How to use Flashing File Converter

Key features supported are Fold Length and Angles, Hems Length and Angles, Tapers, Colour Side, Rotations.

Input File Requirements

This will take a file in the format of a Library.txt generated by SWI, or the SWI Phone App EBEND.

You can aso extract a file from the SWI database into an Excel format. The utility finds the appropriate string in the file.

Key fields to extract are the JobID and ShapeDescriptor. If no JOBID, then the Profile Name is used.

This will also accept a file in the format of an XML file generated by JORNS, or the JORNS Phone App JBEND.

The Web utility produces converted XML / TXT file, and a diagnostic PDF of the converted data, the flashing Barcode and shape.

Sample SWI Text File / SHapeDescriptor

Name "SWI Test" Sheetlength 400.00, Ends 0/0.00, 2/15.00: Offset 150.00, Angle 90.00, Type 0, Radius 0.00, ClampHt 0; SemiAutoList4: Width 415.00, Thickness 0.60, Material 0, Rotation -0.00, Customer "Mal", Materialname "", Colour "", JobWidth 415.00, DateEntered "", DeliveryDate "", EnteredBy "", StreetAddress "", City "", State "", Postcode "", CustomTxt1 "", CustomTxt2 "", Tapering 0, TaperOfs: 150.00, TaperOffStart 0.00, TaperOffEnd 400.00, TaperPrincipalAxis 0, TaperWidth 2700.00, TaperSplits: JobID "", JobLength 2700.00, JobQuantity 2

Sample SWI Extract using SQL

JobID              ShapeDescriptor

202508120360 Name "321234" Sheetlength 190.00, Ends 0/10.00, 0/10.00: Offset 30.00, Angle 135.00, Type 0, Radius 0.00, ClampHt 0; Offset 180.00, Angle -20.56, Type 0, Radius 0.00, ClampHt 0; SemiAutoList4: Width 190.00, Thickness 0.55, Material 0, ReverseColours, Rotation -135.00, Customer "XXXXZ Roofing Pty Ltd", Materialname "COLORBOND ", Colour "WINDSPRAY", JobWidth 190.00, DateEntered "12/08/2023", DeliveryDate "15/08/2023", EnteredBy "XXX-ZZZ\XXXUser", StreetAddress "PICK UP", City "WAGGA", State "", Postcode "", CustomTxt1 "MYTEXT", CustomTxt2 "", Tapering 0, TaperOfs: 30.00,180.00, TaperOffStart 0.00, TaperOffEnd 190.00, TaperPrincipalAxis 0, TaperWidth 5500.00, TaperSplits: JobID "", JobLength 5500.00, JobQuantity 1