Version 4.0t

 The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change.

Screens

Place Wall, Screen [PW]

On the Place Wall tab, under the drop-down list box that includes Segmental, Continuous, etc, there is a new type of radius option:  Radius 3pt. When you choose Radius 3pt the program uses three digitized points to create the curve and automatically calculate the radius, Digitize the beginning, a point anywhere on the curve, and the end.  The radius is displayed in the Radius field. Also with Radius 3pt, you can create a curved wall larger than 180 degrees.

Preferences, Additional Project Detail, Screen [Y Tab:2]

The Burden Adjustment percentage is now stored for each user when on a network or machine.

Preferences, Proposal Reports, Screen [Y Tab:4]

A new entry for Text prior to Bid Price has been added.  The default text to print prior to the bid price is For the sum of:  If you want to have something different, delete the existing text and enter the desired text.

A new entry for Show Phone & Fax has been added. If you want the general contractor's phone and fax to appear under their address, select this entry so there is a check mark in the box.

A new entry for Show Job Number has been added.  If you want the job number to appear on the proposal next to the name of the project in the Re: line, select this entry so there is a check mark in the box.

Preference, Misc Machine Specific, Screen [Y Tab:6]

This is a new Preferences tab for additional preferences that only affect specific users on a network or on different machines.

Update Wall [D]: Skip warning for No Wire, Regular Anchors or Parapet wire: Click on the box to enter a check mark if you want to skip the warnings.

Reports, Crew Section: invert ratios when comparing production masons to labor categories: Click on the box to enter a check mark if you want to invert ratios.

Reports, Summary Page Show Fringe % and Burden % as percent of base:Click on the box to enter a check mark if you want to show the fringe and burden percentages as percent of base.

Walls & Reports [C] Disable Blue Print button: Click on the box to enter a check mark if you want to disable the Blue Print button on the Walls & Reports screen.

Update Wall-Wall Shape, Screen [D-17]

The Wall Shape TopBot Profile button has replaced Left Step, Right Step, Left Step Inverted, Right Step Inverted and Double Step.  For shapes such as step, slope, or radius you want to appear on the top of the wall, click on the Top Profile tab and insert shapes (old left or right step inverted).  For shapes you want to appear on the bottom of the wall, click on the Bottom Profile tab and insert shapes (old left and right step).

The Wall Shape descriptions have changed to Top Profile Left or TopL (old Left Step Inverted); Top Profile Right or TopR (old Right Step); Bottom Profile Left or BotL (old Right Step); and Bottom Profile Right or BotR (old Left Step).

On the Top and Bottom Profile tabs, there is a radio button labeled Start on the so that you can select Left or Right.  If you want the shapes to start on the left of the wall, click in the circle or radio button next to Left.  If you want the shapes to start on the right, click in the radio button next to Right.

Version 4.0s

 The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change.

For companies running on a network with multiple users, the last project worked on and Last Touched information is now stored by user so that for each user it will appear appropriately.

Have you ever wondered what screen letter goes with a particular screen.  For a reference, open the Help file, click on Contents, and open Screen Shots.  You will see the screen letter and, next to that, the screen name.  For example, Screen A Projects.

Measure Master

 Regarding the 16 button cursor, you can use the graphic version or you can now see a text version listing the number and function.  Click with your mouse on the Text Version button at the bottom of the cursor to see the Current Meaning of Digitizer Buttons screen.  To go back to the graphic version, click with your mouse on the Graphic Version button at the bottom of the screen.

When you are on the Place Wall screen, there is an icon for the 16 button cursor in the Tool Bar at the top of the screen.  If you click on the icon, it will alternately show or hide the 16 button cursor.  If you right click on the icon, the 16 button cursor will move to the upper left corner of the screen.

Job Cost

 Standard Job Cost Codes, Screen [JCC]

A new sort tab has been added called Dynamic.  When you click on the Dynamic tab, you can sort the list by clicking on any of the headings at the top of the list such as Type, Cost Code, ID, Description, Override or Units.  For example, if you want to sort the codes by description, click on the Description heading.  You will see the codes sorted alphabetically in ascending order and see a + next to Description to indicate how the codes are sorted.  If you click on Description again, you will see codes sorted alphabetically in descending order and there will be a - next to the heading.  The program will remember each users settings so that if you go to another tab and come back to the Dynamic tab it will resort the codes using the last selection.  Currently, this ability to sort by clicking on list headings is only available on the Standard Job Cost Codes and Walls & Reports screens.

