The profile database is a library that lists all the profile bars you use in your workshop. When you start a project, CuttingOptimization retrieves all the necessary information from this database to optimize cuts and scrap for profile-based designs.


  • Creating profile databases:


Databases are created directly in Excel (with the .csv file extension); this Excel file must be saved in the folder specified in the location options. By default, this is the "Databases" folder within the utility's installation folder.


 


  • Management of Profile Databases:


To open the profile database management, use the icon .


 


This window allows you to view your databases; you can also display the location options for these databases and edit the tables.


- Change base location : .

This option displays the options window for changing the location of the profile bases.


- Available bases:

 


This drop-down menu displays all your profile databases and allows you to select one of them to view it in the management window.


- Edit the table:

The button opens the Excel (.csv) file of the database displayed in the window, allowing you to modify it.

 

This file contains all the information needed for the study of each profile: density, cutting time, loading time, stop adjustment time, etc.

After modifying the file, save it in .csv format.


- SOLIDWORKS Profiles:

This button allows you to create your profile database directly from the profile database used for welded structural components (see "Importing Profiles ").

Example:

Here, the results show that certain cross-sectional and mass values are expressed in different units. This is because the CuttingOptimization tool retrieves this information from the files in your database. The designation uses the "Description" property, but you can specify a different property (see "Importing Profiles ").