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Version 4.0y (Newest version) The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. An Elevation Blueprints [D17] checkbox has been added to indicate whether the blueprints for elevation work should be copied. Digitizer Wall Placements has been changed to 3D Wall Placements. The check boxes in the 3D column have been replaced by indicators for the way the project was taken-off: OS for On-Screen, Dig for digitizer, and Path for projects imported as a .TSI but stripped of the On-Screen information. Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB] When you go to this screen from Update Wall, Wall Shape, Screen [D-17], the Elevation entry area is dimmed and therefore not available. There are now Maximum Pixels on a side radio buttons: 4096, 2048 and 1024. In previous versions, if the graphic file largest dimension was higher than 4096 (4K) it would automatically change the size of the file to 4096. Now you have the ability to choose 2048 (2K) and 1024 (1K). The smaller the graphic file size the less RAM memory is used and therefore the program will run faster. Update Wall, Wall Shape, Screen [D-17] The Autoset Wall Height and Autoset Wall Length and the Wall Height and Wall Length entry areas have been moved to the right of the TopBot Profile button. The Show Graphic for this wall checkbox has been changed to a Show Graphic latched button below the tabs area. Click on the Show Graphic button so you see the graphic. Notice the button looks like it has been pressed. Click on the Show Graphic button again so the image disappears and the button looks like it's raised up. It's like a computer version of an On/Off button. When the graphic is being generated, a progress bar will appear to the left of the Show Graphic button. The Auto Camera checkbox has been changed to a latched button as well-click on once to activate, click on again to de-activate. The View button has been added. The View/Pick toggle button changes how your cursor behaves within the graphic area. View lets you zoom-in or out by clicking and dragging within the graphic area. Pick lets you point and click on an area like using the arrow tool. Which tab you have selected determines what is going to change the image. The Digitizer tab now has only the Named Scales and Place Sheet on Digitizer button. At this time you can use both the digitizer and On-Screen blueprint images when working with elevations. The Place Profiles tab contains the Controls for next digitized profile detail entry areas previously located on the Digitizer tab: Round off rise length, Round off run length, Profile Type, Quantity, Leave Vertical Out and Remaining. There is a new checkbox and amount for Round off Angle. When checked this allows you to get perfectly vertical or horizontal profiles. There is also a Ignore when Radius checkbox. Lastly, Click Through Walls checkbox indicates whether a point being selected is on the blueprint or on the wall. If you have purchased the On-Screen Blueprint module, you can now open blueprint images of elevations in Update Wall, Wall Shape, Screen [D-17]. Use the mouse cursor to click on points in the displayed blueprint graphic image to take-off the wall's elevation profiles and openings. To bring in a blueprint image, click on the On-Screen tab and then click on Configure Blueprints. The Update OnScreen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB], will open. Click on Select Files to select and open the elevation blueprint image. You will see the location and name of the file. Complete other entry fields as needed and click on the OK button. The OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB], opens so you can set the scale. After setting the scale, click on the Save and Close button. There is a new On-Screen tab that shares many of the same options as the Blueprints tab on Place Wall, Screen [PW]. On this tab you select which blueprint to display on the Wall Shape screen with Show Blueprints (None, All, or Shown on [OSB]). When you are taking-off a project onscreen, it is necessary to have the walls be somewhat transparent. Therefore check boxes controls for a Transparent Blueprint and the Percentage and/or a Transparent Wall and the Percentage. You can control what can be clicked on with Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. Clicking on the Configure Blueprints button when beginning On-Screen work opens Update OnScreen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB], so that you can select and open the file. Thereafter, OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB], opens to make changes. Before you make your first click, change Click moves Blueprint to either Base Elevation-Left, Base Elevation-Right, Progress Profile-Top, or Progress Profile-Bottom. This establishes the beginning point of the wall on the elevation blueprint image. The Blueprint Appears at options are almost identical to the Intelliplace Wall at entry area on the Intelliplace tab on Place Wall, Screen [PW]: Face of Outside, Back of Outside, Back on Inside, Face of Inside, and Recessed. Projected replaces Elevation. The Place Openings tab works the same way as the Place Openings tab on Place Walls, Screen [PW]. As on the Place Profiles tab, you can control what can be clicked on with Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. Version 4.0x1 OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB] After you have worked on an On-Screen take-off, and return to this screen using the Configure Blueprints button on the Place Wall, Blueprints tab, all the Manip check boxes will be unchecked so that you can't move individual sheets. Moving sheets after placing walls will create problems with an On-Screen take-off. With an On-Screen take-off, if you right click on the Configure Blueprints button on the Blueprints tab, OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB] will