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Introduction
This document provides instructions for setting up Blank Switching. This process allows the entry of one named product while using another lens in production. The tables show the original lens information along with , the switched lens information, any applicable lite-ups, calc options, and /or recall options for blanks being switched.
Examples:
- Setup Set up Digital work where you want the job to be entered and priced as one type of design but use another used in production.
- Single vision lenses with a coating lite-up, and you want it to switch to use a finished stock finished lens with a factory coat.
Procedure
Blank Switch for Digital or Other Semi-finished Lens Jobs
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 8 - Blank Selection and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enterEnter.
The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.
Lens Selection Master
The 1st step in this process you will be working in the Lens Selection Master table ( lens_sel_mst ). Notice that the brackets are on the left side of the screen, opening the fields for data entry. In this table, you will enter the lens data
of the lens that will beentered at the time of order entry. (What the operator keys in or is received electronically.)
- Type A Press “A” to add a record. If you were updating an existing entry, then you would press U “U” to update.
In our following examples: We are switching from a 1.6 material TL, Progressive style P, type VXF “VXF” Varilux Freedom 3, color TXB “TXB” Xtractive Brown (this is what they have entered at order entry) to a 1.6 material TL, Single Vision style SV, type NA, color TXB Xtractive Brown (this is the lens that will be gets used in production).
- Enter all applicable data, pressing enter Enter past each field.
- CBT Desc - Commercial Brand description or Family Name (or enter “NONE” if you are not using the entry for CBT)
- System ID
- Account
- Type
- Material - Original Lens Material code.
- Style - Original Lens Style code
- Seg Sz - Original Lens Seg Size (or “0” for no seg size) for multi focalmultifocal.
- Lens Type - Original Lens Type code (for aspheric or progressive lenses, or “NA” for no lens type) for aspheric or progressive lenses.
- Color - Original Lens Color code.
The following fields are filled in populate automatically with the defaults, and you should not have to change them unless one of the fields needs to be different.
Sphere - Beginning
sphereSphere range to Ending
sphereSphere range (inclusive), from lowest minus to highest plus.
Cylinder - Beginning
cylinderCylinder range to Ending
cylinderCylinder range (inclusive), from lowest minus to highest plus.
Cyl Axis - Beginning
cylinder axisCylinder Axis to Ending
cylinder axisCylinder Axis (inclusive)
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Add Power - Beginning
addAdd power range to ending
addAdd power range (inclusive), from lowest to highest.
Prog. Fit Ht. - For Aspheric and Progressive, the Beginning fit height to the Ending fit height – maximum value (0 for others), from lower limit to upper limit.
Thickness - (I) for Industrial, (D) for Dress, or (*) for both.
Groove - (G) for Groove, (N) for Not
grooveGroove, or (*) for both.
Drill - (D) for Drill, (N) for Not
drillDrill, or (*) for both.
The following fields are mandatory.:
Priority = Master tables priority number (any number).
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***It is important to remember that in these tables, the priority number makes selections based on the lowest to the highest number. For Example: If example, if you have 2 two detail entries for 1 one master table, put the 1st selection at the lowest number and the 2nd at a higher number.*** |
Record ID = Master linking ID number (any number).
YouYou may create these entries with a * for material and * for color, adding multiple CBTs using the same priority and record ID
, adding to multiple CBTs.
SameSame for the detail side, for example, the style is SV, and the material and color
areget added with *.
ThisThe reason is
becausethat the calculator returns the product that
is going to begets used according to the product code. (Optifacts Menu 3-14-6 Refer to
the Commercialthe Commercial Branding Tool (CBT) Setup document for
fullcomplete details.) This process is for digital work only.
- Press Enter past the record ID, and you
- move to the
- Lite-Up Group field on the 2nd screen.