Screens

Copy Wall, Screen [CW]

Under Copy Checked Items, a Step Profiles check box has been added.  If the wall that is being copied is a step wall shape with various profile  types, then the check box will be selected.  If you do not want to copy Step Profiles, click on the check box to remove the check mark.

Graphic Options, Screen [GO]

With regard to Bonding, the wall graphic shown in Update Wall, Screen [D], Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], and Place Wall, Screen [PW], more accurately displays coursing and cuts.  Also, the texture of the outside headers, arches or circular openings, and bond beams display appropriately.

Under Include in Graphic, there is now a check box for Digitizer Cursor Adjusted Location. This is similar to the Digitizer Cursor Location used when you are in Place Wall, Screen [PW], except that it shows the point after adjusting for settings made on the various tabs.  For example, if you on the Place Walls tab and have set Round off Angle, then the bar shows the affect of that setting rather than the actual digitized point. So if you have both Digitizer Cursor Adjusted Location and Digitizer Cursor Location checked you will see two points in the graphic.

Import Project, Screen [IP]

If you put your cursor on the Import Filename entry area, Tip Help will appear indicating that if you press F5 on your keyboard it will refresh, or update, the list of files in the Import Folder.

Place Wall, Screen [PW]

With regard to Bonding, the wall graphic shown in Update Wall, Screen [D], Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], and Place Wall, Screen [PW], more accurately displays coursing and cuts.  Also, the texture of the outside headers, arches or circular openings, and bond beams display appropriately.

Within the graphic area, if you move or change the image to a specific view and want to save it, press the F5 key on your keyboard.  If you then change the view to something else and want to go back to that saved position, click on the F6 key.

On the Place Openings tab, pressing the F3 key is the equivalent of right clicking on List of Overrides to bring up the Quick Menu and F4 is the equivalent of selecting Insert Elevation--Override from the Quick Menu.

In the Graphic Options, Screen [GO], under Include in Graphic, there is now a check box for Digitizer Cursor Adjusted Location. This is similar to the Digitizer Cursor Location except that it shows the point after adjusting for settings made on the various tabs.  For example, if you on the Place Walls tab and have set Round off Angle, then the bar shows the affect of that setting rather than the actual digitized point. So if you have both Digitizer Cursor Adjusted Location and Digitizer Cursor Location checked on Graphic Options, Screen [GO],  you will see two points in the graphic area.

There is a new selection, Tagged on [C], in the Show drop-down list box.  This only works when you tag certain walls on Walls & Reports, Screen [C], click on the Change button to go to the D screen, and then click on Place Wall button.  Only those walls will appear in the graphic area of the Place Wall screen.  This is useful when working with alternate bids.  See Tags under Walls & Reports, Screen [C], below for more information.  If you get to the D screen using these screens: Assemblies, Blue Print, Opening Placements, or Project Messages, the program assumes you want to see all walls.

On Place Sheet tab, when you are working with a multi-sheet project, there is now a drop-down list box that lists the site sheet and each match line with anchor and direction information entered previously on Update Match Line, Screen [UML].   Instead of having to use the Update Match Line screen to edit the Direction, X and Y coordinates, you can now change those items under Direction X and Y on the Place Sheet tab.  As you makes changes to the Direction, X and Y coordinates, you will see the graphic change.  This is useful when you are trying to fine tune the location and rotation of the sheet to line up walls on that sheet with walls that are on another sheet.  Increasing or decreasing the Direction spins the match line sheet.  Changing the X and Y move the match line sheet.

Save Graphic, Screen [SG]

When you click on the Select File Name and Type button next to Save Graphic, the name of the graphic file is now based on the wall description rather than the project description.

Update Odd Course, Screen [D4]

Now you can have odd courses follow roof lines for not only gable and slope walls but also step walls.  There is no Follow Roof Line check box because there are two entry areas: Top of odd courses follows and Bottom of odd course follows that allow you to control the top and bottom of an odd course separately.  If you want a traditional horizontal odd course, select Fixed Elevation (Horizontal) from the drop-down list box next to Top of odd course follows. This is the same as having Follow Roof Line unchecked in previous versions.  The concept of a wall Profile is used to mean the pitch of the roof line. Click here to see examples of odd courses.

