ipolog 4 Workspace: File Menu

In the File Menu of ipolog 4 Workspace, you can export various data from your projec, edit the project or adjust settings. To do this, select the “File Menu” module in the module bar:

It is divided into 3 categories: File, Material and Simulation.

File

In the File menu, you can export data and create reports. These functions are included:

• Fit View After Load: The view is reset to the standard view after loading.

• Import Delivery Type Excel...: Import of the assignment of parts to load carrier types (before version 4.4.3)

• Reports: Various reports can be written here. More information here.

• Labs: This is the experimental area of ipolog 4 Workspace. More here.

• Graph Reports: Here you can create graphical reports. (before version 4.4.3)

• Project...: If you have uploaded a project via the Projects folder, you can export it here or repair the .ipo file (before version 4.4.3)

• Export Collada...: Export to the 3D format Collada. Factory hall including animation/worker movements and product movements are exported.

• Export XML...: Exports the project layout and the material layout as code.

• Export JT Scene...: Here you can export a JT file, i.e. a 3D file.

Material

• Renew Placement: Changes to the material or material settings are updated and reloaded. The fine placement is overwritten (also shelf positions of fixed shelves are recalculated).
• Renew Placement on selected Areas: Only on selected areas are changes to the material or material settings updated and reloaded. The fine placement is overwritten (shelf positions of fixed shelves are also recalculated).
• Layout Racks: Changes to the material or material settings are updated and reloaded. All fixed racks remain fixed. All other rack positions are recalculated. (before version 4.4.3)
• Layout Racks on selected Areas: Changes to the material or material settings are updated and reloaded only on selected areas. All fixed racks remain fixed. All other shelf positions are recalculated. (before version 4.4.3)
• Move Material to Workerside: The material is placed on the worker's side, depending on whether "left" or "right" is specified as the work position in the Excel file.
• Move selected Material to Workerside: Only selected material is placed on the worker's side, depending on whether "left" or "right" is specified as the work position in the Excel file.
• Show container attributes: Shows the properties of the containers (before version 4.4.3)
• Show container ids: Shows the ids of the containers (before version 4.4.3)

Simulation

• Set Active Product: The desired product can be selected here. (before version 4.4.3)
• Calculate Active Product: The active product will be recalculated. (before version 4.4.3)
• Calculate All Products: All products are recalculated. (before version 4.4.3)
• Calculate Shown Products: All shown products will be recalculated (filtered products only). (before version 4.4.3)
• Recalculate active worker tasks: Berechnet die Aufgaben der Werker für das aktuell ausgewählte Produkt neu.
• Recalculate: Berechnet die Aufgaben der Werker für alle Produkte neu - analog zu "Recalculate" im Werker Gantt.
• Reset to base products: Setzt die Produktauswahl zurück auf das Basisprodukt.
• All-Tasks schedulable: With this function all processes can be moved in the Worker Gantt, including to another product.
• Refresh Product Variants: All product variants can be refreshed here.
• Play/ Pause: Work processes can be played and paused.
• Reset: The workers are returned to their starting position.
• Insert Pick Operations: If this command is activated, the paths to material retrieval are taken into account; if the command is not activated, no material retrieval paths are taken into account when calculating the production time.
• Insert Wait Operations: Here you can compare how the production time changes if the workers coordinate their work (synchronization times are taken into account) or if they work independently of other workers (synchronization times are not taken into account).

• Insert Tool Operations: If this command is activated, the tool retrieval trips are taken into account; if the command is not activated, no tool retrieval trips are taken into account when calculating the production time.

• Beam Path: If this command is activated, ipolog does not calculate any additional running times, because a flat-rate running time is stored. The worker "beams" himself from one working step to the next, without having to travel distances.
• Bird Path: Here you can set whether the worker should walk an idealized path to fetch material or similar (the so-called bird flight line - direct path to the target) and thus not consider any interfering contours. This serves to compare the time saving with the real distance. In addition, the calculation can be accelerated, which can gain in importance e.g. in simulations with many different products.
• Real Path: If this command is activated, the worker runs all paths as calculated by the program - the real running time is shown.