In a nutshell, setup sheet templates are created by inserting PowerMill variables into HTML tables. This can be done in any text editor. The table layout can be made as simple or as complex as you want. The formatting can be done inside (tag attributes) or outside of your templates (cascading style sheets). You can edit the table layout in any text editor of your choice. If you feel that extensive modification of the default tables is required, consider actually creating your own HTML templates as a faster option. The important things are:
- Think of your templates as part of a 'set'. By now you are familiar with the default set containing logos, tool images, and cascading style sheet in addition to the HTML templates. Depending on how you design your templates, you may or may not need a cascading style sheet. You will definitely need the images of tools, and logos. Keep all template-related elements in the same folder. Also, for images, keep the same file names as in the default template set.
- Decide which type of template you are creating (header, toolpath or summary), because:
- some variables are template-specific, for instance the variable {ToolpathID} is only resolved inside toolpath templates and if you place it elsewhere, it does not return a value.
- some tags are template-specific, for instance the <summaryrow> </summaryrow> tag pair only works inside summary templates.
- Save your templates as .html, otherwise they may not work.