For Top of odd courses follows, you can select what you want the top of the odd course to follow: Top Wall Profile, Bottom Wall Profile, or be at a Fixed Elevation (Horizontal).  Use the drop-down list box to make your selection. Fixed Elevation (Horizontal) should be selected if you do NOT want the odd course to follow a wall profile.  You can control both the top and bottom of an odd course separately.  The top of the odd course can be a fixed elevation or horizontal or it can be a distance from the top of the wall or the bottom of the wall. Click here to see examples of odd courses

For Bottom of odd course follows, you can select what you want the bottom of the odd course to follow: Top Wall Profile, Bottom Wall Profile, be at a Fixed Elevation (Horizontal) or Same as Top.  Use the drop-down list box to make your selection.

Update Project, Additional Project Detail, Screen [B Tab:2]

There is now a Interpret Misc Cost #5 as Performance Bond check box.  This relates to the fifth line or 5 of the Miscellaneous Costs area to the left of the check box. When checked, it will fill in the fifth miscellaneous cost entry's description with the words Performance Bond Rate and change the dollar amount entry area so that you can enter a percentage.  The program will calculate a dollar amount equal to the percentage of the original bid price.  It will then add that amount to the original bid price to arrive at the new bid price.  Reports will print out the description Performance Bond and the amount and the Bid Price will reflect the addition of the Performance Bond.  For example, if the original bid price was $100,000 and you entered 10% for the Performance Bond, the program will add $10,000 Performance Bond to the $100,000 for new Bid price of $110,000.

Update Project Material, Screen [F]

With regard to Bonding, the wall graphic shown in Update Wall, Screen [D], Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], and Place Wall, Screen [PW], more accurately displays coursing and cuts.  Also, the texture of the outside headers, arches or circular openings, and bond beams display appropriately. Update Standard Material, Screen [H]

Update Standard Material, Screen [H]

With regard to Bonding, the wall graphic shown in Update Wall, Screen [D], Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], and Place Wall, Screen [PW], more accurately displays coursing and cuts.  Also, the texture of the outside headers, arches or circular openings, and bond beams display appropriately. Update Standard Material, Screen [H]

Update Wall, Screen [D]

When you make selections and enter information on Update Wall, Anchor-Veneer, Screen [D-7], some of the information now displays next to Anchors/Veneer button.

When you enter an amount for Rebar/Grout Spacing on Update Wall, Vertical Rebar/Inside Fill Detail, Screen [D-13], the amount will display next to the Rebar/Inside Fill button.

The Audit Report has been changed so that it shows all the new step type information.

Update Wall-Wall Shape, Screen [D-17]

The Wall Length and Wall Height entry areas have swapped position so Wall Height is above Wall Length as it is in Update Wall, Screen [D].

Major changes have been made to this screen to support the ability to not only create Left, Right, and Left and Right Inverted Step walls with traditional steps but now there are new Profile Types: Slope and Radius.  The Radius profile can be curved in or out.  You control the top or bottom of the wall's shape by using these step types, in combination, to create almost any wall shape needed in your project.

There is also the new Double Step button to define a wall shape with both a Top Profile and Bottom Profile (see below).  For example, you can create a Double Step wall shape that is a combination of a Left Step Inverted for the Top Profile and Right Step for the Bottom Profile.

For Double Step wall shapes, you can insert profiles on both Top Profile and Bottom Profile tabs.  The Top Profile is inserted like Left Step Inverted and the bottom is inserted like a Right Step.  A Double Step wall can be matched on both the top and bottom profiles.  It is normal to need to add more step height to the first step of the Top Profile; otherwise the top and bottom tend to occupy the same space.

On the Wall Shape screen, you will see two new tabs, Top Profile and Bottom Profile, used to display each profile's Step and Run List.  The concept of a wall Profile is used to mean the pitch of a part of the roof line. When you select Left Step, Right Step, or Double Step wall shapes and insert profile information on Update Wall Profile, Screen [D-17A], a summary of that information will appear on the Top Profile tab in the Step and Run List.  The Bottom Profile tab will show steps inserted for Left Step Inverted, Right Step Inverted, or Double Step wall shapes.  With Double Step wall shapes, if there is data in either of the tabs, the number of steps will appear after the word Profile.  A Red box will appear for Top Profile and a Blue box for Bottom Profile.

