Extras

Edit material lists - Extras - Planing

This function allows additional planings to be created. All planings can then be output as processing notes in the 'Description / Title' field.

In the 'Create processing' frame you will find the inputs to create planings on the beams in the marked rows. This means they are recorded as processings and therefore also included in the measurement values of this material list. The planings can be created with the following options:

Beam side: The specified sides of the beams will be planed.

Length: Planing is performed along the beam axis over this length. If the length 0.0 is entered, the entire beam length will be planed. If the planing length is longer than the beam length, only the beam length will be accounted for.

Overwrite existing planed surfaces: Specifies whether all other planings on these beams should be deleted or retained. It is not checked whether a beam, for example, is fully planed multiple times.

In the 'Enter processings into the description' frame it is decided whether the processings of these beams should be entered into the descriptions with a corresponding abbreviation. If descriptions for the same processings already exist there, they will be deleted. At present only planing is entered.

Planing: The notes for planing are entered into the description as follows: [ ] = Processings: Hx: H1, H2, H3, H4 = Planing on one, two, three, four sides [Hx:1.20] Planing to length 1.20, [Hx:L] = Planing over entire length

Edit material lists - Extras - Ordering

The ordering function is intended to assign another identification number, order number and a price to the entries of a list as comfortably as possible. To do this, all rows of a list are grouped according to their identification numbers. Entering prices in this form is particularly suited to assigning daily prices, for which maintaining master data is not sensible.

Example: In a timber list there are beams with 'S10' and 'BSH'. Due to division into different sequence numbers and roof surfaces there are a total of 40 rows in the timber list. Now a price should be assigned for 'S10' and 'BSH'. In the ordering function only the rows for S10 and BSH are displayed and you can enter the prices in these few rows. When exiting the function these are then distributed to all rows of the list accordingly.

It is also possible, if all timbers 'S10' should now be 'BSH', to convert all 'S10' to 'BSH' with a function call and a few inputs.

For panel lists the panels are grouped not only by identification number but also by thickness. So if you have OSB 13 mm and OSB 16 mm in one list, they will be displayed in different rows in the ordering function. Therefore you do not need to create every thickness for each panel material in the component catalog to manage prices, especially since these are often daily prices. It is much easier to enter current prices in the ordering function.

Edit material lists - Extras - Length tiers

With the length tiers function, a further differentiation of the groups in the ordering function can be created. Length tiers are entered for the order numbers. In the ordering function a different price can then be entered for each length tier of that order number.

Example: S10 up to a length of 8 m should have a price of 210 euros, from 8 m to 12 m 230 euros and over 12 m 240 euros. In the length tiers you now create the length tiers 'up to 8 m' and 'up to 12 m' for the order number 'S10'. If you then select the ordering function in a timber list, three rows are displayed for S10: up to 8 m, up to 12 m and longer. The corresponding price is entered for each displayed group and finally the function automatically distributes them to the appropriate rows.

Edit material lists - Extras - Restore original length

With the 'Extras - Length surcharges' function you can already apply length surcharges while editing the timber lists instead of only when printing. Since the new length is stored in the database, the original length can no longer be seen. With the 'Restore original length' function you can undo the length surcharge. This function restores the original length of the marked rows.

Edit material lists - Extras - Length surcharges

When printing a timber list you can apply length surcharges that should only be considered for the individual printout. The lengths in the timber list retain the original length. With the 'Extras -- Length surcharges' function you can already account for the length surcharges and a length rounding during editing of the timber lists. The new length of the beams is then stored in the database. The original length can be restored with the 'Extras -- Restore original length' function.

In the dialog box for length surcharges you can enter length surcharges for the different cutting classes (order numbers) and, within a cutting class, for different beam types.

Edit material lists - Extras - Formwork stock lengths

With this function, all or a selection of components of the current material list can be extended to the next possible stock length. Only stock lengths that are marked as available with the switch in the first column are used.

The application only makes sense for components that are actually fabricated from a stock length. If a stock length is divided into several components, it does not make sense to extend each of those parts to the full stock length. But even here you can, in many cases, determine the exact material consumption. Example:

- Along the verge there are 1 m long boards.

- Since a stock length of 4.2 m is used, I obtain 4 pieces of this verge formwork from one stock length.

- The waste of 0.2 m is apportioned to the 4 pieces, i.e. 0.05 m per piece.

- Before assigning the stock lengths you now create a stock length of 1.05 m so that each verge board receives the correct share of waste.

- Alternatively, of course, each of the verge formwork boards can be extended by 0.05 m by post-editing the 'Length' column.

For the extended components you will then obtain the actually consumed quantity in the material list. If it is a timber list (formwork of component type beam), the length can be evaluated. If it is a panel list (formwork of component type panel), the panel area can be evaluated.

In the upper part of the dialog box the stock lengths can be entered and managed. In the drop-down list at the top you can select all identification numbers for which stock lengths have already been created. With the browser button next to it you also select new identification numbers for stock lengths. Below, the stock lengths of the identification number are listed and in the first column you set, using the switch, the stock lengths that are currently available.