open with all the Show check boxes unchecked. This allows you to deal with bad images that may be causing problems. With an On-Screen take-off, if you right click on the Configure Blueprints button on the Blueprints tab, OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB] will open with all the Show check boxes unchecked. Because blueprint images are not displayed, you will be able to deal with bad images that may be causing problems. With an On-Screen take-off, on the Copy Path tab, with Identify Wall/Segment/Section selected, you can click on a wall and the information for that wall will be displayed. (Note: Make sure the View/Pick button is set to Pick.) Because you need to be able to click on various walls, the program now automatically deselects, if necessary, Click through Walls. Update OnScreen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB] The ability to auto-rescale blueprint images is the most significant feature added to this version because it solves memory problems with high resolution blueprint images. After you click on the Select Files button to open a blueprint image, the program will look at the number of pixels making up the width and height of the image's resolution. If either number is larger than 4,096, it will make a copy of the original file and resize the larger number of the width or height to 4,096. It will then resize the lower number to maintain the proportion or aspect ratio of the blueprint image. The program will save the copied file name with _4096 at the end of the file name. For example, if siteplan.tif is the original filename, the copied file, with the new resolution, will be saved as siteplan_4096.tif. This copied file is the one that appears in the Filename entry area and, therefore, used to do the On-Screen take-off. The original will not be used but will remain in its original folder. With an On-Screen take-off, if you right click on the Place Wall button, it will automatically set Show Blueprints drop-down list box on the Blueprints tab to None. Because blueprint images are not displayed, you will be able to deal with bad images that may be causing problems. Update Wall, Anchors and Veneers, Screen [D-7] When an Anchor Height Deduction is larger than the wall height, the negative number of the Anchor Effective Height will display in bold red to highlight this problem. When you leave Update Wall, Screen [D], you will receive the same warning you see when generating a report. Version 4.0x The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. On-Screen Blueprint module-new! With the purchase of the new On-Screen Blueprint module, you can open graphic images of blueprints and bring them into Place Wall, Screen [PW]. You then use the mouse cursor to click on points in the displayed blueprint image to do that project's take-off. You no longer need a digitizer tablet or paper blueprints. Everything is easily done using just your computer and software. To do this, select a newly inserted project, insert a wall to Walls, Screen [C], click on Place Wall button. A new Select Take-off Type message box with three buttons, 1) On-Screen, 2) Digitizer, and 3) Cancel. To take-off the wall using the On-Screen Blueprint module, click on the On-Screen button. This will now be referred to throughout the Help file as an On-Screen take-off as opposed to a Digitizer take-off. Update On-Screen Bluprint [OSB] The new Update Onscreen Blueprint screen opens so that you can Select Files. Select the location and file(s) for the project and click on the Open button. After selecting the files, click on the OK button and the On-Screen Blueprints screen opens showing the list of graphic files and blueprint graphic. There is also one graphic called Scale/Shared Placements that is created automatically and is used to set the scale. Once you set the scale (described below) and, if multiple blueprints arrange them to create on large image, click on the Save and Close button. This brings you to the Place Wall screen with blueprint graphic displayed. Select the Place Walls tab and change settings as needed to do your take-off. Then click on the View/Pick toggle button so it shows Pick and point to and click in a counter clockwise direction on places in the blueprint graphic image. Click on View/Pick button to show View and move the image so that you can see the walls appear above the blueprint. To place openings, click on the Place Openings tab, select the Opening Schedule and, with the Pick tool, click on the blueprint image to place the opening. This is brief overview of how to do take-offs using the On-Screen Blueprint module. On the Place Wall screen, there are settings, described below, on the new Blueprints and Place Openings tabs that give you more control. Place Wall [PW] On Place Wall, Screen [PW], with On-Screen as the Take-off Type, the Blueprints tab replaces the Place Sheet tab. On this tab you select which blueprints to display on the Place Wall screen with Show Blueprints (All, Same Elevation as Wall, or Shown on [OSB]). When you are taking-off a project onscreen, it is necessary to have the walls be somewhat transparent. Therefore controls for when to Make Walls Transparent:(Always, Never, just when you are on Place Openings tab, just when you are Place Walls tab). Also you can adjust the Transparency percentage for Blueprint and Walls. You can control what can be clicked on with Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. Click on the Configure Blueprints button if you need to go to On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [OSB]. The Place Openings tab on Place Wall, Screen [PW], has two additional controls that lets you control the elevation of the openings placements. When Use Elevation of On-Screen Click is checked, you can point to a location on the wall and the opening will appear where you clicked rather than the elevation specified