The Insert, Change, and Delete buttons have moved to the top of the Step and Run List. The Insert and Change buttons allow you to get to Update Wall Profile, Screen [D-17A],

There are now Move Up and Move Down buttons that are used to change the order of steps either up or down in the list. Once you have added steps, click on an item in the Step and Run List to select it and use the Move Up or Move Down buttons to change the order.

If you right click in the Step and Run List to bring up the Quick Menu, you can select Insert, Change, Delete, Move Up, Move Down, or Match Step which all perform like the buttons. However, there are two delete options only available on the Quick Menu, Delete from here to Start and Delete from here to end.  Select the step, right click to select either option.

The Match Step button has been moved under the Delete button.

Prior to version 4.0s, the first step had a count of zero. With version 4.0s, the base elevation of the new wall is altered as needed to match up with the wall it is matching.  When you click on Match Step and select a Double Step wall, a Please select box appears that says, "Match the Top or Bottom Profile of the Double Step Wall?"  Click on the Top Profile or Bottom Profile button as appropriate for your situation.

New columns were added to the Step and Run List to display information for new Radius-in and Radius-out Profile Types: Arch Ht (Height) and Radius. Step order # (number) is used for reference as well as repeating a series of profiles using the new Copy tab on the D17A  screen (see below).

On the graphic image there is now a dot or Bulls Eye that indicates the starting point for the next step.  When working with wall shapes with a top profile, like Left Step Inverted, Right Step Inverted, or Double Step, the Bulls Eye will be yellow; with a bottom profile, like Left Step, Right Step or Double Step, the Bulls Eye color will be blue.

Use classic style roofline odd courses (on gable and slope walls) checkbox has been added.  For all walls created before version 4.0s, it will automatically be checked.  By classic style, we mean that odd courses in gable/slope walls will follow the roofline, and remain in the triangular portion of the wall and end with a horizontal cut type.  If you want to change how the follow roof line odd courses start and end for gable/slope walls, either in a new wall or in old projects or walls copied from Assemblies, then uncheck Use Classic Style ... and specify the Cut Types for Odd Courses.

Now you can specify how you want the follow roof line Odd Courses to Start and End with Cut Types.  This will not be available if Use Classic style roofline odd courses (on gable and slope walls) is checked.  For Start, the options are Soldier, Plumb and Horizontal.  For End, the options are Same as Start, Soldier, Plumb and Horizontal. Soldier will start or end with a diagonal line perpendicular to the roof line. Plumb will start or end with a vertical line and extend to the wall edge. Horizontal will start and end an follow roofline odd course just like the classic style or it will remain in triangular portion of the wall.  Also the odd course will start and end with a horizontal.

You can also independently specify the Cut Types for how to Start and End Coping.  The options for Start are Plumb and Soldier.  The options for End are Same at Start, Plumb and Soldier.

Update Wall Profile, Screen [D-17A] (old Update Steps in Wall Shapes)

This screen's title has changed from Update Steps in Wall Shapes to Update Wall Profile to reflect the program's new capabilities of creating step, slope, and radius (curved in or out) profiles within a wall shape.

There are new Profile Type tabs. Step, which was previously the only profile available, is only one of these new tabs.  You can select Slope and Radius wall profiles.  The Radius Type selection on the Radius tab controls whether the profile with curve in or out.  All these profile types allow you to create a variety of shapes within one wall either at the top or bottom of the wall or both after selecting a Double Step wall shape.  Positive step amounts allow you to go out and negative step amounts allow you to go down.  If you enter step amounts which are above or below the wall height, the program will keep track of it but will not show it on the graphic image.

For example, for a wall with Wall Height of 20' and Wall Length 32', with a wall shape of Left Step Inverted, starting at the left side of the wall, insert the first profile by selecting the Step tab, entering a Step amount of 10' (height of the wall) and a Run amount of 0.'  Click on OK to save.  Then insert a second profile, select the Step tab and enter in a Step of 0' and a Run of 2.'   Insert a third profile, select the Step tab and enter a Step of -8" and Run of 0.'  Insert a fourth profile, select Step tab, and enter Step 0' and Run 3' 8."

