Blum METABOX drawer system - Post Import
Contents of this Article...
- Use or replace the new imported edge banding
- Organise Blum Metabox Guide material groups in the Material Manager
- Remove empty groups
- Order of UCS
We need to move new materials into appropriate Groups, then delete any unneeded Materials or Empty Groups...
- One of the decisions is whether to use the imported edge band or to substitute it with an existing edge band
- In this example I substitute with an existing edge band
a) Open the Material Manager
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b) Expand the new group with the package name > Left Click the Banding Group
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In this section I delete the imported edge band so that I can replace it with the edge band that I already have in the system
c) Delete any banding products you already have on the system
When we delete 1mm white banding we will be prompted to select a replacement material
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d) Click Yes to replace 1mm White Banding with your own 1mm edge band material
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e) Select your own material - This will be used to replace the deleted material (Repeat c,d and e)
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f) Delete the empty group
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In this section I will move the new 'Blum Metabox' Group up to the 'Guides' Group
a) Expand Drawer Guides > Left Click and Drag the 'Blum' group up into the 'Guides' group above
If the Blum group already exists, drag the Metabox group into the Blum group above nstead...
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b) Delete any empty groups that remain below the 'Deleted' group.
Now this section is complete > Close the Material Manager
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Lastly we need to move the three UCS up above any UCS labelled as 'System'...
UCS have a sequence and the system UCS must run last. IE: After the Blum Metabox group of UCS...
a) Use this sequence to move UCS up from the bottom
- Left Click
- Shift Click the group of UCS above that you wish to move down
- Left Click the down arrow three times to move the highlighted group down into position
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b) Here is the result...
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You're all set up - Start a test job and you're good to go