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Want to locate your templates in DISCUS?
With data in DISCUS, click Export Report using Excel and click Manage and select the option to show the full path. This is the location where your templates are stored, so you can access and [...]
PPAP Requirements: 2024 Guide
The production part approval process, or PPAP, is a quality control and approval process in the manufacturing industry. Its purpose is to help ensure that parts can meet customer-specific requirements every time. However, it doesn’t [...]
Want to filter the Pass/Fail/Warning or not recorded Results?
Easy! Click your Results tab and at the bottom of the BoC are color icons to click for the status of the results. Easily see which results you need to enter, and which ones are [...]
Want to Load your template into DISCUS?
With data in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC) click to export template to Excel. Click Manage Template and then click the upload function. Your template will be ready for you to use!
Want a First Piece Acceptance Template?
This template not only parses out the nominal, upper and lower tolerances, but displays the upper and lower spec limits! Contact sales@discussoftware.com to get a copy of this template.
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Want to enter Designed Tooling for multiple dimensions?
In Results and Configure Fields, enter the Designed Tooling. Then in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC), select all the characteristics to have that designed tooling. Right click and select Edit Multiple Characteristics. Click the check [...]
Need to enter Pass/Fail for dimensional results?
Under Result Settings enter the Pass value and the Fail value as text. Then in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC) with the Results tab displayed, enter the value in the Results field.
Want to Add/Remove values in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC)?
Access this via Settings, Profile Settings and Detail Panel to add/remove a tab in the BoC).
Want to add another value to your Class designation?
Under Settings and Profile Settings, access the Class and then click to add a value, such as N/A or Safety. This will then be available for you as a drop down. You can select the [...]
Want to manage your backup settings?
Access this via Settings, Application Settings and Backup/Autosave, to increase or decrease the backups.
Want to have page 2 of your drawing labeled as page 1?
Right-click on the drawing and click Set Sheet Number. Enter the page you want such as 1 and that will be recorded as sheet 1 in your export.
Want even less IDA® processing time?
If you have a multiple page drawing, load the drawing and indicate what pages you want processes, such as 3-6, 7 and only those pages will be processed for ballooning.
Want to save Intelligent Drawing Analysis IDA® processing time?
When you add the drawing, a new feature for DISCUS 2024 U1, you can click on the function to exclude areas that will not be processed. Simply drag the rectangle around any section not to [...]
Want to identify a flag note and have that flag information repeated at the location of the flat note?
Under Settings | Application Settings | IDA® Settings, click the middle radio button to create a Note for the Flag note.
Need to group Notes and have the proper balloon sequence?
Under Settings | Application Settings | IDA® Settings navigate to the bottom of the page for balloon sequencing options: click bottom to top or top to bottom, depending upon the sequence of the notes.
Need to separate the Material and Process Specs in Net-inspect?
Under Settings, click Net-inspect validation and then when you edit the specification on the Process tab in the Bill of Characteristics , you can click on the drop-down to select either Material or Process. When [...]
Want to enable the IDA Document Queue?
Under Settings and IDA Settings and Advanced IDA Settings, select all options to enable the queue. The ability to load many documents to process is found under the IDA menu and IDA Document Queue Management.
