1. Using CADCONNECT to create products MANUALLY
CADCONNECT is the tool for creating manufacturing data in Dynamics NAV automatically.
Data are items, bill of materials and routing data. .
Various input methods are offered - Data from a CAD-system, but also manual creation is possibl,. Also you have the option to use existing product data in NAV.
This video is an example on how CADCONNECT is used to create new products manually.

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We want to create a new product from scratch. Click on the ribbon button New.

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Enter the new item number which is f i n 1. Please notice the red colored letters. This red colour says that the new item is not existing in NAV yet.

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Enter the item text for our new product.

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Enter the text pcs as the pieces unit of measure.

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Now we want to add the first bill of material item for our new product. Click on the toolstrip Insert

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Click on the item number to key a new item or to choose an existing item.

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Enter the item number fabric1. Press the TAB key. Please notice the green colored letters which comes up. This says this is a NAV item, and green indicates a bill of material in itself.

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Enter 1 as the quantity.

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We want to add more items. Click on the toolstrip Insert again.

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Enter the item text as Produced item. Press the TAB key.

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Enter a bill of material quantity per of 2.

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Enter the text pcs as unit of measure.

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Once again Click on the toolstrip Insert

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Click on the option - Indented - to create a new bill of material level.

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Click on the cell item number

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Enter the text raw 3.

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Enter the item text Raw material.

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Enter a quantity per of 5.

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Enter or choose KG for kilo as the unit of measure.

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Now I have clicked the Insert toolstrip again, because I want to add routing information for the various produced items. I start off with the end-item. Click on the cell Name with the value Assembly department to choose this work center

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Enter 5 minutes as the setup time.

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Enter 10 as the run time.

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Click on the lookup button in the cell Work center Number

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Enter 10 as the setup time

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Enter 20 as the run time

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Click on the cell Type with the value Item

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Click on the menu item Insert Routing to insert an existing NAV routing.

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Before I finish this construction I want to look at the cost side of my construction. Click on the ribbon button Calculation. The calculation shows that the item cost will be 161,50

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I also want to add a few comments on my construction. Click on the ribbon button Comments

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Enter the comment text: This is a line comment..

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Click on the button OK

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By now I have finished my construction, and as a last job step before creating data, I must certify my construction.

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Now the final step is to take place: That is, to create the data in NAV.
Click on the ribbon button: Create Items - BOM - Routing

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Click on the button Yes

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Click on the textbox Total Cost. A last check is made to see the calculated costs. It looks reasonable.
Job is done.
This short demo was just a glimpse of what can be done in the CADCONNECT solution manually.
And everything is performed on a single display screen. This gives the user an immediate advantage with a full product overview and visibility at all times.