Defaults
Prior to entering data, you should review and set the Defaults. The program is shipped with preset default values and selections. However, these settings may not be the most desirable choices for your company.
Defaults are used in Advanced Welding System to make data entry quicker and allow your company to standardize your information. Most Default items can be changed during data entry.
To modify or review defaults, click on “Tools” “Defaults…” from the main menu.
The defaults are grouped in notebook tabs to organize information. Help is available by pressing [F1] after you have selected a tab or data field.
General tab
This notebook tab contains information regarding the company, location of files used by Advanced Welding System, Test Facilities, User Defined Weld Processes, and User Defined Inspection Types.
Company Information
The company name and address will print on reports and documents. Verify the information is correct. If the information is not correct, contact us immediately and we will send you a corrected file.
Paths
Use the “Browse” buttons to help you generate the complete path to these locations. These folder paths should have been established when Advanced Welding System was installed.
• Data – The location where WPS, PQR, and WPQ data is stored.
For LAN Pack versions, this must be in a common area of the file server hard drive so that any modifications made to the data are available to all users.
• Welder Data – The location where Welder data is stored. This is usually the same location as where the data is stored. For LAN Pack versions, this must be in a common area of the file server Test Facilities
These fields let you enter up to three default test facilities. They will appear in a
User Defined Weld Processes
These fields allow you to define up to four custom weld processes. Their purpose is to allow you to maintain welder continuity for weld processes that are not included in Advanced Welding System.
NOTE: These are only used in the Welder Logs and Reports. These will not be available on the Document (WPS, PQR, WPQR) input screens.
User Defined Inspection Types
Advanced Welding System includes most inspection types. Companies that use additional inspection types can enter them here. These items will then appear in all appropriate dropdown lists and reports.
NOTE: These are only used in the Welder Logs and Reports.
Company Logo
You can add a company logo to your documents. For example, a Computer Engineering, Inc. logo was used on this PQR.
The Default screen where you set up the logo has provisions to set the location of the logo and set the image to be used for the logo.
The fields on the Company Logo screen are described as follows:
• Left Margin – This field allows you to indicate how far your logo will appear from the left hand side of a page. This position is independent of the margins set in the Tools\ Options section of the program. If you place your logo outside of the margins set in the Tools\ Options section, it will print the logo.
• Top Margin – This field allows you to indicate how far your logo will appear from the top of a page. This position is independent of the margins set in the Tools\ Options section of the program. If you place your logo outside of the margins set in the Tools\ Options section, it will print the logo.
• Logo Width – Use this field to indicate how wide your logo appears on a page.
• Logo Height – Use this field to indicate how tall your logo appears on a page.
• Print Logo on First Page – Checking this box will show the logo on the first page of a multi-page document.
Here is an illustration of the logo positions.
Button uses on the Company Logo screen are as follows:
• Select Image – Used to select an image. This only copies the file to the program, so the file will still be in its’ original location.
• Delete Image – Used to remove images. This only removes the image from the Advanced Welding System.
• Paste Image – Allows the user to paste an image from the windows clipboard.
• Copy Image – Allows the user to copy an image to the windows clipboard.
PQR/WPS tab
The defaults for the PQR and WPS are set in this screen.
The checkbox for Print "Witnessed by" statement is used if you want to add a
“Witnessed by” statement to the PQR. The “Witnessed by Statement” is the statement that will print if this checkbox is checked.
The “Give User responsibility for Heat Input Requirements” is a checkbox that is normally not checked.
When heat input applies and you have this “Unchecked”, then the program will control the voltage, amperage, and travel speed fields so the maximum heat input can never be exceeded.
By checking this box, the user is allowed to enter ranges of voltage, amperage, and travel speed so that certain combinations of these variables could exceed the maximum heat input. If your welders are experienced and can be trusted not to exceed heat input limits, then it is safe to check this box.
WPQ tab
This tab is used for WPQ defaults.
Label for “WPQ No.”
This field will allow you to replace the description WPQ No. throughout the program with your own designation.
WPQ Expiration Exception Report
These fields will determine whether or not you want the Expiration Exception Report to print or not.
Welder Image
Select the check box to print a welder image on your WPQs. Input the desired values for the top and right margins (in inches) to determine the placement of the image on the page.
Welder tab
This tab allows you to set up defaults for the welder.
Inspection, Continuity
These areas are used for signing Inspection and Continuity reports.
• Signature Header - The "header" will appear in front of the signature line.
• Signature Title - The "title" will appear behind the signature line.
• Signature - The "signature" will appear under the signature line and is typically the printed name of the person signing the document.
NOTE: If you leave any of the signature fields here blank, they will print out blank. If all signature fields are blank, the signature information will not print on the reports.
General
Before welder data entry begins you need to decide how you want the program to keep track of welders. Each welder record must be unique so that the proper record is used throughout the program, so each record must have a unique Welder ID. This information may be automatically completed depending upon your selection here. The Welder ID field cannot be blank.
There are three choices available. The most common (and the setting that ships with Advanced Welding System) is “Use Stamp Number as Welder ID”. If you
use “Stamp Number” then it should never be reassigned to another welder even after the welder stops working for the company.
The choice “Use another form of unique Welder ID” is available for companies that wish to use a method of uniquely identifying welders other than Stamp Number or SSN. This can be useful for companies that do not want to use the Social Security Number because of identity theft and they do not want to use the welder’s stamp number because they reassign stamp numbers from one job site to another.
For example you could use employee number or clock number. This field can be used if you want to use the equivalent of the United State’s SSN and you need a different format or number of digits then this that our SSN uses.
The “Label for Welder ID” is used on input screens and reports. For example, if you use employee number as the unique identification then you could enter
“Employee No.”.
Label for Location, Foreman
These items are used for sorting and grouping welders. You can set the description to anything you desire such as “Crew”, “Job Site”, or “Shift”. The maximum length is 12 characters.
Signatures tab
The PQR and WPQ each require at least one signature. If you set the PQR or WPQ to one signature, the information for the second signature will not print.
The WPS does not require any signature; however, many companies want their WPS signed by one or two responsible people. If the WPS signature lines is set to zero then no signature lines will be printed on the WPS.
These areas are used for signing the various documents.
• Signature Header - The “header” will appear in front of the signature line.
• Signature Title - The “title” will appear behind the signature line.
• Signature - The “signature” will appear under the signature line and is typically the printed name of the person signing the document.
Names placed in the “Additional Signatures” area will be available in the drop down list on all documents.
The Signature browser button will allow you to add or remove an electronic signature from a set of documents.
Changing all the documents in a group needs to be done carefully. For example, if you are correcting the spelling of a person’s name that signs the document, a confirmation window will appear to be sure you want to continue—so you would want to answer “Yes”. If there has been a change of personnel and someone new will be signing the document, you would answer “No” to continue because the old documents with the previous person’s name are still valid documents.
Options
Options are for setting local items such as Reports and Hints as well as ancillary application paths.
Paths
If you are running the network configuration, and more than one person can enter data, you must have your Data and Support directories on a network drive. The rest of the program files must be installed on individual workstations.