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Schedule (Gantt)

Schedule shows every operation as a bar on its machine or bay over time, with arrows linking the operations of one order.

It opens in Days scale from 3 weeks ago to 10 weeks ahead. Set From / To up to the end of calculated capacity, or switch to Hours for close-up work.

Zoom​

  • Use − and + next to Hours / Days to shrink or stretch the calendar grid from 25% to 400%. Click the percentage to go back to 100%.
  • Ctrl + mouse wheel (⌘ + scroll on a Mac, or a trackpad pinch) zooms too.
  • The time in the middle of the screen stays in place, and date and hour labels thin out or fill in to fit.

How far ahead​

The schedule runs as far as capacity is calculated in BC (Calculate Work Center Calendar and Calculate Machine Center Calendar).

  • The chip under the toolbar shows the date, for example Capacity calculated to Mar 31, 2027. Click it to show everything from a week ago to that date. To can’t go past it.
  • After a work center’s last calculated date, its lanes are hatched No capacity calculated in BC.
  • Operations that run into that zone get a dashed amber outline, and the work center header counts them (for example 1 past calculated capacity).
  • To plan further out, run the calendar calculation for a longer period in BC.

Current date while scrolling​

The top-left corner of each work center’s timeline always shows the date at the left edge of what you see, for example Sun, Nov 15, 2026. You know the day even when zoomed in between two midnights.

Reading the bars​

  • Planned bars come from the routing lines in BC.
  • Actual bars show when work really started, paused or stopped, from scans.
  • Red marks clashes, a late finish against the due date, or an operation placed before its previous one allows.

Change the plan​

You need the Reschedule permission.

  • Drag a bar to move it in time or to another machine of the same work center. Later operations of the order move out to keep the sequence.
  • Drag a bar’s edge to change only its start or its end.
  • Click a bar to type an exact start and end. A typed end is saved as a fixed ending, so BC keeps it.
  • Use the Backlog panel for orders with unscheduled operations. Drop one on a lane, or press Auto-schedule to place them from the first free time.

Timing rules​

These are the same as in BC.

  • Duration = setup + run time × quantity (plus scrap allowance) ÷ concurrent capacities ÷ efficiency, laid on the work center’s shop calendar. The demo uses Mon–Fri 07:00–15:30, and two shifts for welding and machining.
  • The next operation may start after the previous one plus wait and move time. With a send-ahead quantity it can overlap.

Draft mode​

With Send schedule changes to BC immediately turned off (in the ⋯ menu), changes collect as unsent. Press Publish to BC or Discard.