in Update Opening Schedule, Screen [UOS]. You can also check Round new Elevations to and set the round off amount. As on the Place Walls tab, you can control what can be clicked on with Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. The Cross Sections tab on Place Wall, Screen [PW], now says Place Anchor Point Now instead of Digitize Anchor Point Now. You can control what can be clicked on with Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. The onscreen 16-button cursor can be used to with On-Screen take-offs and has been updated. For example, where appropriate it refers to selecting the Blueprints tab. When working with On-Screen take-offs, there are two new screens that hold information about the blueprint graphic files: On-Screen Blueprints, Screen [OSB], and Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB], . These screens are accessed when you select On-Screen as the Take-Off Type or from the Blueprints tab in Place Walls, Screen [PW]. Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB] This is the first screen you see when you create a new project, insert a wall, click on the Place Wall button in Update Walls, Screen [D], and select On-Screen as the Take-off Type. It is also accessible from On-Screen Blueprints, Screen [OSB], when you click on the Insert or Change button. When you click on the Select Files button, the Select Blueprints screen opens so you can go to the folder and select the blueprint file or files. Once you click on the Open button, the filename and location are displayed next to Filename. Note that once you have selected the location, it will be automatically filled into this entry area for future file selections. The graphic file formats supported are TIFF, PNG, JPEG and JPEG 2000, GIF, BMP, RGB, PGX, PNM, RAS, RGB, RGBA, and DDS. If you select multiple files, all files will open. If necessary, click on the Change button for each file to change the settings for each file. You can set the Elevation for each blueprint. The Description will be automatically filled in with the filename but you can edit it here. You can enter a Blueprint Date and change, if necessary, the Revision Date as the filename's date is automatically filled in. Click on the OK button to save the information for each blueprint file. Click on the Cancel button to finish without saving. The Onscreen Blueprints screen opens, showing the list of blueprint files as well as an automatically created file described as Scale/Shared Placements. The blueprint image will appear at the bottom of this screen. On-Screen Blueprints, Screen [OSB] During the first part of the On-Screen Blueprint process, this screen opens and displays the Stop button and Building Graphic progress bar as it opens the file(s) defined in Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB]. It is also opens when you click on the Configure Blueprints button on the Blueprints tab of Place Wall, Screen [PW]. There is a list of the blueprint files as well as an automatically created file described as Scale/Shared Placements. The blueprint images will appear at the bottom of this screen when the Show checkbox is checked in the Show Manip column of the list. You can change the Rotation of the blueprint, if necessary. There are Insert, Change and Delete buttons to add more blueprint files using Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB], change the information for a blueprint file, or delete a file. There are the following column headings: Show Manip, Blueprint Date, Revision Date, Elevation, and Description. The list is sorted By Elevation and then Description. There are check boxes in the Show Manip column associated with each line. These are checked or unchecked on this screen whereas the other settings are entered on the Update On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [UOSB]. When you first see the OSB screen, all boxes are checked other than Show for the automatically created Scale/Shared Placements blueprint. Use the Show checkbox to control what is visible in both the OSB and Place Wall screens. Use the Manip checkbox to indicate whether the image can be selected for manipulation (changing size, location, etc.). Before you begin setting the scale, it is easier if you enlarge the OSB screen. On this screen you will set the scale for all blueprints in this project. First click on the Show checkbox in the list box to the left of Scale/Shared Placements. When you do this, a black image will appear above the blueprint. At the bottom of the screen there are buttons that let you manipulate graphic images. The View/Pick toggle button changes how your cursor behaves within the graphic area. View lets you zoom-in or out by clicking and dragging within the graphic area. You can use any of the Tools for Graphic Display such View, Pick, Zoom and the Dials. The Control+N and Microsoft Application keys on the keyboard also switch between View and Pick. If you change the size of the blueprint horizontally or vertically and want to go back to the original dimensions, use the Unstretch (Horizontal, Vertical) button to change the image back to the original aspect ratio (ratio of the blueprint image's longer dimension to its shorter dimension). If you change the size of an image, use the Undo Manip button to change back to the original size. If you want to see all the blueprint images within the graphic area click on the View All button and the program will zoom out. To adjust the Transparency percentage of the blueprint images click on Up arrow to make it more transparent or Down arrow to decrease the transparency. You can also type in a percentage. On the blueprint image, you now need to find the longest line length that easily shows the scale. If that line runs horizontally, in the Set the project scale area in the upper right corner of the screen, set the using the scale box to Horizontal; if it runs vertical, set it to