The Radius Profile Type allows a profile to curve inward or outward and requires either an Arch Height or Radius.  To select an in or out Radius type from the Radius tab, click on either the radio button next to In or Out.  The program will automatically create the largest curve.  If you want to enter the Arch Height or Radius manually make sure the check box next to Flatten Arch Height (manual control) is checked.  If you enter the Arch Height, the Radius is automatically calculated or if you enter the Radius, the Arch Height is automatically calculated.  In our example shown above, insert a profile, select the Radius tab, enter a Step of 8", a Run of 8" and a Arch Height of 1.425 or Radius of 11.942" and select Radius Type of In (Rad-in on Step & Run List).  Then insert another profile, select the Step tab and enter a Step of 0' and Run 2.'

The Radius-out Profile Type allows a wall to curve outward and requires either an Arch Height or Radius. To select an out Radius type from the Radius tab, click on the radio button next to Out. Continuing with the example, insert a profile, select the Radius tab and enter a Step of 8", a Run of 8", an Arch Height of 1.425 and, for Radius Type, click in the radio button next to Out (Rad-out)

The Slope Profile Type allows a profile to slope upward with a positive step amount or slope downward with a negative step amount.  For example, a wall with Wall Height of 20' and Wall Length 40', with a wall shape of Left Step Inverted, insert a profile, select Step tab, and enter a 10' Step and 10' Run.  Click on Insert again and select the Slope tab, enter a 10' Step and 10' Run.  Click Insert again and select the Slope tab, enter a -10' Step and a 10' Run.  To finish, insert a profile, select Step tab and enter a 0' Step and 10' Run.  Insert the last profile, select the Step tab and enter a 10' Step and 0' Run.

On the Step tab, under On Odd Courses that follow this profile, the check box Leave Vertical Out has been added to control how you want odd courses to appear. It only applies to traditional Step wall profiles.

There is now a Copy tab. If the wall shape you are creating repeats several profile types, you can use the profile order numbers you see in the list on Update Wall, Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], to copy or repeat profile types.  To accomplish this, insert the profile types that you want to repeat.  This will establish the order number for these profiles.  Then insert another profile, select the Copy tab; enter the Step Count to indicate the number of times to repeat the profiles; enter the beginning order number next to Copy from Order number, and then enter the last order number next to Copy to Order number.  If you want that set of wall profiles to go in the opposite direction, click on check box next to Reverse Step.

Select Match Step, Screen [SMS]

Calculate Wall Height and Calculate Wall Length check boxes are in the same order as Wall Height and Wall Length on Update Wall-Wall Shape, Screen [D 17].

Wall & Reports, Screen [C]

There is no longer a Sheet tab.  It has been replaced by the Dynamic tab.

There is now a Dynamic tab.  When you click on the Dynamic tab, you can sort the walls by clicking on any of the headings at the top of the walls list.  For example, if you want to sort the walls by Wall Length, click on the Wall Length heading.  You will see walls sorted by the length in ascending order and see a + next to Wall Length to indicate how the walls are sorted.  If you click on Wall Length again, you will see walls sorted by length in descending order and there will be a - next to the heading.  The program will remember each users settings so that if you go to another tab and come back to the Dynamic tab it will resort the walls using the last selection.  Currently, this ability to sort by clicking on list headings is only available on the Standard Job Cost Codes and Walls & Reports screens.

You can now tag certain walls so that they will appear on Place Walls, Screen [PW].  From the Walls & Reports screen, tag the walls to be included and click on the Change button.  On the D screen, click on the Place Wall button.  From the Show drop-down list box on the PW screen, select Tagged on [C].  This in useful when working with alternate bids that need to include or exclude certain walls.  This will only work if you go from the C screen, then to D, and then to PW screen.  If you get to the D screen using these screens: Assemblies, Blue Print, Opening Placements, or Project Messages, the program assumes you want to see all walls.

Version 4.0R

The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. 

There are new sound files or messages associated with the program.  There is a Welcome message when you enter the program and a Thank You message when you close the program.  Also, on Friday's and randomly, a message will remind you to backup your data when you close the program.