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on the Lens Selection Master table (lens_sel_mst) |
- Enter the lite-up group number into this field and press enter Enter (If the lite-up group is applicable applies to the master table. If not, leave it as (0)This . It could be a predetermined group number or a new one that you are creating. If it is relative to a specific lite-up, recall option, or calc calculation option, you could use that number as a reference to make it easier to remember what it is for. For example, on digital jobs, you may want to use group # 12 which is relative to recall option 12 in order entry on digital jobs, which forces the system to use SF lenses. This It could be applied apply to all digital where when you are switching switch to a single vision lens, and we do not want the system to pick a finished stock finished lens. Another example would be to use the lite-up number applicable to coating lite-up up used at order entry that you want to use to trigger the switch from SF with a coating lite-up to a Stock Finished AR lens. For further details on this, please refer Refer to the instructions later in this document on Switch SF with Coat Lite-up to Coated Stock Finished Lens for further details.
- Enter the Min Fit Height and press enter Enter (if applicable).
- Press Escape to save the data.
- Type Press "E" to exit back to the menu.
- Press Escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.
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*** It is very important imperative to exit back to the Optifacts main menu after each step in the Lens Selection Master ( lens_sel_mst ) table before going any further. The The blank switch form has many different table dependencies and master/detail relationships that data found in earlier queries can affect subsequent operations. Returning to the main menu will ensure that records maintain the correct relationships. *** |
Example: Lens Selection Master Table
Example
Lens Selection Detail
The In the 2nd step in of this process, you will be working in the Lens Selection Detail table ( lens_sel_mst ). Notice that the brackets are on the right side of the screen, opening the fields for data entry. In this table, you will enter the data of the lens that will be gets used in for production. (The lens we are switching to.)
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 8 - Blank Selection and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enterEnter.
The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.
- Type Q Press “Q” to query.
- Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.
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*** Remember the priority number you used and just query on that. *** |
- Press Escape to perform the search
- Press "T" for the table.
Notice that the active table
inis now the Lens Selection Detail ( lens_sel_dtl ), and the [ brackets ] have moved to the right side of the screen, opening up the fields for data entry.
- Press A “A” to add a record. If you were updating an existing entry, then you would press U “U” to update.
- Enter all of the applicable data, pressing
- Enter past each field.
Priority - Priority number for multiple selection options
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Material - Selected Lens Material of the lens
that will beused in production.
Style - Selected Lens
Style-style of the lens
that will beused in production.
Seg Size - Selected Lens Seg Size of the lens
that will beused in production (or “0” for no seg).
Lens Type - Selected Lens Type of the lens
that will beused in production. (or “NA” for no type).
Color - Selected Lens Color of the lens
that will beused in production.
Mfr - Selected Manufacture Code of the lens
that will beused in production (enter a forced manufacture code (- must precede mfr code) or leave the
Defaultdefault of “-“ if not needed).
Add Power - Add
Powerpower of the lens being switched to if needed (or leave the default of -99.0 not to
notchange).
Calc as Entered or Switched - Calculate as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically S.
Price as Entered or Switched - Price as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically E.
Blk Sel Failure Goes to - If Bank Select Failure leave as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically S.
Allow Coat-Switching? - (Y) to allow Coat-Switching, (N) not to
notallow Coat-Switching.
Allow Inventory Deplete? - Enter (Y)
,; if the stock status is D and zero QOH,
don'tdon’t select lens
;. Enter (N) to ignore stock status.
Allow Inventory No QOH? - Enter (N) if zero QOH,
don'tdon’t select lens; Enter (Y) to ignore QOH.
Light-up Group Dtl Number - Enter optional
lightlite-up group detail records to use (or 0 for none).
- Press Escape to save the data.
- Type E to existPress “E” to exit.
- Press Escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.
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Example: Lens Selection Detail Table
ExampleLens Selection Lite-up Group
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 8 - Blank Selection and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enterEnter.
The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.
- Type Q Press “Q” to query.
- Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.
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*** Remember the priority number you used and just query on that. *** |
- Press Escape to perform the search.
- Press T twice.“T”
- Press A “A” to Add add a record.
The cursor will return to the Lite-up Group Dtl Number field on the 1st screen, and the fields will open for editing in the Lens Selection Lite-up Group Detail table.
- Type Enter the applicable group number and press enter.
