Set up the ShopMap palette before you start using the software, and keep it up-to-date by adding new equipment and materials as they are needed. You can also remove resources from the ShopMap palette when you no longer use them. If you add a resource from the ShopMap palette to a job and then delete the resource from the ShopMap palette, the resource remains active in the job until you delete it from the job.
Add materials and equipment to the ShopMap palette using one of the following methods:
- Add new resources one at a time by providing specifications in dialog boxes. This method works well for resources such as substrates that have few specifications.
- Import resources one at a time as XML files, after exporting them from the ShopMap palette in another installation of the Pandora software. This is the preferred method for setting up several installations of the software with the same material and equipment resources.