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32 ALS 4.0 XE P R O D U C T M A N U A L EN 3.7.8 Optimizing Example There are many ways to configure the software options for Optimizing. The purpose of all these options is to provide enough flexibility so that the ALS 4.0 can best maximize production efficiency. However, this many options can be confusing when first beginning to use the saw. The following example is intended to highlight the Alpine recommended settings for maximum efficiency. Follow this example prior to adjusting the optimizing settings any further. 1. First, set up the batching routine in the engineering/cutting software to sort all the pieces for the job by lumber grade from highest to lowest and place them in the TRS cutting file in that order. Next, sub sort by length and size if there are multiple stock lengths. 2. Set the cutting and nesting options in the ALS 4.0 program as shown below in Figure 45: Figure 45 3. Confirm that Multiple Stock Lengths is checked as shown in Figure 45. Then, click or touch the label reading MULTIPLE as shown below and the Change Stock Screen will open (Figure 18). 4. All of the lengths and grades to complete the cutting job must be available at the saw before beginning the cutting operation. For the best optimization, Alpine recommends using 14 or 20 ft. boards of lumber in all necessary grades. The selection is made on the Change Stock Screen as shown in Figure 18. 5. Click or touch DONE on the screen (Figure 18) to go back to the Piece Select Screen (Figure 8). 3.7.6 Pick List Options The following options can be selected on the screen shown in Figure 28, section 3.5.3: • Pick List w/Cut Details – Turning this option on will add additional cut details as they were recorded in the truss design software. This will result in a list that contains more data than only the stock length, width, and grade. The list is limited to what was entered as the trusses were designed. • Run From Pick List – If a pick list has been created for the TRS file, the program will run from the entries in the run list. If sorting is turned on, from the entries in the sorted run list • Sort Pick List – Enables sorting on user defined keys such as Width-Grade-Length, etc. (see Figure 44 in section 3.7.7 for further explanation). 3.7.7 Stock Sorting Figure 44 • The options shown in Figure 44 can be used to sort any pick list. Each category will be fulfilled before the software advances to the next category. • Using Width-Length-Grade, the priority will be placed on the width. All lengths and grades will be grouped within each differing width. • This logic is the same for each possible selection on this screen (Primary-Secondary-Tertiary).