- Press enter Enter past the price num and bit fields until you reach the calc or recall option field (depending on which you are needing need to work with)..
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the num and bit for your lite-ups, go to Optifacts menu 11-14 Report: Price Options Available. Print the report. It lists all the lite-up numbers with the num and bit for each. |
- Set or Unset the option.
- Type S Enter “S” to Set. This It will turn on the selected option.
- Type U Press “U” to Unset. This It will turn off the selection option.
- Press escape Escape to save the data.
- Type E Press “E” to exit the screen.
Example: Lite-up Group Detail Table
ExampleSemi-Finished Blank Switch Examples
HereThe following is an example of a record that has 1 Master record with 2 Detail records:
Master Lens Entered
:- Style SV, Type NA, Color T8G with coating lite-up.
1st choice Priority 10 Detail Switched to
:Style SVST, Type NA, Color 8GA.
2nd choice Priority 15 Detail Switched to Style SV semi-finished Type NA, Color T8G with coating lite-up.
In the following example, we are switching switch the type code from EA to TL with recall option 12.
In the following example, we are switching switch the color from T8B to TEB with recall option 12.
The following is are a couple of examples of Digital Blank Switch.:
Master Lens entered CBT Vx Comfort 2 DRX -Material TLT, Style P, Type CDR, Color EBS.
Detail Lens switched only the color from EBS to SBF.
Master Lens entered CBTAutograph II+ 15MM - Material TR, Style P, Type A2X, Color SRC.
Detail Lens switched to Material P Style SV Type NA Color SRC.
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Semi-
Finished LensFinished Lens with Coating Lite-up to Coated
StockFinished Lens
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title | Important*** It is very important imperative to exit back to the Optifacts main menu after each step in the Lens Selection Master ( lens_sel_mst ), the Lens Selection Detail ( lens_sel_dtl ), or the Lens Selection Lite-up Group Master and Detail tables before going any further. The The blank switch form has many different table dependencies and master/detail relationships that data found in earlier queries can affect subsequent operations. Returning to the main menu will ensure that records maintain the correct relationships. *** |
Lens Selection Master Table
- Create the entries with all of the criteria of the semi-finished lens that you want to switch with a power range that relates to a finished lens with a factory AR that you have in your inventory and want to use.
Example
- Press enter Enter after you add the Record ID number is added , which takes you to the next screen.
- In the Group Light-Up field, enter the number of the LightLite-up that number you want to use to trigger the switch. We are using the lightlite-up number in this field to make it easier to know what identify the switch is related torelationship.
Example
- Press escape Escape to save the data.
- Type E Press “E” to exit
- Press escape Escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.
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Lens Selection Master Lite-up Group
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 8 - Blank Selection and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enterEnter.
The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.
- Type Q Press “Q” to query.
- Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.
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*** Remember the priority number you used and just query on that. *** |
- Press Escape to perform the search.
- Press T “T” for the table until the [ brackets ] are in the Lens Selection Master Lite-up Group ( lens_sel_mst_lgrp ) table on the left side of the screen s shown in the example below.
- Press A “A” to Add add a new record.
- Enter 25 in the Light-up Group field and press enter Enter until you reach the field for the Price Light-up: Num and Bit.
- Here you will enter the num and bit that belongs to the coating lightlite-up 25.
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the num and bit for your lite-ups, go to Optifacts menu 11-14 Report: Price Options Available. Print the report. It lists all the lite-up numbers with the num and bit for each. |
- In the field Set/Unset, enter S“S. ” This will trigger the switch to work when this lightlite-up is on, and the order falls within the specified Style, Material, Color, and Power in the Lens Selection Master table as shown above.
Example
In addition, we do not want this switch to happen if there is a Tint tint on the order job, as we are not able to cannot apply a tint to a finished lens with AR.
To prevent this switch from happening:
- Add another entry to the Group Light-up 25
- In the Price Light-up field, enter the num and bit of the Tinting Lighttint lite-up.
- Enter U “U” to Unset the blank switch.
- Press Escape to save the data.Type E to exit.
Example
- Press "E" to exit.
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