Bill of Material Plot Plot Order by Sheet (data from member BOM)

Tool summary :

  • Reports bill of material information for member details that are on a detail sheet you select from a list of detail sheets.
  • Selecting multiple sheets gets you multiple reports.
  • A Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet is the same report as a Bill of Material Plot Order by Detail , except that the bill of material information on this report includes all members on the sheet for which " List in bill of material " is checked.

    See report header for an explanation of information that appears in the header of this report. See columns on the report for an explanation of each of the columns that appear on this report. Also on this help page are step-by-step instructions .
  • You may want to output this report instead of placing a bill of material on a sheet, or to serve as an extra copy of the bill of material that is on the sheet.

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  Report header ( also see the example ):

Sheet name: The name of the detail sheet whose member bill of material information is included on this page of the Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet . The sheet name is ' 1 ' in the example shown.

Fabricator: The name of the current Fabricator at the time this report was generated. To change to a different Fabricator , Home > press "fabname" > double-click the Fabricator you want.

Job: The name of the current Job at the time this report was generated.

Each report on the detail sheets you select only includes materials from the Job that is listed here.

Report type: The type of report listed is "Plot Report."

Note: For a Bill of Material Report 1 by Sheet , "Report 1" is listed. For a Bill of Material Report 2 by Sheet , "Report 2" is listed. For a Bill of Material Report 3 by Sheet , "Report 3" is listed.

Page number: The number of this page of the Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet . Since a separate report is generated for each detail sheet that is selected, a typical report may only be one or two pages in length.

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  Columns on the report (also see the example ) :

Setup: The " Plot Order " in Bill of Material Layout sets up which columns appear on this report.  For a Bill Report 1 of Sheets , " Report 1 Order " is used instead of " Print Order ." For a Bill Report 2 of Sheets , " Report 2 Order " is used. For a Bill Report 3 of Sheets , " Report 3 Order " is used.

Unit Quantity: The total number of pieces of this submaterial required to fabricate any one member that has the piecemark being referenced.

A "Unit Quantity" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Unit Quantity " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.UnitQuantity

Total Quantity: Either the total number of members under this piecemark if this line is the first line of a member detail's bill of material, or the total number of pieces of a particular submaterial required to fabricate the total number of members under this piecemark.

A "Total Quantity" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Total Quantity " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.TotalQuantity

Description: Either the type of member (BEAM, COLUMN, etc.) if this line is the first line of a member detail's bill of material, or the section size that conventionally describes the material in the " Description " column of a submaterial line on the member bill of material.

Section naming conventions : || wide flange || W tee || channel || angle || tube || S_shape || S tee || plate || flat bar ||

A "Description" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Description " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Description

Piece Mark: The piecemark ( member piecemark ) of the members being referenced.

A "Piece Mark" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Piece Mark " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Piecemark

Length: The length of the piece of submaterial.

A "Length" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Length " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.LengthDimension

Unit Weight: Either the weight of one member with the piecemark being referenced (if this line is the first line of a member detail's bill of material), or the weight of an individual piece of submaterial (if this line is a subsequent line of a member detail's bill of material).

How weight is calculated depends on whether the choice made to the setup option " Shop bill weight based on " is ' Volume ' or ' Length '. The weight is expressed in pounds or kilograms , depending on the primary dimension " Units ."

A "Unit Weight" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Unit Weight " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.UnitWeight

Total Weight: Either the total weight of one member times the total number of members under this piecemark (if this line describes members), or the total weight of all pieces of this submaterial that make up one member times the total number of members under this piecemark.

A "Total Weight" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Total Weight " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.TotalWeight

Remarks: Any text string , use-entered or a line from User Routing Configuration #4 that has been applied to the material.

If the " Print Order " for " Steel Grade ," and/or " Mult. Cutting # ," and/or " Labor Code ," and/or " Job Cost Code " and/or " Advance mill # " are set to ' Merge ' in Bill of Material Layout , the data for those fields associated with the selected member is automatically entered into this column (the "Remarks" column) of the report.

