Job Report

This tool is used to generate a Job Report that has all information related to the currently nested Job:

Reports can be generated manually or automatically based on how they have been configured in the settings.

NOTE: You will need to have either Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer (From Apache - FREE) installed on your computer in order to use the Job Reporting function from MillBox. If you don't have either, you may setup MillBox to use the .RTF formatted template in the configuration menu (Please note that RTF has minimal formatting so if you are looking for a most aesthetic report - you will need to use Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer templates.

What's included in the Job Report?

The Job Report will display any fields with information relative to your Job. This can include:

• Date Printed
• Job Name
• Blank Thickness
• Material Name
• Lot Code
• Name and Position of each STL with any relevant Engraving Codes assigned
• See an example below:

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There are some settings that we can modify in order to customize the Job Report. To change these settings, start by clicking on Tools > Configuration and under the General Settings area, scroll down to the area listed as 

Scroll down a little bit to find the Report section:

Conversion Type

1. Format as input will preserve the file format used by the Job Report Template. IE: If you are using a MS Word Template file, you'll get a MS Word file output (Same Extension).
2. HTML - Outputs the Job Report in HTML Format that can be viewed in a browser.
3. PDF - Outputs the Job Report in .PDT Format for reading in Adobe Reader / Acrobat

File Naming Template

On the Template Name setting, you can select if your file will be named after the project (Default naming convention) or if you want to use a custom name, you can use any of the codes below.
Hovering your mouse in the box under 'Template with custom name' will show the list of codes you can choose from as seen below.

Syntax Examples:

report_{yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss}
report_2020-01-09_17-46-25

Millbox_{tttt-OOOO-EEEE}_{yyyy-MM-dd}
Millbox_zr-18-CIMSYSTEM_2020-01-09

Template Name

This is the location of your Job Report Template that will be used as the basis for how your report is formatted and filled.

MillBox can use 3 different file formats for generating Job Reports:

• .DOC (Microsoft Office Required)
• .ODT (Apache Open Office Required- Free)
• .RTF (Requires Wordpad that can be found on any Windows PC free - Limited Formatting)

Default output folder

 This is where your Job Reports will be saved by default

Restoration Number Font Size

This allows you to customize the default font size for numbers that will be used to identify parts in a stock / blank. (Default is 40 - but you may make adjustments if your blank can hold more or less restorations):

Color of Lines

Customizes the color of lines printed on report. (Default is Black - See Example Below)

Thickness of Lines

Customizes the thickness of lines printed on report  (Default is 1 - See Example Below) 

Example: 

Red Lines / 3 set as thickness value

Default Orientation for Image Preview

This is a drop-down menu that allows you to customize how the image of your nested restorations are displayed on your Job report. By default in most installations, whatever view / orientation, the user has set in the nesting area, will be preserved and recorded onto the Job Report. If you prefer a more standardized output on your Job Reports and to make them easier to read, you have additional options that you can select from:

Current User View 

(Default)This will simply record the current nesting view as the preview on the Job Report:

Top View 100 x 100

This creates an image using a top-down orientation sized at 100 x 100 (mm) dimension. The image will always result in a top-down view regardless of the user’s orientation when they generate the Job Report.

Bottom View 100 x 100 

This creates an image with a bottom-up view - allowing us to see the intaglio of our restorations sized at 100 x 100 (mm) dimensions. The image will always result in a bottom-up view regardless of the user’s orientation when they generate the Job Report.

Turn off STL Shading (Hide Mesh)

You can hide the mesh (rendered image) of your restorations, only the curves / lines will appear like the example shown here:

Bold Curves

the curves will be traced in bold black colored lines.

Use a white background (Ink Saver)

This function prints the job report on a white background, saving ink and making some parts easier to see on the page.

Automatically save Job Report after toolpath calculation completes

Open the Job Report after toolpath calculation completes

Apply Foreground Image / Layer to Preview

This allows you to set an image that will be overlaid on top of the Job Report nesting image recorded. By default, a Red Cross .PNG is available that can be useful to users when they are trying to identify where the restorations are by separating the quadrants. The user can set any image he/she wants, but make sure to use .PNG format with transparency, otherwise it may completely cover your nesting image.

To edit the template, you will need to open your Template file with an editor like Microsoft Word (or Open Office Writer). This is likely what your template will look like:

NOTE: The images are simply placeholders and will be replaced based on how you have the reports configured.

Here are a list of variables, their data reference and examples where context for usage may be necessary:

Example