Sheet Loading Report for Details ( data comes from member details )

Tool summary :

  • Outputs a report that sorts member details by those categories that are selected in Sheet Loading Settings . You select the member details that you want to include in this report.
  • The report may be used as a guide for determining which member details to place together onto sheets. It also gives you the dimensions of each detail in case you want to group the details together by size.
  • The page header of the report identifies the shared characteristics of members listed on that page. See columns on the report and the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

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  Example :

Shown below is one page of a Sheet Loading Report for Details . As the page header shows, the member details on this page are channel beams that are neither shop-welded or shop-bolted and whose main material is channel material. The sizes of the member details of these beams are specified in the columns on the report. The report may be used as a guide for determining which member details to place together on detail sheets.

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  Page header :

  • The page header lists categories that apply to the member details on that page of the Sheet Loading Report for Details .

  • The page header shows that all members on this particular page of the report are beams made of " Tube Steel " with a nominal depth of " 6 " inches in the sequence named " pretty " and that these beams do not (" No ") have either shop-welded or shop-bolted connections.
  • " N/A " is reported for a particular header category if that category was not checked in Sheet Loading Settings at the time the report was generated.
  • For information on how member details on a particular page of this report are different, see " Columns on the report ."

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  Columns on the report :

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

Length: The horizontal distance (in inches or mm, depending on the primary dimension " Units ") that this drawing, 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 inches or mm, depending on the primary dimension " Units ") that this drawing, 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 inches or mm, depending on the primary dimension " Units ") between opposite corners on the drawing.

in^2 or cm^2: The area (in square inches or square centimeters, depending on the primary dimension " Units ") that this drawing will occupy on the sheet.

Bill: The number of lines in the bill of material for this member.

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  How to output a Sheet Loading Report for Details :

The report may be used as a guide for determining which member details to place together onto sheets. It also gives you the dimensions of each detail in case you want to group the details together by size.

1 . Before output of this report:

1a : Confirm that Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Sheet Loading Settings is configured to sort this report by the categories you want.

1b : Members must have been detailed for you to output this report. You select (in step 3) the member details you want included in the report.

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

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

Method 2 : Click the Sheet Loading Report for Details 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 Details.

3 . A selection dialog opens. On it is selection list of those member details in your current Job that are up to date and therefore not marked for detailing .

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" Hide ... " and " Show All " can be used to adjust which member 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 ."

Tip: To list only member details that are not on sheets, press the " Hide... " button and check the box for " On sheet ."

Alternative 1 : Select the member details you want the report to be based on, then press " OK " to output the report as described in step 4.

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

4 . The Sheet Loading Report for Details is output.

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

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