Navigation in ipolog 5

Table of contents

• Controls
• Menu Bar
• Header Bar
• Right Sidepanel

Controls

Mouse controls

Touch controls

Keyboard controls

Shortcuts

Zoom options

To the right of the 2D view you'll find the zoom level. There, you can zoom in by 1% by clicking on the “+” symbol, while clicking on the “-” symbol zooms out by 1%.

Clicking on the percentage display opens the advanced zoom options:

• “Zoom to All” zooms in or out so that all elements of your planning area are visible. This can also be done using the icon below the “-” icon.
• “Zoom to selection” zooms in closer to the element(s) you have selected.
• The zoom levels 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, and 200% set the zoom to exactly the respective percentage.

Menu Bar

1	Show facility list	All facilities in your planning area are listed here. You can also search for specific facilities. To do this, enter the name of the facility in the search bar.
2	Show resources catalogue	The resource catalogue displays all boxes and racks of your common scenario data base in your planning space along with their dimensions and typ. Specific resources can be filtered using “Add filter.” The corresponding resource catalogue can be exported by right-clicking once and selecting ‘Export’ > “CSV Export.”
3	Position boxes and racks relative to distance	When selecting this function, the distance input is displayed in the lower area of the 2D-view. Select the corner of an element in the 2D-view and then the corner of another element to which the first element should be positioned in relation to. More information here: Material placement in ipolog 5.
4	Show measurement list	All measurements that you have transferred from ipolog Workspace are listed here. You can show or hide them collectively using “Show/Hide All.” You can use the “pencil” icon to edit the name of the measurement. You can use the “eye” icon to show or hide the specific measurement. You can use the “trash can” icon to delete the specific measurement.
5	Rack Optimizer	Opens the rack optimizer. More about that here: Rack optimizer.

Header Bar

1. Navigate to home 

   Return to the project view

2. Toggle sidebar navigation

   Shows or hides the side navigation bar. All projects as well as the scenarios and planning spaces they contain are listed there. There are also shortcuts to common data and saved KPIs.

3. Copy path

   Copies the path to your planning space. (e.g.: "Project / Scenario / Planning Space")

4. Show material list

   

   Every Log-ID in your planning space is listed here. This corresponds to the part data in the Common Data. Just like in the part data, the Log-IDs can be filtered and columns shown or hidden via the “Columns"-tab.

5. Layout settings

   

   Display settings:

   Display Grid shows and hides the grid in the 2D view. Highlight Overlaps and Misplacement highlights elements in the 2D-view that overlap or are placed outside the boundaries of a material area.

   Dimensionen:

   Select measurement unit allows you to switch between meters (m), centimeters (cm), millimeters (mm), yards (yd), feet (ft), and inches (in).

   Material movement:

   Enabling Allow free placement of material allows elements to be placed outside the boundaries of material areas. Enabling Allow overlaps of material, on the other hand, allows elements to be placed on top of each other in the 2D-view.

    

    

6. Undo / Redo

   The Undo/Redo function allows you to undo changes in your planning space or restore changes that have been undone. The “down arrow” icons next to the “right arrow” and “left arrow” icons also allow you to view the change history of the undone changes or the restored changes. Selecting a change listed there restores the associated state of your planning space.
   Another option to use this function is via the keys Ctrl + Z (undo change) or Ctrl + Y (redo change).
   If two users work together in the same planning space, the users can only undo/redo the changes they did on their own. Not the changes from other users. 

7. Central search bar

   The central search bar can be used to search for all elements (surfaces by name and type, box types, parts by name, Log-ID and number, and racks by name and type). Found elements are left in their original color in the 2D view, while the remaining elements are shaded out.

   The right sidepanel displays information about the elements you are searching for. Select an element to display additional information.

8. Show user info

   Here you can reset your user preferences, switch between German and English, switch to Project Structuring v2, and contact ipolog Support. You can also log out here.

9. Hide/Show right sidepanel

   This button allows you to expand and collapse the side panel on the right. The side panel displays useful context-sensitive information, such as when selecting a rack. More on this in the following section.

Right side-panel

The side-panel on the right is used whenever additional information is required. Depending on the context, different types of information are provided. These include:

Selecting a material

In this example, the material “00000002_screws M8_Station_03_MR” was selected, as can be seen in the headline.

The information provided for this material includes the part number, the part name, the material area it is located in, the rack it is located in (in this case, none), the template name of the rack in which it is located, the box type in which it is located, the number of boxes in which it is stored, the empty weight of the box in which it is located, and the specified box matrix for the part.

There is also the option to “ Pin Box Position ” to pin the box containing the part to its current location in the 2D view.
 

Selecting a rack

The title bar shows you the material area on which the rack is located, as well as the rack template and options relating to the rack. For example, you can leave the rack permanently displayed in the side panel or, by selecting the “three dots” icon, edit the name of the rack, move it to the area retainer, or delete the rack.

The main area shows a 2D view of the rack from the front by default.

This allows you to see at a glance how high the utilization of the rack (“Utilized rack space”) and the utilization of the displayed side of the rack (“Used leading space") is.  

Below this, there are additional options, such as switching the side of the shelf being viewed or aligning all containers on the shelf to the left or right.

The shelves and important information about them are listed at the bottom of the side panel.

More information about racks in the side panel can be found here: Rack in the side panel.

Selecting a material area

The name of the material area is displayed at the top of the title bar.

Directly below this are two KPI evaluations that provide information about the currently used material area and its leading edge.

This is followed by a 2D bird's-eye view of the material area. This view shows all the racks and parts placed on it. By clicking on individual elements, detailed information about the respective object can be displayed.

Below the 2D view, you will find further information about the selected material area and the material located on it.

More information about material areas in the side panel can be found here: Material areas in the side panel.

Other cases

The side panel is used both when selecting the resource list and when using the search bar and Rack Optimizer. Learn more about the Rack Optimizer here: Rack Optimizer.