Settings for Inventory Forecasting Module (IFM) method

The Inventory Forecasting Module  operates within CAMWorksNesting in the form of 'Automatically Select Sheet' checkbox option.

CAMWorksNesting supports two methods of Inventory Forecasting: Combinatorial Sheet Forecaster and Unique Sheet Forecaster.

The option as to which Inventory Forecasting method is to be used can only be set from the DefaultValues.ini file. (It cannot be set from the 'Create Nesting Job' dialog.)

Editing the settings for 'Inventory Forecasting Module' (IFM) type in DefaultValues.ini

1. Open the file named DefaultValues.ini located in the CAMWorks Installation folder.
2. Observe the section named [NestingData].  

3. The setting to assign the Inventory Forecasting method is given in Lines 21 and 22 under the [NestingData] section.

4. The flag named 'IFMType' indicates the type of Inventory Forecasting Method used.

5. When the 'IFMType' flag is set to '2', the 'Combinatorial Sheet Forecaster' method of Inventory Forecasting is enabled. This is the default setting at the time of installation.  

;Option for IFMType: 1 : For UNIQUE_SHEET_FORECASTER, 2: For COMBINATORIAL_SHEET_FORECASTER

IFMType = 2

6. When the 'IFMType' flag is set to '1', the 'Unique Sheet Forecaster' method of Inventory Forecasting is enabled.

;Option for IFMType: 1 : For UNIQUE_SHEET_FORECASTER, 2: For COMBINATORIAL_SHEET_FORECASTER

IFMType = 1