A "Remarks" appears on this report when a " Plot Order " is entered for " Remarks " in Bill of Material Layout . This is true even if other fields have been designated to ' Merge ' into the " Remarks " column.

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Remarks

Minor Mark: The submaterial piecemark of the submaterials described on this line. Since submaterial details are named after their submaterial mark , this is also the name of the submaterial detail.

A "Minor Mark" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Minor Mark " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Minor Mark

Steel Grade: The steel grade of the material.

A "Steel Grade" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Steel Grade " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Grade

Mult. Cutting #: Any text string , user-entered or a line from User Routing Configuration #1 that has been applied to the material.

A "Mult Cutting #" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Plot Order " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.MultCuttingNumber

Labor Code: Any text string , user-entered or a line from User Routing Configuration #2 that has been applied to the material.

A "Labor Code" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Labor Code " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.LaborCode

Job Cost Code: Any text string , user-entered or a line User Routing Configuration #3 that has been applied to the material.

A "Job Cost Code" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Job Cost Code " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.JobCostCode

Sequence: The sequence assigned to the members (with this piecemark) whose quantity is reported in the "Sequence Quantity" column.

Members that are in different sequences may be assigned the same piecemark when the setup option " Break major marks apart by " is set to something other than ' Sequence ' or ' Zone '.

A "Sequence" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Sequence " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.Sequence

Sequence Quantity: The number of members that have been assigned the sequence reported in the " Sequence " column.

A "Sequence Quantity" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Sequence Quantity " in Bill of Material Layout .

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.SequenceQuantity

Advance Mill #: The ABM ID ( page-line or system ID).

A material can be assigned to a page and line in an ABM (" ABM Name ") by pressing " New " or " Update ABM " on the ABM Report window ( Modeling > Reports > Advanced Bill of Material ).

An "Advance Mill #" column appears on this report when a " Print Order " is entered for " Advance mill # " in Bill of Material Layout .

Note: It is possible for the member main material of different members that have the same member piecemark to be assigned different ABM page-line numbers (or system IDs). If this happens, the lowest page-line number is referenced here.

Report Writer: BillOfMaterial.ABMNumber
Member and material edit windows: ID

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  How to output a Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet :

A separate Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet is output for each detail sheet you select in step 3.

1 . Before output of the report(s):

1a : Configure the columns that appear on the report(s) (and the order in which they appear) by assigning items a print order under the " Plot Order " column in Bill of Material Layout . Example : You can configure the report to tell you how many submaterial pieces (designated by a minor mark) are required to fabricate a particular shipping member (designated by a major piecemark), the unit weight of each submaterial, the total weight of each member, and also the material description.

1b : Since this type of report is compiled from the bills of material of the member detail files on the selected sheets, only member details placed on detail sheets can be included on a Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet . Be aware that the report counts the materials of those members on the sheet for which " List in bill of material " is checked. This means that if the same member is on the same sheet twice and " List in bill of material " is checked for both members, you will get double the material count -- which is probably not what you want. The report also doubles the material count if a member is on two selected sheets and " List in bill of material " is checked for both.

1c (optional) : You can use Edit Bill to alter the information that will be compiled into this report for a particular member. However, do not auto detail the member after making these changes -- your alterations to the member's bill will be lost.

Tip: If you want to include only members that have been placed on particular sheets, print out a Sheet List by Sheet as a guide to help you select which sheets you want.

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

Method 1 : Home > Reports > System Reports > Bill of Material > Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet .

Method 2 : Click the Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet 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 > Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet .

3 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a selection list of the detail sheets in your current Job.

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Press the button under " Destination " to redirect the report's output destination. In this example, " Screen " indicates that output is to the report viewer .

Alternative 1 : Select the detail sheets you want separate reports to be compiled from, then press " OK ." Go to step 4.

Alternative 2 : Press " Cancel " to end this operation without outputting the report(s). Do not continue.

4 . A Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet is output for each sheet that you selected.

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

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