Adding a Lookup Table
Now that you have a new lookup table definition, you can create the new lookup table. Follow these steps:
1 In the CMWB navigation pane, double click the AbrasiveJet Cut process.
2 Click the Lookup Tables tab in the editing pane.
In this example, the process is new, and so is editable without an explicit override. For inherited objects, you must select
Override Object from the
Edit menu, or click the override icon,
, in the toolbar.
3 Click
to add a new table. Fields for the new table appear in the editing pane.
4 Enter tblAbrasiveJetAbrasiveNozzle in the Name field.
5 Select tblAbrasiveJetAbrasiveNozzle in the Meta Type field.
6 Select
Save from the
File menu, or click
in the toolbar, to save your changes. The fields for the new table may be moved, so that they appear alphabetically with any other tables listed in the editing pane.
7 Click the folder icon,
, above the
Name field. The new, empty table appears in a new tab in the editing pane.
8 Rearrange the columns of the table by dragging the Nozzle Type column header all the way to the left-most column of the table.
9 Add a line to the table, specifying the following column values (double click in a table cell to add a value):
o Nozzle Type : Premium Composite Carbide
o Nozzle Cost: 150.00
o Nozzle Life: 125.00
10 Add a second line to the table, specifying the following column values:
o Nozzle Type : Mid-Life Composite Carbide
o Nozzle Cost: 100.00
o Nozzle Life: 85.00
11 Add a third line to the table, specifying the following column values:
o Nozzle Type : Low-Cost Composite Carbide
o Nozzle Cost: 50.00
o Nozzle Life: 45.00
12 Select
Save from the
File menu, or click
in the toolbar, to save your changes.
13 To incorporate your changes into the cost model, select
Publish Cost Model and VPE from the
File menu, or click
in the toolbar.
See
Adding a Setup Option—Using List Mode to Access a Lookup Table for an example of basing a process setup option on the entries in this table.