T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
“Sort” Tab
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This tab is used for defining and editing
the sorting rules for the BOM Records.
By default, this tab reflects the sorting
rules specified in the BOM prototype that
was used for the BOM creation.
The sorting rules are defined for each
BOM group separately. Those appear as a
set of conditions for comparing the
contents of the selected BOM columns.
The pane “Document Groups” defines
the BOM group, for which the sorting
rule is being defined or modified.
The sorting defined for the group
“Documents”, affects the records that do
not belong to any BOM group.
The rule itself is displayed in the entry
“Sort Order in Selected Group” in the
form of a table, in which all the
conditions are collected, that will be used
for comparing lines in the group concerned. The order of applying the sorting conditions corresponds with
their order in the table. If sorting rules are not defined for a group, then the records in the table will be placed
in the order of the entering in the database.
The diagram shows that in the example the row comparison in the “Company Standard Parts” group will be
done by two columns: “Part Number” and “Part Description”. First, the lines will be compared in the column
“Part Number”, since this column appears first in the table. If several lines in this column will be identical,
then their further comparison will be performed based on the records in the column “Description”. The order
of comparing the BOM lines by columns can be changed by altering the record positions in this table. This is
done using the graphic buttons [Up], [Down].
To create or modify existing rules for sorting a group, do the following steps:
1 Select the desired group from the BOM group tree in the “Document Groups” pane. The list of columns
with a currently defined set of sorting conditions will then be displayed in the “Sort Order in Selected
Group” table.
2 Select the column whose sorting conditions are to be modified. The specified sorting condition settings
will appear in the parameter fields on the right from the group list section.
3 Defines the required settings of the sorting parameters:
Columns List. Defines names of columns.
Compare Zone. Defines the excerpt of the table entry content to be used in comparison.
From. Defines the start of the excerpt to be compared.
Char # - the number of the character position (example: from the third character in the entry).
Substring – the number of a subsequent string occurrence in the entry (example: from the first
occurrence of the string “ISO”).
Char # from end – the number of the character position, counted from the end of line.