preview whether the grain matches or not based on where it is moved.