Technical Catalogs

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The technical catalogs and technical data sheets management window

N.B: To access this window in Opera Job Management: from the Archives menu, select the Systems button and press the button.

This window allows you to enter technical catalogs or technical data sheets, divided by System and Series.

Section 1: filters

The first section contains the fields used to filter the catalogs or sheets already registered:

• System/Series: shows only the catalogs or sheets for the selected System and Series.
• Type: shows the documents selected from a drop-down menu, such as catalogs or technical data sheets.
• Keyword: allows you to filter documents according to the associated Keyword.

Section 2: function buttons

• : buttons for inserting, deleting, modifying, and copying a document.
• allows you to view any attachments associated with the entered document.
• allows you to export the contents of the current window to a spreadsheet-format document, such as Excel. More information about using this function can be found on the dedicated page.

Section 3: document master data

• Name/Desc.: in these fields, enter the name of the catalog or technical data sheet and its description.
• Keyword: allows you to associate a search keyword, usable in the filter fields, when several documents are registered in the archive.
• Type: in this field, specify the type of document to associate with the System and Series.
• Language: field that allows you to define the document language.
• System/Series: fields for selecting the reference system and series.
• Send to webservice:: allows you to send the document to the web portal if the Web Price Lists step is active.

Section 4: action buttons

The Icon button

• The button opens the Icon management window relating to the technical catalog or sheet.
  • Section 1: function buttons
    • : buttons for inserting, deleting, modifying, and copying an icon.
    • : allows you to insert a new icon using a previously copied image.
    • : allows you to export the data relating to the icons in the archive to an Excel sheet.
  • Section 2: icon data
    • Type: icon type. Chosen when created using the button and cannot be modified.
    • Default: if enabled, indicates that this icon is to be used as the default icon.
    • Name: icon name.
    • Icon format: icon format. Set when created using the button and cannot be modified.
    • Transparency: sets the transparency type of the image. The drop-down menu allows you to enter: none, darker, first pixel, and alpha channel.
    • Content only: when enabled, shows only the content without extending the display to the entire page.
    • Display symbol: specifies in which situation the symbol is displayed. The drop-down menu allows you to enter: standard, saw/workcenter, video, print, workcenter, DXF, shape, photo, document, preview, saw, InfoPoint, preview, source profile, node, 3D, typology diagram, design sheet, hardware.
    • Default page: default page of the document.
    • Print pages: indicates the pages of the document to print.
• : allows you to save or acquire the linked document.
• SVG: allows you to manage the file in SVG format, when available.
• Edit: allows you to modify the linked document or image.
• Dimen: opens the window for modifying the document or image dimensions.
• Cut: allows you to cut or crop the displayed image/document.
• Convert: allows you to convert the document or image into a format that can be managed by the program.
• Re-dist: allows you to redistribute or reprocess the document content, when supported by the selected format.

The Chapters button

• The button opens the window for managing the individual catalog chapters and entering the pages of greatest interest.
  • Section 1: function buttons
    • : buttons for inserting, deleting, modifying, and copying a chapter.
    • : allows you to export the data relating to the chapters in the archive to an Excel sheet.
  • Section 2: chapter data
    • Type: allows you to choose among various values: custom, profiles, accessories, certificates, cutting list, machinings, nodes, typologies, systems, series, colors, panes.
    • Name: chapter name.
    • Description: chapter description.
    • Pages: chapter pages.

The Description button

• The button opens the window for entering a description of the catalog or sheet.

The Technical details button

• The button opens the window for entering the technical detail of the catalog or sheet as a job attachment.

• • Section 1: function buttons
    • : buttons for inserting, deleting, modifying, and copying an icon.
    • : allows you to view the selected detail.
    • : allows you to export the data relating to the icons in the archive to an Excel sheet.
  • Section 2: detail data
    • N.Detail: field for entering the detail number.
    • Page: number of the page from which the detail was selected.
    • Do not print: if selected, prevents the detail from being printed.
    • PDF print type: indicates how the PDF content will be inserted in the printout: Raster, Vectorial, Embed PDF, Insert page.
    • Transparency: sets the transparency type of the image. The drop-down menu allows you to enter: none, darker, first pixel, and alpha channel.