Vertical. Note the number of feet of that line. With View showing, click and drag so that the blueprint is zoomed-in or larger. If you need to reposition the image, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard while clicking and dragging the image. You can also use any of the Tools for Graphic Display. To set the scale, you will need to resize the black Scale/Shared Placements image so that it fits between the points designating the line you chose. Then, in the Set the project scale area in the upper right corner of the screen, enter the distance and measurement type (feet, yards, miles, mm, cm, m, or km) Which Represents the Horiz or Vertical line. To do this, click on the View/Pick button until it reads Pick. Pick lets you select an image or click on a point in the image. If the line is horizontal, click on the black Scale/Shared Placements image and drag it so that the top left edge of box is at the top left line of the blueprint. Then click and drag the green box in the upper right corner of the black image until it stretches to top right line of the blueprint. Once the black image spans the two points, enter the number of feet that distance represents in the Which Represents Horiz entry area in the upper right corner. A fraction can be entered either as 2 numbers with slash (e.g. 2/3) or with a decimal point (.66). Then to save this information click on the Save and Close button in the lower right hand corner of the screen. This will open the Place Wall screen. Make sure the camera is set to Plan Viewpoint on Graphic Options, Screen [GO], using the Camera button in the lower right corner of the screen. There is an Exclude OnScreen checkbox that when checked does not include the blueprint images listed on OnScreen Blueprints, Screen [OSB]. Because the blueprint images are embedded in the project when exported, the generated file can be quite large. Excluding the blueprint images reduces the project's file size. By exporting an OnScreen project without the blueprints, you can import it and work with it like a Digitizer take-off. The bottom part of this screen is now very different than past versions. In place of the areas for Last Wall Moved Through and Placements List (list of segments and sections), there is a second set of tabs. The left tab area is similar to the previous versions with Place Sheet, Place Walls, Place Openings and Cross Section. The new right tab area has the Intelliplace tab as well as tabs that contain the detail for Current Wall, Placements, Openings, Copy Path, and MatchLines. The tabs to the right correspond to the tabs on the left and will automatically display when you click on the tabs on the left. For example, when you click on the left Place Sheets tab, the right Current Wall tab automatically displays to the right. The Last Wall Moved Through information has been moved under the Copy Path right area tab as well as all information needed to copy the path. The Place Sheet tab remains the same except the Select Sheet/Place Sheet drop-down list box has been moved to the MatchLines tab in the right tab area. Since that control is used for projects with MatchLines, it has been moved to the MatchLines tab at the right and is now simply called the Select Matchline to alter drop-down list box. The MatchLines tab has the controls for Direction and X and Y as well as buttons for Save MatchLine and Revert to Saved MatchLine. The MatchLines tab does not appear if you have the On-Screen Blueprint module and have selected On-Screen as the Take-off Type because multiple blueprint images all appear in the Place Wall graphic area. When doing On-Screen take-offs with the On-Screen Blueprint module, the Blueprints tab replaces the Place Sheet tab. On this tab you select which blueprints to display on the graphic viewer of the Place Wall screen with Show Blueprints: All, Same Elevation as Wall, and Shown on [OSB]. When you doing an On-Screen take-off a project onscreen, it is necessary to have the walls be somewhat transparent. Therefore the Make Walls Transparent: Always, Never, just when you are on Place Openings tab, and just when you are Place Walls tab have been added. Also you can adjust the Transparency percentage for Blueprint and Walls. You will also need to control Click through walls so that when you click on some point on the graphic image the program will know how to interpret that click. Click on the Configure Blueprints button if you need to go to On-Screen Blueprint, Screen [OSB]. When you click on the Blueprints tab, the Current Wall tab in the right tab area is automatically selected. New on Current Wall in right tab area are the Wall Length and Set Length on update wall [D] check boxes, previously on Place Walls tab, . Also on that tab, the Current Wall and Current Sheet name is displayed, and Wall Height and Elevation entry areas that can be edited. When you click on the Place Sheets tab, the Current Wall tab automatically displays to the right. When doing On-Screen take-offs, the Current Wall tab changes to show Current Sheet -NA On-Screen Uses Shared Placements. The Place Walls tab has first the Placement Type (Continuous, Segmental, Radius-in, Copy Path, etc.) and Radius drop-down list boxes. Then below that the Round off Angle and Round off Length area. To the right are Use Intelliplace and the buttons Start new Segment, Close Segment,and Reverse Segment. The Not 90 checkbox is now better labeled warn turn not 90 deg(rees). There is a new check box for Ignore when Radius. When Ignore when Radius is checked and the Placement Type is set to Radius. any setting in Round to Angle will be ignored. When doing On-Screen take-offs, there is the checkbox Click through walls on the Place Walls, Place Openings and Cross Section tabs so that when you click on some point on the blueprint image the program will know to interpret that click as being on the blueprint rather than on