Choose Order->New Order or press F4.

The order header window will appear.

Select the Project Code field with the mouse.

Type 1 in the Project Code field.

Press the Load Project button with the mouse. The project 1 data will appear on the window.

As you see the Order Code field has been informed with the code of the new order.

Fill the Order Description field with the description you prefer.

Fill the Order Number field with the number you prefer.

Fill the Type field if you wish. It is not necessary to fill it.

Fill the Module field if you wish. It is not necessary to fill it.

Press the OK button. The order detail window will appear.

In the first row, Location column, type UNIT 2 and press Enter.

Press Enter to skip the Mark column.

In the Members column, type 1 and press Enter.

In the Bars/Member column, type 2 and press Enter.

In the Size column, type 10 and press Enter.

In the Model column, type 100 and press Enter.

You are now again in the drawing window.

Type 60=90 in the first value (type 600=900 instead if you are using SoftMetric in mm ) (if you are using Imperial you can type 5'=7'6 or 60=90 or 60"=90", as you wish ).

With this you indicate a varying value from 60 to 90. Press Enter

Type 45 in the angle value. Press Enter

Type 70 in the last value. Press Enter.

On pressing Enter in the last value a window appears which asks for the following parameters:

• Number in each step: Number of bars in each step. Type 2.
• Number of steps: Type 4.
• Diameter(=Bar Size): Type 10.
• Expand now. Please, select this field.

You can print this order to see the result.

There is another way to handle varying bars.

From the menu choose Edit->Delete several rows.

Type 1-99 in the Rows field and press OK.

All rows have been deleted.

In the first row, Location column, type UNIT 2 and press Enter.

Press Enter twice to skip the Mac and Mark columns.

In the Model column, type 100 and press Enter.

You are now again in the drawing window.

Type 50=60 in the first value. With this you indicate a value varying value from 60 to 90. Press Enter.

Type 45 in the angle value. Press Enter

Type 70 in the last value. Press Enter.

On pressing Enter in the last value a window appears which asks for the following parameters:

• Number in each step: Number of bars in each step. Type 5.
• Number of steps: Type 8
• Diameter (=Bar Size): Type 10
• Expand now. So far we have done the same as in the previous case, but now leave Expand now unselected.

As you see if you don't select Expand now this row doesn't expand. It will expand into eight rows when you print it.

This makes varying ranges with many steps easier to handle because they don't expand until the order is printed.

It can also save paper and offers more flexibility because when you print an order you can handle varying ranges which haven't expanded in three different ways:

Choose the option Reports->Print Bar List with Drawings->Setting 1.

The Varying ranges field has three options:

• Do not Expand: The row we have entered will be printed as one row, it won't expand into four rows. The varying value will be printed as 50=>60, and in the number column you will see 8x5, which means 8 steps and 5 bars in each step.

• Expand only Mask: It's something like a expand that saves paper. It's the recommended option for varying ranges with many steps, because it gives more information than Do not Expand and uses less paper than Full Expand.

• In the case of rows with models that only print the mask (instead of the drawing), the result is the same as Full Expand. This is no problem because the mask uses very little paper compared with the drawing.
• In the case of rows with models that print the drawing, only one drawing is printed. The varying value will be printed as A. If there were more varying values they would be printed as B, C, D,... Then, for each step a row is printed.

• Full expand. The mask or drawing (depending on the model) is printed for each step.

You can try printing the order in all three different ways and see the results. In the Imperial System with inches rounded to 1/8" and with Expand only mask, for instance:

Remember that this flexibility to choose among these three options when printing the order only applies to rows in which the Expand now field was not selected. Those which were expanded immediately always print as Full expand.

How the varying lengths are rounded (in the previous case they were rounded to 1/8") is setup at the measuring system configuration.

We have a entered a row with only one varying value, but it is possible to define several of them, just in the same way. It is also possible to define angles as varying values.