The Bill of Material Layout window ( Fabricator Settings )
Also see :
- Place Bill (set Bill of Material Layout before placing the bill)
- Bill Reports ( Bill of Material Layout affects info shown in)
- Bill editor ( Bill of Material Layout affects info shown in)
- Bill of material edit window (lets you alter the layout of an individual bill)
- Title of routing category ( Bill of Material Layout affects configuration title)
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Example of layout settings and a resulting bill of material :
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A Bill of Material Layout that sets a distinct " Plot Order " (' 1 ' ' 2 ' ' 3 ' etc.) for each of five distinct categories (' Unit Quantity " etc.). |
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A bill of material that was printed per the settings defined in the bill layout that is shown above. |
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Step-by-step instructions :
Changing the order settings or header text on this window (see step 2) affects the arrangement and column headers on subsequently Placed bills of material on sheet outlines (or on to-be-printed reports).
1 . Open the Bill of Material Layout window using any one (1) of the following methods:
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Sheets and Reports > Bill of Material Layou t .
Methods 2, 3 & 4 : In Modeling or the Drawing Editor , choose Settings > Fabricator Settings > Bill of Material Layout (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut , or click the icon.
Password protection: If a password has been set using the Change Setup Password utility, you can open this window only if you first enter that exact password.
2 . The Bill of Material Layout window opens. You can use up/down arrow keys or Tab to move from cell to cell on this window. What you do at this point depends on the column the category you want to edit is in. Following is a list of those columns and what they do:
Header Line 1: The 1st line of the header that appears above a column on the bill or report. The length of this cannot exceed the " Field width ."
Header Line 2 : The 2nd line of the header that appears above a column on the bill or report. The length of this cannot exceed the " Field width ."
Header Justify : The text justification of the Header Line 1 and Header Line 2. The typical practice for this is to ' Center ' them, otherwise they may be ' Left ' or ' Right ' justified.
Field Width : Any integer up to 39. This sets the column width (in characters) on the bill or report.
Column Justify : The text justification of the data inside of the Bill of Material. They may be ' Center ' or ' Left ' or ' Right ' justified.
Plot Order: Inactive or a number (1 through 22) or sometimes Merge. ' Inactive ' stops the column from being printed. A ' number ' sets the order in which the column appears on the bill of material (' 1 ' is the leftmost column, ' 3 ' is third from the left). ' Merge ' routes information to another column on the bill of material.
Report 1 Order : Inactive or a number (1 through 22) or sometimes Merge. ' Inactive ' stops the column from being printed in the report. A ' number ' sets the order in which the column appears on the Bill of Material Report 1 by Detail and Bill Report 1 of Sheets (' 1 ' is the leftmost column, ' 3 ' is third from the left). ' Merge ' routes information to another column on the Bill of Material Report 1 by Detail and Bill Report 1 of Sheets.
Report 2 Order : Inactive or a number (1 through 22) or sometimes Merge. ' Inactive ' stops the column from being printed in the report. A ' number ' sets the order in which the column appears on the Bill of Material Report 2 by Detail and Bill Report 2 of Sheets (' 1 ' is the leftmost column, ' 3 ' is third from the left). ' Merge ' routes information to another column on the Bill of Material Report 2 by Detail and Bill Report 2 of Sheets.
Report 3 Order : Inactive or a number (1 through 22) or sometimes Merge. ' Inactive ' stops the column from being printed in the report. A ' number ' sets the order in which the column appears on the Bill of Material Report 3 by Detail and Bill Report 3 of Sheets (' 1 ' is the leftmost column, ' 3 ' is third from the left). ' Merge ' routes information to another column on the Bill of Material Report 3 by Detail and Bill Report 3 of Sheets.
Line :
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. This option turns the line on and off between Header Line 1 and Header Line 2. If this box is checked (
Line for all categories is checked ( Line for Description is not checked ( If the box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Note: Headers entered for " Mult. Cutting # ," " Labor Code ," " Job Cost Code ," or " Remarks " set the tabs (configuration names) on the User Routing Configuration window. Changing a header does not alter the information compiled into that column on a bill or report. It only changes the column's title (header).
