Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials ( data comes from submaterial details )

Tool summary :

  • Outputs a report that sorts submaterial details by categories that are selected in Sheet Loading Settings . You select the submaterials to be included in the report.
  • The sorting categories that you can select in Sheet Loading Settings are reported in the page header , as are those categories that apply to the particular group of submaterials that are listed together on a particular page.
  • In a full-featured SDS2 program , the report can be used as a guide for placing submaterials on gather sheets. Users of a SDS2 Site Planning, however, do not have the ability to place submaterials onto gather sheets.
  • See, on this page, the example , the page header , columns on the report , and the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

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   Example :

  • Shown below is one page from a Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials .

  • As the page header shows, the submaterials that are grouped together on this pager are " Angles " that have the section size " L4x3 1/2x5/16 " and are in the sequence named " pretty ."
  • The sizes of the angle submaterial details are specified in the columns on the report.
  • This report may be used as a guide for determining which submaterial details to place together on gather sheets.

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   Page header :

  • The page header lists categories that apply to the submaterials on that page of the Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials .

  • The header shown above tells you that submaterials listed on the page are " Angles " that have the section size " L4x3 1/2x5/16 " and are in the sequence named " pretty ."
  • " N/A " is reported when a particular category was not selected in Sheet Loading Settings at the time the report was generated.
  • For information on how members on a particular page of this report are different, see " Columns on the report ."

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   Columns on the report :

Piecemark: The minor mark ( submaterial mark ) that identifies which submaterial detail is referred to on a particular line in the report.

Length: The horizontal distance (in the primary dimension " Units ") that this submaterial detail, if unrotated or not rescaled, will take up on a sheet.

This information is also reported under " Actual drawing size " on the Drawing Data window.

Height: The vertical distance (in the primary dimension " Units ") that this submaterial detail, if unrotated or not rescaled, will take up on a sheet.

This information is also reported under " Actual drawing size " on the Drawing Data window.

Diagonal: The diagonal distance (in the primary dimension " Units ") between opposite corners on the submaterial detail.

in^2 or cm^2: The area (in square inches or square centimeters) that this drawing will occupy on the sheet.

Bill: N/A (not applicable) for submaterials.

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   How to output a Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials :

A Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials may be used in a full-featured SDS2 program as a guide for determining which submaterials to place on gather sheets.

1 . Please note that users of a full-featured SDS2 program affect information on this report in the following ways:

1a : This report is compiled from submaterial details. When Process and Create Solids is done in a full-featured SDS2 program and then followed by auto detailing of submaterials, the database for this report is updated. You can then output a Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials that will be up to date.

1b : Sorting of members included in this report is per Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Sheet Loading Settings . Users of a full-featured SDS2 program can change the settings on that window -- users of an SDS2 review station cannot.

2 . Use any one (1) of the following methods to begin printing this report:

Method 1 : Home > Reports > System Reports > Sheets > Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials .

Method 2 : Click the Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Reports ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning). Ribbon configuration is done using Customize Interface .

Method 3 : If " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Reports > Sheet Loading > Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials.

3 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a selection list of all submaterial details in your current Job that are not marked for detailing.

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 a5
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 p6
 p14
 
Optional: " Hide ... " and " Show All " can be used to adjust which submaterial details are listed. Press the button under " Destination " to output the report to a device or location other than that which is set by User and Site Options > Output > " Reports ."

Alternative 1 : Select the submaterial details you want the report to be based on, then press " OK " to output the report. Go to step 4.

Alternative 2 : Press " Cancel " to end this operation without generating the report. Do not continue.

4 . The Sheet Loading Report for Submaterials is output.

Note: If you output the report to the report viewer, you can now review the report on screen then optionally print it or output it to disk (see report viewer ).

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