Measure Master

There is now support in Measure Master for a 16 button cursor.  When you are in Place Wall, Screen [PW], a graphic of this cursor appears that can be used as a reference by moving your mouse cursor over the buttons and, if you click on the button, to perform the function.  In Tradesmen's Master Estimator, simply move your mouse cursor over a button on the 16 Button Cursor image and tip help will appear for that button.  If you wish to perform a function, not numbers, click on the button.  When you press that button on the actual 16 Button Cursor, it will also perform the action.

Tip help will appear that shows each button's function.  As you change tabs in the Place Wall screen, the buttons change function. The F button toggles between number and function mode-pressing it once changes it to enter numbers; pressing it again changes it to functions.

The Relocate Pads tab has changed so that rather than choose a pad from a drop-down list there is a list of pads.  On this list you can disable pads when you need space on the digitizer board for blueprints by selecting or unselecting a check box for each pad.  When a pad is unchecked, that pad's designated space can be used for digitizing take-offs.  To place a pad, select it from the list and click on the Place Pad button (replaces Restart Placing Pads).  A voice message will guide you through the process of clicking on the upper left and lower right corners of the paper pad that's attached to the digitizer.

Remember that you can use a Selection Pad to enter information into your projects.  The Selection pad is used like a keyboard to type words, space, and other characters.  You can edit the Selection Pad that comes with the program and save it for your specific needs.

If you make changes to the Selection Pad and forget to save those changes, when you exit the Edit Selection Pad screen, the program will offer to Save and Exit.

The Save icon on the Tool Bar has changed.

On the Setup tab, the WinTab Configure area has been removed.

For easy reference, the printed Selection and Keyboard pads have the Tradesmen's Web site address, email address, and telephone number.

Backup and Restore Procedures

Batch or ASCII files, control how Master Estimator does Backup or Restore procedures.  The batch files may need to be customized before these procedures are run.  The batch files assume, unless changed, that you are backing up and restoring files from an external storage device associated with E:\ .  Follow the directions under Backup or Restore procedures.  After the batch files are opened there are also directions and areas at the top of the file that state "make custom settings here."  Once changes are made, save the files.  Once edited, the batch files do not need to be changed unless, in the future, you change your backup or restore locations.

Screens

Calculator

Just a reminder that there is a Calculator built into the program.  At any entry area on the screen, click on the Calculator icon in the tool bar or press the F2 button on the keyboard to bring up a calculator.  If you are on a number, the current number will appear in the middle of the calculator and the number will automatically be put into memory.  Use it like any other calculator to perform a calculation on the current number.

The Back button and Backspace key on the keyboard will delete entered numbers for correction.

Copy Wall, Screen [CW]

A Qty (quantity) entry area has been added.  The wall you are copying may have a quantity number larger than is required.

The button text has changed and there is a new button.  The OK Copy Now button has changed to OK-Copy Checked Items meaning only those items checked will be copied.  The new button, OK-Check All and Copy will automatically check all relevant items for you and copy everything.  Cancel-Abort Copy will not copy anything.

If you have NOT changed the Base Elevation of the wall, when you click on OK-Copy Checked Items a Warning:Walls occupy same space message appears that states:  "Warning you are copying the DIGITIZER WALL PLACEMENTS and you have not changed the Base Elevation of the wall.  Unless something is changed this will result in both walls occupying the same space.  There will be no further warnings to remind you that you have walls that occupy the same space."  Click on the Continue button to copy the wall or Stay on [CW] button to change the Base Elevation before copying.

If you have NOT changed the Base Elevation enough so that walls will OVERLAP, when you click on OK-Copy Checked Items a Warning:Walls occupy same space message appears that states:  "Warning you are copying the DIGITIZER WALL PLACEMENTS and the new elevation still overlaps the original wall.  Unless something is changed this will result in both walls occupying the same space.  There will be no further warnings to remind you that you have walls that occupy the same space."  Click on the Continue button to copy the wall or Stay on [CW] button to change the Base Elevation before copying.

Graphic Options, Screen [GO]

Dedicated has been changed to Dedicated Cross Section to make clearer it's purpose.  When it is selected, the graphic image in Update Wall and Update Wall-Wall Shape will only show a side view or slice of the wall.  You will NOT see a three dimensional view.

Many cosmetic changes have been made to this screen to make it easier to select what should be included in the graphic.  Speed of the program will increase by hiding some aspects of the graphic. You can now make selections to show Pilasters, Panels, and Openings. 

