QR (Quick Response) Codes are machine readable optical labels. 

They are an efficient standard for data storage, often used to define location, identification or website links. There are many applications for QR codes, for example, in a manufacturing environment they can be placed on a part to allow it to be tracked through the production process, or used by machines to know what actions to perform. 

The data used for the QR code and its format are defined on the QR Codes > QR Format page and the QR Codes > QR Label Images page in the Catalog/Drawing Properties discussed in this topic.

QR Code Definition

The data used for the QR code and its format are defined on the QR Codes > QR Format page.

 

Text or Custom QR Code

QR Codes can be defined as either:

• Fixed Text where each part is given the same fixed information.
  • engage the As Text radio button
  • type in Default Text edit box the information that is required on the label as a QR code.

QR Code as Text  -  Click to Expand

 Or

• Custom where the code is made up of a combination of properties.

QR Code as Custom  -  Click to Expand

 

Custom Format

The Custom codes can be made up of a collection of concatenated properties (evaluated individually for each part), each property delimited by a single character (each of which is individually chosen).

The possible properties that can be selected from the drop list, as shown above, are:

• <null> = Nothing
• Drawing Name
• Job Number
• Job Sub-Number
• Page Number
• Cabinet Id
• Part Id
• Part Name
• Edge Code
• Cut Dimension 1
• Cut Dimension 2
• Finished Dimension 1
• Finished Dimension 2
• DXF File Name

The possible delimiting characters are:

Delimiter	Delimiter	Delimiter	Delimiter	Delimiter
<null> = Nothing	^	//	x	[
= Space	&	\\	,	]
@	?	_	.	{
#	!	*	;	}
$	/	-	:	<
%	\	+	(	>
		=	)

 

Example of a Custom QR Code

An example of a Custom code using...

defines a code of...

<null>'Job Number'-'Cabinet Id'-'Part Id'@'Cut Dimension 1'x'Cut Dimension 2'

which when used would result in a textual code such as... 

Job1-1-020304@388x298

and a label image of...

Include Units with Dimensions

The Include Units with Dimensions option adds units( such as 'mm') to the dimensions.

For example, the above textual code would become...

Job1-1-020304@388mmx298mm

 

Label Images

The QR Codes > QR Label Images page allows the selection of two logo images that can also be exported and used on machining labels. 

These can be used along with or independently of the QR code and its image.