Setup sheet in Gibbs cam

[binzer]

I would like to be able to have my tool list and a picture of the part with some added text. What I would like to to do is have it put on 1 page of a pdf, so each time the job is run the setup notes can be printed with 1 click. I printed the tool list ,put the paper back in, and printed the picture with notes, then scanned it all to pdf. This works but is there a way to say take a screen shot and put that in a pdf? or is there a beter way for setup sheets? I dont really care for the reports from gibbs.

Thanks, binzer

[laka]

There is a way to make setup sheets using Microsoft Excel. You'll have to read through the manuals to understand it better. Basically Gibbs has a number of 'variables' that you can export to specific cells in Microsoft excel.

If you go to Plugins -> Reporter 97, 2000, or XP there are a few that come with Gibbs that you can check out.

[cadman]

You can pretty much create any kind of setup sheet you want or modify any of the existing ones in Gibbs. Gibbs uses Excel. There are instructions in help and I think there is a tutorial too. To save them as a PDF all you need is a PDF creation application on your computer (I use CutePDF, cheap) and print the setup sheet to your PDF application. No need to save screenshots.