Report width in characters: The total number of characters that the BOM will be wide. This number is automatically calculated from the " Field width " assigned to categories for which a particular order has been assigned. Making a particular category ' Inactive ' decreases the report width. Assigning a " . . . Order " to a category increases the report width.
3 . Before continuing, see the warning above. Press " Cancel " if you want to prevent bills of material from being ruined on existing sheets.
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes this window and saves the settings on it to the current Fabricator . They will be applied in your current Job whenever that Fabricator is your current Fabricator. Categories given an " ...Order " will be shown in the bill editor immediately, for all drawings, with no auto detailing required. Categories given a " Plot Order " will affect subsequently Placed bills of material, but will not affect a physical bill of material that has already been placed.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the
button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
"Reset" undoes all changes that were made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
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| Layout | Sorting |
Bill of Material Categories :
Following is a list of the categories which can be configured to be compiled into columns on the bill of material or on a bill report. These categories appear as rows on this window ( Bill of Material Layout ) and as columns in the bill of material or on the report. Note: The name of a category will be different than it is here if you have changed its header . But since changing a header does not change the information that is compiled into a particular BOM category, this documentation still applies.
Revision: Select a " Plot order " if you want a column for revisions to be placed on the bill. Choose " Prefix " if you want a delta symbol with the revision number (or letter) to be placed to the left of the revised line in the bill of material.
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| These examples show only one revision, noted in the column or the prefix area. More than one revision may be noted. |
Also see: Increment Sheet Revisions sets whether the first-time revision is a letter or number. " Detail with revisions " during Detail Members causes the revision to be updated in the bill and in the revision chart .
Line #: Select a " Plot order " ( number ) and enter a " Field Width " ( number of characters ) to get a blank column on the physical bill of material .
Setup Override: " Line # "
Unit Quantity: The count of pieces of a particular submaterial that are required to fabricate one of the shipping pieces (members).
| Example: | If you have two identical clip angles (a32) on a beam (B_2), the number 2 will show in the bill of material for the member detail under " Unit Quantity " and in the same row as a32. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Unit Quantity " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order for " Unit Quantity " on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Unit Quantity " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| Note: | Changing the header of the " Unit Quantity " column or, for that matter, any other column will not change the type of information that will automatically be compiled into it. |
Setup Override: " Unit Quantity "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Unit Quantity "
Total Quantity: The count of submaterials required to fabricate the total number of shipping pieces (members).
| Example: | If you have two identical clip angles (a32) on six identical beams (B_2), the number 12 appears in the " Total Quantity " column on the bill of material in the line for a32. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Total Quantity " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Total Quantity " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Total Quantity " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| Note: | Changing the header of the " Total Quantity " column or, for that matter, any other column will not change the type of information that will automatically be compiled into it. |
Setup Override: " Total Quantity "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Total Quantity "
Description: A description of the member or material. For a member, the description is the member type. For a submaterial, the description is the section size.
| Example: | The description for the member might read ' BEAM ', while the line beneath BEAM in this same column, corresponding to the member's main material, might read ' W18x40 ', and beneath that might be ' L3x4x5/16 ', corresponding to a submaterial piece with a minor mark. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Description " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Description " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Description " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Description "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Description "
Piece Mark: The member piecemark ( piecemark ) of the shipping piece.
| Please note: Minor marks will also be listed in this column on the printed report or plotted bill if " Minor Mark " on this same window is set to ' Merge '. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Piece Mark " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Piece Mark " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Piece Mark " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Piece Mark "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Piece Mark "
Length: The length of the material along its X material axis.
| Please note: This column must be 12 or more characters wide for it to be divided into two (the left side for feet, the right side for inches and fractions of an inch) when imperial " Units " are used. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Length " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Length " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Length " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Length "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Length "
Unit Weight: For a member, this is the total combined weight of the submaterial pieces required to fabricate one shipping member. For a submaterial, this is the weight of one piece of submaterial.