Also, when on Update Wall, Screen [D], you can select what to Automatically Hide in Cross Section viewpoint: Pilasters, Panels, and/or Openings. 

When in Plan viewpoint, you can select to Automatically Hide Openings.

The label Current Digitizer Location Indicator has been changed to Digitizer Cursor Location. The Digitizer Cursor Location, a vertical bar where your digitizer pen or puck is located within the graphic image, has changed.  At the top of the vertical bar there is an inverted conical point.  This is used to pin point the location of the digitizer pen and provides a way to be more procise when placing walls and openings.

Import Project, Classification Conflict, Screen [IPCC]

When there is a conflict with a material Classification between the imported project and the current material Classification, the program will display this screen that shows information for the Importing Classification and the Existing Classification.  You are to type a new name for the classification being imported or select an existing classification that is compatible with the one being imported.

Opening Placements, Screen [OP]

There is a Type column that corresponds to the new Offset type selection entered on Place Wall, Screen [PW], Place Openings tab or Update Opening Placement, Screen [UOP].  You may need to resize this screen if you cannot see that column.  See Place Wall and Update Opening Placement sections below.

Opening Schedules, Screen [OS]

The last column is the new Favorite column.  You can indicate three openings as your "favorite" or most used openings by selecting an opening and then typing either the letter C, D, or E.  When placing your openings with the digitizer, you can use the C, D, or E buttons on a 16 button cursor to quickly select those Favorite opening schedules on the Place Openings tab in Place Wall, Screen [PW].  If you don't have a 16 button cursor , you can click on the C, D, or E buttons on the new graphic icon that appears on the Place Wall screen.

Select the Sort Favorites First check box to have the Favorites, those with letter C, D, or E in the Favorites column, or most used openings, appear at the top of the list of opening schedules.

Place Wall, Screen [PW]

When the Place Wall screen opens, a graphic of a 16 button cursor appears that can be used as a reference by moving your mouse cursor over the buttons and, if you click on the button, to perform the function.  Simply move your mouse cursor over a button on the 16 Button Cursor image and tip help will appear for that button.  If you wish to perform a function, not numbers, click on the button.  When you press that button on the actual 16 Button Cursor, it will also perform the action.  Tip help will appear that shows each button's function.  As you change tabs in the Place Wall screen, the buttons change function. The F

 button toggles between number and function mode-pressing it once changes it to enter numbers; pressing it again changes it to functions.

When placing your openings you can use the C, D, or E buttons on a 16 button cursor to quickly select those Favorite opening schedules on the Place Openings tab in Place Wall, Screen [PW]. 

The Current Digitizer Location Indicator, a vertical bar where your digitizer pen or puck is located within the graphic image, has changed.  At the top of the vertical bar there is an inverted conical point.  This is used to pin point the location of the digitizer pen and provides a way to be more procise when placing walls and openings.

On the Place Walls tab, there is now the option on the drop-down list box above Radius for Circular or cylindrical walls.  If you choose Circular (cylindrical), you will need to enter the length of the Radius and then, using the digitizer pen or puck, click in the middle of the of the circle on the blueprint.

On the Place Openings tab, there is an Offset Type drop-down list box that specifies how you want the opening placement saved.  Prior to this version, to place an opening you started at the left of a section and went right to the left edge of the opening.  That type of Offset is now called Left side of Opening.  Now you can also select Right side of Opening to indicate that an opening placement starts from the end of the section and goes left to the right edge of the opening.  The next type of Offset is similar to Left Side of Opening.  Center of Opening starts at the left of the section and goes to the right to the center of opening.  From Center of Section starts at the middle of the section and goes to the right to the center of the opening.  If you want an opening placement left of center, you can enter negative distances.  The Offset type and distances are displayed on Opening Placements, Screen [OP], and stored in Update Opening Placement, Screen [UOP].

On the Place Openings tab, the List of Elevations area has changed.  Where it once had a Default column with check boxes marked if the opening placement used the Opening Schedule Elevation, now it has an Override column that has a check box marked only if the opening placement uses an elevation override set on Update Opening to be Placed Detail, Screen [UOTP].  Also the column text has changed for Elevation is now Opening Elev, and Effective Elevation is now Elevation Being used.

On the Place Openings tab, Allow Openings to be Placed in drop-down list box has been removed and it has been set to the Same as Walls Shown.  You can o