How to add a profile (frame, sash, mullion, glazing bead) with cut lengths and end cuts
Profiles are added with a Part rule (always the same profile) or a Profile Matrix rule (profile picked from a matrix, for example by colour). On top of the part, a profile rule says which side it goes on, how the ends are cut, whether they are welded and how much longer or shorter than […]
How to add a part (hardware, screws, accessories) to a series with a rule
Hardware, screws, anchors and accessories are added with a Part rule: pick the part, the piece of the window it belongs to, and how many. The part must already exist in OJ Setup → Parts. Background: How rules work in plain English. Real examples Screws on the sill. To put sill screws on a 3501 […]
How to make parts depend on an option answer (colour, glazing type, hardware choice)
Two steps: an option rule asks the question on the item, and a test on each dependent rule checks the answer. The option and its answers are created in Options & choices; the rule makes the series ask it. Step 1 — ask the question To ask “Glazing Type” once for the whole 3501 unit, […]
How to add a new opening style or sash style to a series (new casement, new Open/Shape)
Three things decide which opening styles a series offers and what they get: the series’ Openings tab (which opening types it may use), the Open/Shape tab (one record per style the salesperson can pick — its ID is the “UD Opening” that rule tests use) and the rules that test Open Class or UD Opening. […]
How to add a new type of frame to a series (new frame profile, new construction or renovation frame)
A “frame type” is not a setting on the series. It is a group of frame rules, usually in its own Rules Sub-Routine, called from the series by a Rule Segment rule whose test picks it by the answers on the item. Adding a frame type means: the parts, an answer to choose it, a […]
How to choose a part or a price with a matrix in a rule
When the profile or part depends on an answer (white or painted, inswing or outswing), build a matrix whose cells hold the part id, and point a Profile Matrix or Part Matrix rule at it. One rule then covers every colour. The Matrix screen itself is described in Matrix pricing tables. Example: main frame by […]
How to add labour and painting labour to a series
Labour is an ordinary Part rule whose part is a Labor part. The labour cost comes from the part’s cost, times the quantity the rule gives. Put the labour rule under the set station rule of the station that does the work, so the time shows up there. Painting labour (SD FRAME LABOR, series 361) […]
How to set glass clearances, gas and glass-related parts with rules
Glass size is the opening minus the clearance on each side. Clearances, gas fill and parts on the glass (film, setting blocks) are rules at the glass level (All Glass). Which sealed units a series can offer at all is set on the series (Glazing Thickness), see How to change which glass a series uses. […]
How to change or replace a profile in a series (swap a frame, sash or bead profile, change its cut length)
A profile reaches the BOM through a Part rule (the part is in the rule’s Value 1) or a Profile Matrix / Part Matrix rule (the part is in a matrix cell). The same profile is often used in several sub-routines and several series: bead 1542 (19663000-WH) is in 3000 PW GB (265) rules 49, […]
How to change which glass a series uses (glass list, glazing thickness, sealed units offered)
The glass picker offers every sealed unit that (1) fits one of the series’ Glazing Thickness bands (thickness between From and To — the imperial columns for an imperial series — and the number of panes, unless Panes is 0), (2) has Display on (the “detailed list” tick-box shows the others), and (3) if the […]