| Example: | If the main material (W18x40) of six identical beams (B_2) has two submaterials (a32 clip angles), the " Unit Weight " of the beam will be the combined weight of ONE W18x40 plus TWO a32's. The " Unit Weight " for the twelve a32's will be the weight of ONE a32. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Unit Weight " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Unit Weight " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Unit Weight " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Unit Weight "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Unit Weight "
Total Weight: For a member, this is the total combined weight of the submaterials required to fabricate all shipping members that receive the same major mark. For a submaterial, this is the weight of all pieces of that submaterial.
| Example: | If the main material (W18x40) of six identical beams (B_2) has two submaterials (a32 clip angles), then the " Total Weight " of the beam (B_2) will be the combined weight of SIX W18x40's plus TWELVE a32's. The " Total Weight " for the twelve a32's will be twelve times the " Unit Weight " of a single a32. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Total Weight " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Total Weight " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Total Weight " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Total Weight "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Total Weight "
Remarks: User-entered comments and/or information automatically compiled from fields that are set to ' Merge ' .
| Please note: If the " Steel Grade ," " Mult. Cutting # ," " Labor Code ," " Job Cost Code " and " Advance mill # " are set to ' Merge ', they will automatically be entered into the " Remarks " column. Also, definitions from " routing configuration #4 " are compiled into this column on the bill or report. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Remarks " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Remarks " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Remarks " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| Warning: | The " Advanced Mill # " cannot be merged into " Remarks " when " Sequence " and " Sequence Quantity " are active. |
Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > User Routing Settings: routing configuration #4
Setup Override: " Remarks "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Remarks "
Minor Mark: The submaterial piecemark ( material mark ) of a material.
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Minor Mark " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Minor Mark " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Minor Mark " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets minor piecemarks to be compiled into the " Piece Mark " column, and no " Minor Mark " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the minor mark. |
Setup Override: " Minor Mark "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Minor Mark "
Steel Grade: The steel grade of the material.
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Steel Grade " column to appear on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Steel Grade " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Steel Grade " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets steel grade information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Steel Grade " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the steel grade. |
Setup Override: " Steel Grade "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Steel Grade "
Mult Cutting #: Any user-entered string .
| Where " Mult Cutting " info comes from: A definition from routing configuration #1 that is applied to a member or material automatically compiles into the " Mult. Cutting # " column of the plotted bill or printed report. Or you can use the " Mult. Cutting # " column in the bill editor to type in entries. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Mult Cutting # " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of " Mult Cutting # " on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Mult Cutting " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets mult cutting information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Mult Cutting # " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the mult cutting number. |
Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > User Routing Settings: routing configuration #1
Setup Override: " Mult Cutting # "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Mult Cutting # "
Labor Code: Any user-entered string .
| Where " Labor Code " info comes from: A definition from routing configuration #2 that has been applied to a member or material compiles into the " Labor Code " column of the plotted bill or printed report. Or you can use the " Labor Code " column in the bill editor to manually type in entries. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Labor Code " column to appear in subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Labor Code " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Labor Code " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets labor code information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Labor Code " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the labor code. |
Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > User Routing Settings: routing configuration #2
Setup Override: " Labor Code "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Labor Code "
Job Cost Code: Any user-entered string -- for example, to designate the cost (usually per pound or kilogram) of a member or material.
| Where " Job Cost Code " info comes from: A definition from routing configuration #3 that has been applied to a member or material compiles into the " Job Cost Code " column of the plotted bill or printed report. Or you can use the " Job Cost Code " column in the bill editor to manually type in entries. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Job Cost Code " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Job Cost Code " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Labor Code " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets job cost code information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Job Cost Code " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the job cost code. |
Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > User Routing Settings: routing configuration #3
Setup Override: " Job Cost Code "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Job Cost Code "
Sequence: The sequence name or sequence number of the member.
