Selecting ART or Nucleo blocking system-side, by material, by lens style, by order
There are two ways ART or Nucleo blocks can be set up in Rx-Universe.
Firstly, either ART or Nucleo blocking can be set up system-wide, or for a particular lens design or material. In this case, the job will be blocked on the blocker specified.
A second way is to use one of the previously-existing blocking methods (for example, "7" for the dynamic block list), and ALSO print the appropriate ART or Nucleo block to be used on the work ticket. Then, when the job is blocked on a blocker, the Set Value, Actual Value, and other fields, will be re-calculated at the time of blocking, and the job marked as being blocked on the particular type of blocker. In this way, a lab can decide, at the time of blocking, whether to block using the ART or Nucleo technology, or to block on the traditional (usually alloy) block.
The system default for blocking method / block size can be set on the "Setup", "System Settings", "Blocking" tab. The new options are:
"U" - Nucleo blocking
"A" - ART blocking
The above setting would make ART blocking the system-wide default for all jobs.
To use BOTH a standard blocking method and ART or Nucleo blocking, set the blocking method to the standard blocking method, and then choose the option in the "Select ART or Nucleo blocks" section.
For example, to use blocking method "7" (selection of block using the dynamic selection list), set up the screen as follows:
In this case, Rx-Universe will do calculations based on the standard block selected according to the block selection rules (option "7"), and also pick the correct Nucleo block for the job, and print both on the work ticket, as follows:
The job can then be blocked on either the 58x7 alloy block, or the 5-base Nucleo block, and Rx-Universe will adjust its calculations according to which block was used.
Specifying ART or Nucleo Blocking for specific lens types or materials
The blocking method can also be specified for specific materials or specific lens styles. This might be used when only a particular material(s) or style(s) are to be blocked with this method:
Nucleo or ART blocking can also be specified for a particular order:
When Nucleo or ART blocking has been requested, whether system-wide, by material, lens style, or order, the work ticket will show the block to be used:
The "BP1" in this case indicates that "Block Piece 1" should be used (the text comes from the text field on the System Settings screen), and the 65 indicates that a block from the 65mm group should be used.