a wall. Uncheck it if you want to the click on some point on a wall. The Placements List (list of segments and sections) and the Delete button have been moved to the Placements tab also in the right area of tabs. The Show (This Wall Only, All Walls, etc.) drop-down list box is also on the Placements tab. This tab will automatically display when the Place Walls tab is selected. If you right click on the Delete button it gives you the option to delete the last section in the Placements List. The Intelliplace walls tab is now called just Intelliplace and is located in the right tabs area. All the controls remain the same. The Place Openings tab has the same entry areas in slightly different order. However, the List of Elevation Overrides and Add to Opening Elev(ation) have been moved to the Openings tab in the right tabs area. In the Place Openings tab, there are new C, D, and E buttons that correspond to the Favorite setting on Opening Schedule, Screen [OS]. This allows you to quickly change the Opening Schedule. You also have the option with the 16 button cursor to click on the C, D, or E button. On the tab there are also icon buttons to Change (hand with pen) and Delete (circle with slash) the Last Placed Opening. If you want to delete the last placed opening without being prompted Are you sure?, right click on the Delete button. The new Openings tab at the right, besides the List of Elevation Overrides, has a new Menu button that brings up the same Quick Menu selections available when you right click on the list: Insert Elevation, Change, Delete, Reset and Change Last Placement. This tab will automatically display when the Place Openings tab is selected. If you have the On-Screen Blueprint module and have selected On-Screen as the Take-off Type, the Place Openings tab has two additional selection areas that lets you control the elevation of the openings placements. When Use Elevation of On-Screen Click is checked, you can point to a location on the wall and the opening will appear where you clicked rather than the elevation specified in Update Opening Schedule, Screen [UOS]. You can also check Round new Elevations to and set the round off amount. The Cross Sections tab remains the same for Digitizer take-offs. If you have the On-Screen Blueprint module and have selected On-Screen as the Take-off Type, the Cross Sections tab now says Place Anchor Point Now instead of Digitize Anchor Point Now. The Copy Path tab now displays the information that was in the Last Wall Moved Through section of the screen. Also if you want to copy certain placements, click on Placements tab to highlight them and then select Copy Path - Highlighted in Placements from the drop-down list box on the Copy Path tab. When doing an On-Screen take-off, Identify Wall/Segment/Section has replaced Last Wall Moved Through on the Copy Path tab. If you click on a wall with your mouse, the information for that wall will display. Auto Move Camera, the Camera button that opens Graphic Options, Screen [GO], and View/Pick button, appear to the left of the Save Viewpoints, Save, OK and Cancel buttons in the lower right of the screen. There is a new Custom Viewpoints feature located in the lower right of the screen. After moving the graphic image to a particular location or position, you can select a number 1, 2, 3, or 4 button and then click on the Save/GoTo [ViewPoint] Viewpoints toggle button (click it once to see Save ...; click again to see GoTo .... This saves that image and associates it with the Viewpoint (Perspective, Outside, Inside, Plan or Cross Section) selected on Graphic Options, Screen [GO]. To see a particular saved image, select the ViewPoint from the GO screen, click on the Save/GoTo button until it reads GoTo [...] Viewpoints, and select the desired number button. In the lower right corner of screen, the View/Pick button has been added to toggle or change between different ways to use the graphic image. The View or Hand tool is used for navigating through or changing the view of the graphic. Pick or the arrow tool is you used to click on points in the graphic. You can also use Control + N or Microsoft Application keys on the keyboard. Project Reports & Messages, Screen [PRM] New with version 4.0x, on each report that shows materials, the color of the material will be displayed next to the Classification. New with version 4.0x, to the left of the number buttons there are letters indicating mouse buttons and keystrokes to use in combination with mouse buttons. For example, L stands for the left mouse button. When you press the left mouse button, it is the same as clicking on 0 in the real or on screen 16-Button Cursor. You can now click on the letters, the number buttons, or the text to execute a task when using the on screen 16-Button Cursor. If you point your mouse cursor over the letters, numbers or text, Tip Help will appear to provide help. Use the following table as a reference to the letters to left of the number buttons.
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The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. In past versions, the program automatically filled in the check boxes for Also Import Classifications, Replace the Color, and Replace the Cost Codes based on last time an import was done. Now you must make the selections you want every time you import. This way you need to be conscious of your choices. On the Help Menu, there is a selection for About Master Estimator. On that screen, next to email, you can click on Support@Tradesmens.com and the email program you use will automatically start and a message will be created with the appropriate address. It will also now fill in the subject line with Contact Tradesmen's Software. Project Level Adjustments, Screen [PLA] All categories of Project Level Adjustments now support negative quantities. In version 4.0v, material categories with negative quantities were ignored and a warning message appeared on Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM], in the Calculating Walls - Messages list. Now those quantities are analyzed and are limited only when they result in an overall negative amount for the material, mortar, lay crew or in house cleaning crew. When a Project Level Adjustment is reduced a warning will appear on the Project Reports and Messages screen in the Calculating Walls - Messages list. Note: At this time, the program does not specifically check to see if the adjustments lead to negative quantities within Job Costing. While it is unlikely that adjustments that passed the other limitations would lead to negative quantities when running a job cost code transfer, it is still possible. Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM] On the Grand Totals page of the Summary report, Project Level Adjustments are listed. If there are no Miscellaneous Non-taxable adjustments, then there will not be a line for this in the report. If there is just one, then the Description of that Miscellaneous Non-taxable adjustment will be in the report. If there are more than one Miscellaneous Non-taxable adjustments, then there will be a line reading Total Project Adjustment (Misc Non-taxable) with the total amount of those adjustments Update Odd Course, Grout/Rebar, Screen [D4 Tab:2] The Prompt to Use Auto Grout for Bondbeams checkbox has been replaced by a drop-down list box with the following selections: Ask Me to, Yes Automatically, and No Don't. Choosing Ask Me to is the same as previous versions. When you select an odd course material with Side Bonding set to Bond Beam (on Update Project Material, Screen [F]) and the Grout and Rebar entries are blank, a message box will appear that asks "Would you like to automatically set Grout and Rebar for your Bond Beam?' If you choose Set, from the message box, the saved settings will be inserted; if you choose Leave Alone the settings will remain unchanged. Selecting Yes Automatically from the drop-down list box will bypass the message and automatically fill-in the previously saved settings. No Don't will not show the message and not change the settings. The choice you make will be saved if you click Remember Current Settings. Update Wall-Wall Shape, Screen [D-17] You can now digitize profiles of a wall within the graphics area of this screen. As a result there are many changes to this screen. New entry areas for Autoset Wall Hgt and Autoset Wall Len have been added at the top of the screen next to Wall Height and Wall Length. From the Autoset drop-down list boxes there are three selections: Manual, Grow, and Set. Manual is the way it's always been. The program will use the numbers you enter for wall height and length. When Grow is selected, the program determines the amounts as you digitize. You will not be able to reduce the amount but you may increase the numbers. Set is the completely automatic mode, Wall Height and Wall Length are disabled and the program uses only what has been digitized to set the wall height and length. The Odd Course and Coping Start and End entry areas that were at the bottom of the screen have moved up to just after Extend Flashing. There are new tabs above the Top Profile and Bottom Profile tabs: Misc and Digitize. Misc contains the following entry areas: Gable/Slope Height, Pier Length, Pier Width, Extend Flashing on each step and the Odd Course and Coping Start and End entry areas. The new Digitize tab has been added so that you can use the graphic area on the Wall Shape screen to digitize the wall profile in elevation mode. You will select the scale from Named Scales and you will click on the Place Sheet on the Digitizer button. Every time you open the D17 screen to make insertions or changes, you will need to place the sheet on the digitizer. You click once on the digitizer to initiate the process. You will hear the message that begins "Place the sheet on the digitizer ..." On the screen, there will be prompts to guide you. Use the button zero to digitize the anchor and direction points. This is basically the same as digitizing a wall in Place Wall, Screen [PW].except you are using evaluation mode. Using button zero the first click needs to be in a particular place. Imagine a rectangular box around the wall evaluation that you are digitizing. Make the first click in the lower left corner of that rectangle. Then click in the lower right corner or somewhere along an imaginary line between the lower left corner and lower right corner. Make necessary entries to the Controls for next digitized profile detail area: Round off Rise, Round off Run, Profile Type, and for steps: Leave Vertical Out, and Quantity. Now you can select the Top Profile or Bottom Profile tab, indicate if the profile Starts on the Left or Right. Using the 16-button cursor click on the points of the blueprint to create the profile changing the Controls for next digitized profile detail as necessary. There are 16 button shortcuts to complete all of these entry areas including quantity. The Match Step button is now called Match Profile. In the list of steps, the column heading Rise replaces Step and order of the columns is now Rise, Run instead of Run, Step. The name change to Rise indicates a distance moved up. Also, Qty-Type has replaced Count Type. Update Wall Profile, Screen [D17A] Now because you can digitize wall profiles, the entry areas on tabs called Step has been renamed Rise indicating that you are moving up a specific amount. Notice the terminology on the graphic example has also changed. The word Quantity has replaced Step Count. Version 4.0v
