Gang Sheet Builder

The Gang Sheet Builder offers a quick and easy way to generate job groups, while presenting the user with additional options for these groups such as naming, job labels, nesting options, and more. The Gang Sheet Builder can be accessed by navigating to the Queue menu and selecting Create Gang Sheet. This will prompt the Create Gang Sheet window to open

. The different aspects of the Gang Sheet Builder and their respective workflow can be broken down into the following steps:

1. Import files into the Gang Sheet Builder

Use the Add File button to open the file explorer and select files to load into the Gang Sheet Builder. The Add Folder button can be used to import an entire folder rather than manually selecting files. Any imported files are displayed in the file list, along with their current number of copies. Files can be sorted in either ascending or descending order based on name or copies by clicking on their respective header.

2. Adjust the properties of individual jobs

By selecting an individual job from the job list, the job name, number of copies, and individual preview will populate a job details section in the Gang Sheet Builder. Use these fields to rename the job or update the number of copies as seen fit. The gang sheet page preview will live update with the number of copies to reflect job placement on the page. Material usage information is displayed above the job preview. This shows either the total length of the gang sheet, or the number of pages used, depending on your device media settings.

3. Customize your gang sheet attributes

Name the gang sheet using the Gang Sheet ID field. Toggle sheet labels to your preference by using the Enable Sheet Labels button. Sheet labels include the gang sheet name, page number, date and time, the printmode used, and size of the sheet. Custom notes can be added using the Custom Notes field. Custom notes are displayed in the sheet labels if applied.

4. Adjust the job nesting

Use the Layout Mode dropdown menu to determine how imported jobs will be placed on the page. Use Block Nesting to nest the job into the page to save material or turn off nesting to simply load the jobs onto the page by their default order. The effects of this change can be viewed in the preview window which live updates to reflect any adjustments.

5. Review your gang sheet preview and finalize

As mentioned in previous steps, the gang sheet page preview live updates to reflect all changes made to the sheet during the building process. The window can be scaled to view more, arrows can be used to navigate between pages, and buttons are present to zoom in and out on the preview.

When satisfied with your gang sheet, press the Create Gang Sheet button to create it and have it added to the Active Job List in the main workspace.