Author Topic: Replacing Materials on a Takeoff (Read 7396 times)

VirtualPilot · « **on:** Jan 31, 2007, 13:34:49 PM »

The only way we know off to convert an entire job from one material to another (For Alternate Pricing, say from Galvanized to Paintgrip) is to select the entire takeoff (Sometimes hundreds of fittings) and go to Properties and change the material there, but, it always comes out with the new material and the Gauges to "BLANK" and LOCKED!!!, then you have to manually edit each fitting and UNLOCK the Gauge so that the Pressure Class (Specification) can drive the gauge.

This is very cumbersome at best, do anyone know of a better way to change materials on the fly that will also adhere the pressure class driven gauges?

Don · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 15:41:02 PM »

Hi VP,

If you've got Scripting enabled then type the following into a text document (NotePad) and call it UnlockGauge.cod

item.gaugelock = "false"

When you have changed your Material the way you are doing it, then run the cod file on all the items in the file and it will unlock the gauge box.

Then all you need to do is select the items and pick "Change Specifications". If the correct spec is showing then just "Ok" that or select the correct spec and press "OK". That will re-develop the items and reset the gauges to the selected Spec.

Try it out on a small test file and check if this is what you want first.

Hope it works

Don

VirtualPilot · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 17:44:57 PM »

Don,

Thanks for your prompt response, but we keep geting an error every time we try to run a script:

"Unable to use script "Unlock Gauges.cod" - Permission denied Please contact your supplier"

Any thoughs?

tnbndr · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 20:00:00 PM »

VP:

You don't have the scripting option enabled on your dongle.

It was an extra cost at the time of purchase.

Dennis

VirtualPilot · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 20:35:28 PM »

EXTRA???.....Holy Cow!!!....We have CAD, EST and CAM ! ! ! and on top of that we have to pay extra to fix what we consider to be a bug in their software???....oh well....

tnbndr · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 21:28:10 PM »

Welcome to the world of TSI !!

cadbyken · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 31, 2007, 22:06:20 PM »

Yea, this one caught me by surprise also.

c2k · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 01, 2007, 02:54:01 AM »

Quote from: VirtualPilot

EXTRA???.....Holy Cow!!!....We have CAD, EST and CAM ! ! ! and on top of that we have to pay extra to fix what we consider to be a bug in their software???....oh well....

You mean when you buy a car for $4,000, and then you put $10,000 wheels and tires on it, you don't want to pay more to put air in the tires?

You are not alone. :x

David · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 08, 2007, 11:49:05 AM »

Improvements have been made to multiple item properties when the material is changed.

If only the material is changed then the gauge is no longer locked - an attempt is made to map the gauge to the new material by matching the thickness of it. The gauge will only be locked on if you select to lock it - otherwise the specfication will enforce a new gauge anyway.

Other improvements will allow things like selecting a group of fittings and just locking/unlocking the gauge, even if you haven't changed it.

This will be availble in the next release.

VirtualPilot · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 09, 2007, 14:53:59 PM »

Great news David, this is really needed for the Estimating side badly, since there are many jobs out there where customers want alternate prices for different materials.

When is the next release being....well...release?