The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. Screens At the top of the screen, you can now indicate that you want to Replace Sheet for the copied wall(s) and, from the new drop-down list box, select the replacement from Project Sheets, Screen [PS]. A new section has been added to the bottom of this screen to allow you to do Multiple Copies of tagged walls so that you can easily created duplicates of multiple floors of a project. Under Indicate Floor, you specify what you want to add to the Wall Area or Descriptioin (e.g. 1 2 3 or 1st 2nd 3rd), the Start Number, and if you want to Add to Wall Area and/or Add to Wall Description. The detail of the copy is entered on the new Update Copy Wall, Screen [UCW],( see below). Default Project Level Adjustments, Screen [DPLA] You now have the ability to insert more adjustments than those listed on the Preferences, Additional Project Detail screen. When a project is created all the Default Project Level Adjustments are copied into the new project so you do not need to insert them in every new project. They will affect the whole project and, therefore, are called Default Project Level Adjustments. These should not be confused with wall or opening adjustments. Once they are in the project, use Project Level Adjustments and Update Project Level Adjustment to customize them for the new project. Preferences, Additional Project Detail, Screen [Y Tab:2] Click on the new Adjustment button to open Default Project Level Adjustments, Screen [DPLA], to see a list of adjustments. Adjustments will add to or take away from entries on the Grand Total Page of reports. They will affect the whole project. Adjustments will add to or take away from entries on the Grand Total Page of reports. If there are no adjustments listed or you want to change an existing adjustment, click on the Insert button or select the adjustment and click on the Change button. Project Level Adjustments, Screen [PLA] You now have the ability to insert more adjustments than those listed on the Update Project, Additional Project Detail screen. Adjustments will affect the whole project and, therefore, are called Project Level Adjustments. Adjustments will add to or take away from entries on the Grand Total Page of reports. They should not be confused with wall or opening adjustments. Update Copy Wall, Screen [UCW] From Copy Wall, Screen [CW], click on Insert or Change to open this new screen that contains the details of how to copy the wall or tagged walls. Once you have created a series of walls for one story, you tag the walls you want to copy, indicate the number of times to copy them in Copies to Make, what is the Floor Number of First Copy, the number to Increment Floor Number by, the Elevation of 1st Copy, and the elevation number to Add to Elevation for each copy. Update Project, Additional Project Detail, Screen [UP] Click on the new Adjustment button to open Default Project Level Adjustments, Screen [DPLA], to see a list of adjustments. Adjustments will add to or take away from entries on the Grand Total Page of reports. If there are no adjustments or you want to change an existing adjustment, click on the Insert button or select the adjustment and click on the Change button. Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM], previously Project Messages, Screen [PM] The report selection area of newly named Walls, Screen [C], has been moved to this screen. When you click on the Show Report button on the Walls screen, it opens this screen. See the Walls screen changes below. The Project Messages, Screen [PM], has been renamed to Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM]. There are two sections on this screen. The top section shows the Calculating Walls-Messages, just as it did in the Project Message screen, and bottom shows the old reports area of the Walls screen. In addition, new features have been added to give you the ability to create a spreadsheet duplicating the selected report. Calculation Progress and Messages contains the same information always provided on the old Project Messages screen. When you first enter this screen, or if you recalculate, you will see the progress and be able to correct errors. In the Selected Report section, you see the Selected Report drop-down list box and all the check boxes like Show Totals Only, By Wall (Totals Only), etc. that were on the Walls screen. This is also where the Print Setup button is now located. Two new reports options are Show Walls Included Page drop-down list box and the check box Show Marked up Cost on Walls Included Page. For Show Walls Included Page, Auto means if there is one or more untagged walls then the walls included page will appear as the first page of the report. Always means the page is always there and Never means it's never there. You now have the option to save any report as a file, currently as a spreadsheet file, using what is called a template. There are new check boxes to select if you want to Create File and/or Open Created File. You also need to indicate where the file is to be saved by entering a directory and filename next to Save As. Additionally, next to Template, the directory location and filename for the template must be entered by typing or using the Browse button to the right of the entry area.. Currently there is only a spreadsheet template available but in future versions of the program other templates may be added. You now have the ability to Replace the Default Report Title, by selecting that check box and then typing the replacement text in the entry area next to Report Title. Update Default Project Level Adjustment, Screen [UDPLA] This new screen defines each adjustment that is to be added to or taken away from the adjustment's category., Examples of categories are Material, Misc Taxable Cost, Labor, Subbed Out Cleaning, etc. If the category is a Material, then you will be selecting a Standard material and entering Mortar and Crew information, if necessary. The description, units (amount or cost), and the quantity is entered and then whether this adjustment will add to or take away from the take-off. This default project level adjustment will be copied to each new