Lesson 1 Create a new product PIC

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In this first chapter, we are going to create new products in Product Information Center. Finally these products will be used when we create a bill of materials in MatStream Bill Of Materials.

Opening Product Information

Select from the Windows Start menu: Programs -> MatStream -> Product Information Center. Product Information Center will be opened. Follow the instruction on the screen for logging in and compression of the database.

Create a new Product

Select the New button from the Toolbar. An Empty Product Data window will be displayed.
 

1. Select the General tab and enter the following data to it. 
   • Series/type number: 'Example nr 1'
   • Brand:
     First we have to create a new brand in the selection list.
     • select the button with the list icon . A window with the available brands will be displayed.
     • Select the button New and enter in the field Brand the value 'Example brand 1'
     • Select the button Save to save the changes and close the window.
   • Description:
     Now we are also going to create a new description. This works the same way as creating a new brand, but now there are two fields. One field is the default description, for the other field you can enter the description in an other language.
     Add the following values for the new description (remember to select the new button first).
     The Field Description: 'Example description'
     The field Description 2: 'Example description 1'
     • Save the changes and close the window.
   • Material: Select 'SS316' from the selection list
   • Connection: '1/2" NPT example'

   Save your changes to the product by selecting the Save button on the toolbar.
    

2. Select the Properties tab
    
   On this tab we can add custom properties to the product.
   • Select a property and add it to the list
     • Click on the first empty cell right under the Property column header. A list with available properties is displayed.
     • Select Pmax (max. pressure) from the list.
     • Enter '60' to the cell of the Value column.
     • Click on the empty cell in the column Dimension. A list with possible dimensions is displayed.
     • Select 'bar'
   • Add a new property to the selection list.
     • Select the button Edit property list . A window with properties is displayed like we have seen with the creation of a new brand.
     • Select the button New.
     • Enter the following values to the fields:
       Property description: 'Height'
       Remarks: 'Example of a product property'
     • Select the Save button and close this window.
     • Select the empty cell in the Property column (row 2). Now you see that the selection list is extended with the property 'Height'. select this new property.
     • Enter the value '1000' to the cell of the value column and type the value 'mm' in the cell of the Dimension column.
        
3. Select the Supplier tab
   • Linking an existing supplier to the product
     • Select the button  Add supplier. The window Suppliers will be displayed.
     • Select 'PM Software Development' and click the button Select>>. The selected supplier is now linked to the product.
   • Add a new supplier
     • Select the button Add supplier again.
     • Select the button Add New and enter the following data:
       Organisation: 'Example 1 supplier'
       Remarks: 'This supplier is an example'
     • Select the Save button. The supplier has been added to the suppliers collection.
     • Select the button Select>>. Now the sample supplier is also linked to the product.
   • Decide which supplier is the default supplier
     Double click the first empty cell of 'Example 1 supplier' (Default column). The supplier 'Example 1 supplier' will now move up and become the default supplier.
      
4. Select the Documents tab
   In the examples that where already present, there where three files in '.pdf' format attached. For the examples we have used pdf files, but you can attach every format you like. But when you want to open or print the file, you must have the proper application installed on your pc.
    
   • Adding a documentation to the product.
     • Select the Add document button. The window 'Open files' will be displayed.
     • Open the map 'Whitey' en select the file '40x-1.pdf'.
     • Click the button Open. The file will be added to the list.
     • Adding a document type to the list
       Select the button Edit doctype list.
     • Select the button New and add the following data:
       Description: 'Example documentation'
       Remarks: 'Example'
         
       And click the Save button.
     • Click with your mouse on the empty cell in the column Document type. A list is displayed with the documentation types. Select 'Example documentation'
     • Repeat these steps for the files '40x-2.pdf' and '40x-6.pdf'.
   • Set the default print value
     When you have executed the previous steps, then there are three files attached with this printer icon.
     • Double click on this icon. It will change in the following icons or . Select for each file an other icon, so you can see the differences later in the bill of materials.
   • Opening the attached files
     • Select the row with the file you want to open, by clicking the record selector once (the grey cell on the left). The row will be rendered blue, indicating that the row is selected.
     

     Typical example of a row
     or record selector
      

     • Click the right mouse button while the mouse pointer is on the record selector. A popup menu will be displayed. Select Open from the popup menu.
       Adobe® Acrobat® Reader must be installed on your pc.
5. Select the Remarks tab
   Enter 'This is an example of MatStream in 45 minutes'

Selecte the Save button from the toolbar to save the changes and close this window.