Modelling guide
Products too big for a machine
Some units are too long, wide or heavy for a machine and must go to a bigger one.
Pattern Existing features combined; the result is exact.
How
Give the product the dimension ("dimensions": { "length": 3, "length_vary": true, "length_min": 1, "length_max": 5 }) and split the operation in two, each with a condition on the dimension and its own task on its own machine:
{ "id": "bend_small", "task": "Bend small panel", "condition": "P.panel_length <= 3" },
{ "id": "bend_large", "task": "Bend large panel", "condition": "P.panel_length > 3" }Every unit does exactly one of them. Auto Generate buys both machines when the range of the dimension reaches both sides of the limit.
Check
Panels are 1-5 m. Up to 3 m they go to the 3 m press brake, longer ones to the 6 m brake. Both brakes are built and all 120 panels of the shift are made.