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Property

Description

Mandatory

Name

The workstations name that is displayed in the MES scheduler view after setup.

yes

Type (with version 22.1)

Workstation type, can be set to:

  • Printing

  • Processing

  • Other

yes

Description

Storing any additional internal information, e.g. company specific ID, serial number, location etc.

no

Show in scheduler

Toggle off to hide the workstation from the MES' scheduler view

no

Nesting Type

Depending on the technology used by the workstation, either use the entire 3D bounding volume or 2D bounding area for nesting.

yes - for Printing workstations only

Materials

Allows the specification of all materials that are processable by this workstation.

When scheduling jobs on a workstation, the scheduler checks if the selected parts match the workstations settings. Only parts requiring a material that is set in this field will be available for scheduling on this workstation.

If no materials are selected at all, all parts can be scheduled regardless of their material.

no

Job documentation form

Can be used to assign a pre-configured form to a workstation to document parameters on jobs that are performed on this workstation.

no

Max Dimensions (mm)

XYZ-dimensions of the workstations build volume, to be specified in mm.

yes

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