To start creating a project from a table of welded structural members, use the " Import SW Table " icon.

Prerequisite: A drawing document that includes a welded structure table must be active.


  • Profile Selection:


 


To retrieve the profiles in CuttingOptimization, click in the selection window to activate it:


 


By default, the selection window is " Enabled."


From a SOLIDWORKS drawing, select the structural steel table.


 


All the machine-welded table profiles are included in the CuttingOptimization profile correspondence table.

You can clear the selection by clicking the " Deselect " button.


  • Profile Correspondence Chart:


 


The first column contains the designations of the profiles in the welded structural steel table, and the second column contains the names of the profiles that were created in the profile database.


So that the '' columnName in CuttingOptimization databaseThe "Description" property of the profiles in SOLIDWORKS must correspond exactly to the value in the second column of the profile database (.csv) created in CuttingOptimization.


If the names do not match, the " Name in the CuttingOptimization database " column may be empty or partially filled. In this case, you can manually select a profile from the CuttingOptimization database.


 


Click on to validate the table and create projects.


  • Project:


The project is created and populated automatically.


 


You can modify each marker by editing the project elements, as shown in the chapter “Creating a New Project.”

You can now edit the report for each project.

If there is a match between the items listed in the SOLIDWORKS table and the base used in CuttingOptimization, then the component line will be highlighted in red if you tick it.