Cutting Options (Stock Item)¶

This tab is created for the Feasibility functionality.

Previously the feasibility compared the fabric roll width to the blind width and warned that railroading was required if the blind width is bigger than the roll width.
At the moment we compare the man width and man drop before deciding if the fabric should be turned or if it needs a join.
In this example, we have entered pin size, which deducts 3mm from the width.
Because 2004 has been entered in the width, the width blind size is 2001, and the roll width is 2000, this message appears correctly.

But this is not the actual size of the piece of fabric that is cut – it is dependent on the cutting size for the width and drop.
Therefore we should be looking at the cutting sizes to determine what happens.

This applies to the feasibility calculation and to the normal calculation.
There is a new parameter called ‘Use Fabric Cutting Sizes’.
If this is set to false, then the previous existing logic will work.
If true, then we now look at the cutting size calculation rather than the width blind size and drop blind size.

If it is true a new tab will appear on the ‘Fabric Amend’ form called ‘Cutting Options’.
There are two columns only – one is a cutting option choice and the second one is type.
The type can be chosen from three values only (Fabric Width Cut, Fabric Drop Cut and Calculator).
If ‘Fabric Width Cut’ or ‘Fabric Drop’ cut is chosen for a cutting option, it means the cutting option will be used as the actual fabric size in different functionalities.
If ‘Calculator’ is selected, the cutting option value (dividing by 1000) will be used as the BOM quantity for this stock item.
We also need to take into account Imperial.
It will not be divided by 1000 if in inches.

We added a ‘Cutting Options’ tab to the stock record.
In actual fact, we will have to set up identical records for all roller fabrics, so it would make more sense if this was also held against the blind type record.

There is a new ‘Type’ field in Blind Types > Cutting Options.

First of all, we will try to calculate Cutting Sizes using Stock Item > Cutting Option tab.
If no record is found on this tab then it will try to calculate them using Blind Type > Cutting Option > Type.