Praxis Reference Manual

  • Welcome to Praxis
  • Installation
    • Hardware requirement
    • Supported file formats
    • Prerequisites
    • Server installation
    • Client installation
    • Change license
  • Configuration
    • Add/Remove machine
    • Setup tooling
    • Configure users
    • Language
    • Material
      • Add new material and sheet
      • Export/Import material
      • Replace material
    • Map material
    • Map CAM pages
    • Map fields from CAD (lookup keys)
  • The user interface
  • Workflow
  • Library
    • Open
      • Import parts
      • Import orders
      • Import jobs
      • Import assemblies
    • Library view
      • Parts
      • Assembly
    • Part status
      • Part validation
      • Part panel
      • Part filters
    • Tooling status
      • Tooling validation
        • Bend tooling validation
        • Cut tooling validation
        • Fold tooling validation
      • Tooling panel
    • Saving filters
  • Orders
    • Orders view
  • Jobs
    • Create job
    • Job view
    • Job panel
    • Auto plan
    • Interactive nesting
    • Repacking
    • Nest management
      • Layout view
      • Layout panel
      • Report sender
    • Remnant management
      • Auto remnant management
      • Manual remnant management
    • Twinline nesting
    • Out-of-date
    • Job filters
  • Factory
    • Routes
    • Sheets
    • Users
    • Edit
    • Customers
    • Settings
      • Environment
      • Import
      • Bend
      • Cut
      • Notifications
      • Watch
      • Job
      • Reports
  • Impressum
Jobs
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Job panel

Job panel

This section explains job-related actions such as Export outputs, Reset job…​, Mark complete…​, Export job…​, and other options used to manage job instances.

JobPanel

Read-only

Open in read-only mode for viewing
Opens the selected job in read-only mode.

Edit

Check-out the document for editing
Enables editing of the selected job.

Delete

Delete
Deletes the selected job.

Report

View Report
Opens the production report for the selected job.

Export

Export outputs
Exports the machine-ready output files (NC files and reports) generated for the selected job.

Plan

Plan job
Generates nested layouts for the parts in the selected job.

Reset

Reset job…​
Removes all generated layouts for the job and resets its parts to the plannable state.

Mark

Mark complete…​
Marks the job and all its nests as complete after production.

Job

Export job…​
Exports the complete job as a package that can be reused or imported into another system.

Prev Next

Prev / Next / Layout
Navigates to the previous or next layout within the selected job.

Filters

Sort and filter
Use these filters to view other jobs that share the same material, customer, due date, or priority.

Export outputs

  • Select the required job.

  • Click Export outputs.

    Export outputs dialog
  • This exports the machine-ready output files generated for the selected job.

  • Export Outputs can be saved either to the default location configured in Factory Settings or to a custom location by using Browse…​.

  • It exports only machine output files (such as NC and reports) for the job.

    Exported output files
  • These files are used directly for production and can be sent to the machine.

Reset job…​

Resets the selected job by removing all generated layouts and making the parts available for planning again.

To reset a job:

  • Right-click the job and select Reset job…​.

    Reset job
  • This deletes all existing nested layouts for the selected job and resets all its parts to the plannable state.

    Reset job
  • If the layouts contain parts from other jobs, those parts are also reset.

Export job…​

  • Select the required job.

  • Click Export job…​.

  • This option exports the complete job as a package that can be reused or imported into another system.

Output view
  • The exported data includes all information required to recreate the job:

    • Part details and quantities (CSV files).

    • Layout and nesting data (CSV / FXYLT files).

  • The exported files are saved as a job folder in the configured export location.

  • This option is used for transferring, sharing, or backing up the entire job.

Mark complete…​

  • Once the job is processed on the machine, open the Job panel and select Mark complete…​.

Mark complete dialog
  • When a job is marked as complete:

    • All nests under the job are marked as complete.

    • The job is greyed out, moved to the end of the list, and shown with a green tick mark.

    • All layouts under the job are removed from the active layouts list.

    • Part and job statuses are updated, and processed quantities move to the completed state.

    • Output files for all layouts in the job are removed from the machine output location to avoid duplicate use.

Contents

  • Export outputs
  • Reset job…​
  • Export job…​
  • Mark complete…​
Job view Auto plan

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