| Tip: | It's generally a good idea to set an order here if you have divided the model into sequences and " Break major marks apart " is set to something other than ' Sequence '. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Sequence " column to appear in subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Sequence " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: (a special case) |
" Sequence " appears separate from other bill columns in the bill editor. On the plotted bill or report, it appears in the order (' number ') that is designated. Also, a ' number ' to " Plot order " for " Sequence " sets the " Sequence Quantity " to appear as a column in the bill of material editor -- even if " Sequence Quantity " does not appear on the actual physical bill or plotted bill. |
Setup Override: " Sequence "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Sequence "
Sequence Quantity: The quantity (a whole number) of identical members that have the same sequences.
| Example: | Six columns are identical, except that half are assigned a sequence of 1 and half are assigned a sequence of 2. These columns will be listed in two different places on the bill of material, and the sequence quantity for each will be 3. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " puts a " Sequence Quantity " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Sequence " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: (a special case) |
" Sequence Quantity " appears together with the " Sequence " column in the bill editor, separate from other bill columns, and it will always appear when the " Sequence " column appears. A ' number ' to " Plot order " for " Sequence Quantity " makes " Sequence " appear as a column in the bill editor -- even if " Sequence " does not appear on the actual physical bill or plotted bill. |
Setup Override: " Sequence Quantity "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Sequence Quantity "
Advance Mill #: The page-line (or ABM system ID) that is assigned to the piece of material listed on this line in the plotted bill of material or the printed bill report.
| Please note: The " Advance Mill # " cannot be merged into the " Remarks " column when the " Sequence " and " Sequence Quantity " fields are active. |
| Example: | The main material of a member is listed on page 100, line 55 of the ABM Report . '100-55' is automatically compiled into the second line of the member bill of material, on which the member main material is described. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " puts an " Advance Mill # " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Sequence " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Advance Mill # " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets ABM page-line data to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Advance Mill # " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the advance mill number. |
Setup Override: " Advance Mill # "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Advance Mill # "
Member and material edit windows: ID
Unit Surface Area: The surface area (" Surface area ") that is reported in the printed bill of material or plotted bill of material report will be in square feet or square meters (depending on the primary dimension " Units "). The area calculation takes into account cuts made to the material.
For a member (bill line 1), this is the combined surface areas of the submaterials required to fabricate one shipping member.
For a submaterial (bill lines subsequent to line 1), this is the surface area of one piece of that material.
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " puts a " Unit Surface Area " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of " Unit Surface Area " on the associated reports. |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Unit Surface Area " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets unit surface area information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Unit Surface Area " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. |
Setup Override: " Unit Surface Area "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Unit Surface Area "
General Information, material: " Surface area "
Total Surface Area: The surface area that is reported in the printed bill of material or plotted bill of material report will be in square feet or square meters (depending on the primary dimension " Units ").
For a member (bill line 1), this is the combined surface areas of the submaterials required to fabricate all shipping members that are assigned the same major mark.
For a submaterial (bill lines subsequent to line 1), this is the combined surface areas of the total quantity of materials referenced in a particular line in the bill of material.
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " puts a " Total Surface Area " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of " Total Surface Area " on the associated reports. |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Total Surface Area " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets total surface area information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Total Surface Area " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. |
Setup Override: " Total Surface Area "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Total Surface Area "
Bolt Finish: The galvanizing finish of the bolt.
| Where " Bolt finish " comes from: When a bolt has a galvanized finish (Mechanically galvanized or Hot dipped galvanized). This is setup in Galvanizing Settings. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Bolt Finish " column to appear in subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Bolt Finish " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Bolt Finish " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
Setup Override: " Galvanizing Settings " and " Bolt Edit "
Surface Finish: The surface finish abbreviation on the material.
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Where " Surface Finish " info comes from: A finish from the material's Surface Finish inside of the material edit window. In the Surface Finish setup window, add to BOM must be checked for it to show. |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " Surface Finish " column on subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " Surface Finish " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes a " Surface Finish " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets surface finish information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " Surface Finish " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. The column does, however, appear in the bill editor so that users can manually edit the job cost code. |
Home > Project Settings > Job> Surface Finish
Custom Property: A member or material custom property whose schema entry is set to " Add to BOM " on the Add/Edit Schema Entry window is given a line on this window. This allows you to assign that custom property a column in the bill editor and in subsequently Placed bills of material.
