Material Quantities
The Material Quantities flyout shown here offers many options for
quantity reporting including the option for user defined
attributes. Entities with attributes can be drawn, edited, and
identified. Standard and custom report options are also
available.
Material Quantities are counted from the entities in the drawing.
Several entity properties can be reported including entity count,
length, area and volume. Also user-defined attributes can be
assigned to the entities and reported. The type of material for
each entity is determined by the layer for the entity. In the
Define Layer Target/Material/Subgrade, you can assign the material
types by layer.
Standard Report
Use this command to display all or a selected set of material
quantities and user-defined information with the standard Carlson
Takeoff report format shown here.Prerequisite: Defined
materials
Keyboard Command: materials_report2
Custom Report
Use this command to customize or "user define" the reporting
options. This command first prompts whether to report quantities
for all the entities in the drawing or selected entities. Then if
the drawing contains Areas Of Interest polylines, there is an
option report quantities by these areas which adds the area name to
the available report fields to allow sorting and grouping by area
name. The Report Formatter Options dialog box shown here offers a
variety of output options. You can choose the fields to report from
the Available list and put them in report order under the Used
list.Selecting the Display option shows
the report in the standard Carlson Takeoff report viewer. Reports
can be exported to an Excel spreadsheet as well.
Prerequisite: Defined materials
Keyboard Command: materials_report
Define Materials Library
Define Materials Library allows you to Add, Remove, Load, Save, and
Report a list of material costs. Costs can be set per area,
count, volume, ton, or length by using the Edit function at the
bottom of the dialog. The left side of the dialog can be used to
set categories for different material costs. Material costs can
also be Imported from user-specified text files (.txt, .dat, or
.csv).Prerequisite: pricing for materials
Keyboard Command: define_tk_materials
Edit-Assign Block Materials
This command scans the current drawing to find and report
block/symbol names and their count. For example, when the drawing
contains different symbols for different types of utilities, this
command identifies each type of symbol and the number. From this
command, you can set the Description and Cost of the block by using
the Edit button. You can also set the Description and Cost by
predefined Materials by using the Set By Library button. When a
block name is highlighted from the list, the drawing is zoomed to
the location of one of those blocks so that you can see what it
looks like. To Report these materials as part of the Standard
Report, check on Include Materials
Quantities Report in the Edit Materials dialog of the block
layer found in the Define Layer Target/Material/Subgrade command.
You can also just click on the Report button for a simple
report.Prerequisite:
Blocks
Keyboard Command: edit_all_blocks
Define Material Attributes
Use this command to define all the material attributes that will be
assigned to objects in the drawing for reporting purposes. The
Define Attribute dialog box shown here allows the user to "Add",
"Edit", or "Remove" attributes and save the definitions for later
use. Simply "Load" a saved attribute definition file with the "tkd"
extension for future use.Selecting the Add or Edit
options produce the edit attribute dialog box shown here. Use this
command to define the Data name and the layer the objects currently
reside on and the layer that future objects will be drawn on. Two
entity types can be used, polyline data or point data. If the
symbol option is selected the user has the option of which symbol
will represent the object. Attribute fields must be defined for
material reporting. Selecting the Add or Edit button on
the Edit Attribute dialog box brings up the Edit Field dialog box
shown here. Use this dialog to define the field name and type. If
the Value option is selected, only numeric values will be allowed
when prompted. If the String option is selected, the user will have
the ability to type in a text message when prompted.Prerequisite: attributes
Keyboard Command: define_tk_data
Draw Materials Entities
Use this command to apply attribute data to objects as you draw or
digitize them. Select the predefined attribute type to draw from
the list available in the Select Attribute to Draw dialog box shown
here.The command line will prompt the
user to pick the points of the desired location of the object and
allow the attribute data fields to be filled out upon completion or
each "enter".
Prerequisite: defined attributes
Keyboard Command: draw_tk_data
Input-Edit Material Attributes
Use this command to assign predefined attribute information to an
object already existing in the drawing. The command line prompt
will require the user to select the object that attribute
information is to be applied, and offer the Input-Edit Attribute
dialog box shown here. This dialog box will display all predefined
fields for that particular attribute type.Prerequisite: predefined
attribute information
Keyboard Command: edit_tk_data
Identify Materials Entities
Use this command to display all the objects that have attribute
data assignments. The user will have the options of selecting the
objects by picking them individually or by searching the entire
drawing database. The objects that have attribute information
assignments will "highlight" on the screen and the command line
will display the attribute information.
Prerequisite: attributes
Keyboard Command: id_tk_data