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| Where XXX is a user-entered column name. By default, XXX will be named after the custom property " Prompt " string. | |
| BOM: | A ' number ' to " Plot Order " sets a " XXX " column to appear in subsequently Placed bills of material. |
| Reports: | A ' number ' to " Report 1 Order " and/or " Report 2 Order " and/or " Report 3 Order " sets the left-to-right order of the " XXX " column on the associated report(s). |
| Edit Bill: | A ' number ' or ' Merge ' to " Plot order " or " Report 1 Order " or " Report 2 Order " or " Report 3 Order " makes an " XXX " column appear in the bill editor for all details. |
| ' Merge ': | ' Merge ' sets custom property information to compile into the " Remarks " column, and no " XXX " column appears in the physical bill or printed report. |
Setup Override: " Custom Property "
Objects > Bill of Material > Edit Bill: " Custom Property "
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| Layout | Sorting |
| The sorting options under this tab affect the order of materials on lines that are below a bill of material's first two lines. To apply the choices made here, you need to Detail Members or Detail Member Groups . The first two lines of a bill of material are reserved for the member and the member main material -- those two lines are not affected by these options. |
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Default instructs Detail Members or Detail Member Groups to generate a bill of material that lists materials (after the first two lines) by their material type. This is the way that materials have been traditionally arranged in the bill.
First criteria: Select None or the bill of material column setting that you want first-level sorting to be applied to. You are not restricted to columns that have a " Plot order " or a " Report 1/2/3 Order " assigned to them -- see note 1 . Also, select whether you want the sorting of items in that selected column to be '
' None ' designates no first-level sorting. If ' None ' is also entered for " Second/Third/Fourth criteria ," sorting will be the same as if you had selected ' Default '.
Bill of material column settings : ' REV ' (alpha-numeric) or ' LINE # ' (numeric) or ' QTY UNIT ' (numeric) or ' QTY TOTAL ' (numeric) or ' DESCRIPTION ' (alpha-numeric) or ' PC MARK ' (N/A) or ' LENGTH ' (numeric) or ' WEIGHT UNIT ' (numeric) or ' WEIGHT TOTAL ' (numeric) or ' REMARKS ' (alpha-numeric) or ' MINOR MARK ' (alpha-numeric) or ' STEEL GRADE ' (alpha-numeric) or ' MULT CUTTING # ' (alpha-numeric) or ' LABOR CODE ' or ' JOB COST CODE ' (alpha-numeric) or ' SEQUENCE ' (alpha-numeric) or ' SEQUENCE QTY ' (numeric) or ' ADVANCE MILL # ' (numeric).
Note 1: You can sort by items in a bill of material column that does not have a " Plot order " or a " Report 1/2/3 Order " assigned to it. For example, you can choose ' LABOR CODE ' as your " First criteria " even if you do not have a " LABOR CODE " column on your bill of material. You might want to do this if you output " LABOR CODE " data to one of the reports, but not to the bill of material.
Note 2: Minor marks are only listed one time in a member bill of material. If, for example, you have different labor code routing numbers assigned to the same mark, only one of those routings will be listed in the " LABOR CODE " bill of material column, regardless of whether or not you sort by ' LABOR CODE '.
' Second criteria ' apply when " First criteria " sorting results in two or more exactly-the-same entries being listed consecutively in the selected bill of material column. For example, if " First criteria " sorting resulted in several several 4 x 3 1/2 x 5/16 angles being listed together in the " DESCRIPTION " column, using ' LENGTH ' for the " Second criteria " would sort those angles by their length in the " LENGTH " column.
' Third criteria ' and ' Fourth criteria ' are only applied to items that are still sortable after higher-level sorting has already been accomplished. Except for special applications, you will probably want to set these to ' None '.
MINOR MARK descending ascending w1 a1 p1 a2 a2 p1 a1 w1
UNIT QTY descending ascending 6 1 4 2 2 4 1 6
LABOR CODE descending ascending 2 a 1a 1 1 1a a 2
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