project. Update Project Level Adjustment, Screen [UPLA] This new screen defines each adjustment that is to be added to or taken away from the adjustment's category. Examples of categories are Material, Misc Taxable Cost, Labor, Subbed Out Cleaning, etc. If the category is a Material, then you will be selecting a Project material and entering Mortar and Crew information, if necessary. The description, units (amount or cost), and the quantity is entered and then whether this adjustment will add to or take away from the take-off. Related to the new Multiple Copies feature on Copy Wall, Screen [CW], if you have just made multiple copies and click on the Cancel button, the Delete Wall warning message appears. The message reads, "Copied Wall Canceled. Delete one wall or delete all [#] of the Copied Walls?" with the option buttons Delete One, Delete All, Just Close [D], Stay on [D]. If you want to just delete the wall shown on Update Wall, click on the Delete One button. If you want to delete all the walls you just copied, click on Delete All. If you want save your changes and just exit the Update Wall screen, click on Just Close [D]. If you want to go back to Update Wall, click on Stay on [D]. The new screen name for Walls & Reports, Screen [C], is Walls, Screen [C], because all of the report options have been moved to Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM]. To print reports, click on the Show Report button (next to the Crews button) on this screen. The Show Report button has been moved next to the Crews button. When clicked, it opens Project Reports and Messages, Screen [PRM] that has, at the bottom of the screen, all the report selection options and Print Setup button.
Version 4.0u The About Master Estimator screen has changed to reflect the version change. Text for button E has changed from Toggle Radius to Next from Radius, Circular, and Copy Path. Screens A checkbox has been added for Match Line Anchors. This is only available on Place Wall, Screen [PW]. You will see indicators in the graphic for each sheet or match line that has at least one wall currently being shown. This is how to read the indicators: The indicators look like a bracket ( [ ). The vertical portion of the indicator is positioned at the anchor point for the sheet/match line, The height of the indicator is determined by the range of elevations for the walls being shown that are on it's sheet/match line. The horizontal portion of the indicator points in the same direction as the sheet/match line. The indicators are shown in one of 3 colors: Green - is for the sheet which matches the current wall; White - is for the site sheet (will be green if the current wall is on the site sheet); and Blue - is for all other match lines. Like the Digitizer Cursor Location checkbox, when the Match Line Anchors checkbox is selected, you will see on the Place Wall screen graphic indicators of the location and direction of match lines as well as the elevations for currently shown walls that use match lines. You will not see the anchors when using Auto Camera or when saving the graphic to a file. There are three colors for match lines: 1) Green is the match line for the current wall; 2) White is the site sheet Anchor/Direction and 3) Blue is all other match lines. Note: When the site sheet is used by the current wall, it will show as green. How the checkbox is selected is stored for each user or computer. Next to Background Color, a checkbox has been added for Show Gradient Background. When checked the background color changes from a solid color to various shades of the selected color starting with the lightest at the top and going to the darkest at bottom. Project Blueprint, Screen [BP] You now have the ability to view just the graphic area by right clicking on the area and choosing Full Screen from the Quick Menu. You now have the ability to copy a previously digitized wall section or path to a new location. Currently, you can only do this for rectangular walls. You need to do three things: tell the program what you want to copy, how you want to copy it, and where you want to copy it. Select a path using the new Last Wall Moved Through drop-down list box in the center of the screen (see explanation below). Whatever appears under that box, is what will be copied when you select Copy Path, on the Place Wall tab, located on the place wall mode drop-down list box containing Continuous, Segmental, etc. If you want to copy the path's openings, panels, or pilasters, select the With Openings checkbox. Complete the process by moving to where you want the copy and digitize the Anchor and Direction point where you want the new path to be. The new path must be located on the same sheet. Copy Path can also be selected on the 16 button cursor using button E. Use the new Last Wall Moved Through drop-down list box in the center of the screen to select what you want to copy. Last Wall Moved Through displays the last segment section that the digitizer moved through. As you make your choice, the information for what is going to be copied appears below the drop-down list box: The options are: 1) Copy Path-Highlighted means you want to copy the selected or highlighted segment/section to the right of the drop-down list box on the screen; 2) Copy Path-Tag Segment means you want to copy the segment section that you have moved to in the graphic area of this screen using your digitizer pen or 16 Button Cursor; and 3) Copy Path-Lock Segment is selected to indicate you have finished making your selection. You can then move through other walls to digitize where you want to place the copy. The Last Wall Moved Through list is color coded and option 2 and 3 are the same color to indicate that they are used together. On Graphic Options, Screen [GO], a checkbox has been added for Match Line Anchors that is only available on Place Wall, Screen [PW]. On the Place Wall screen you will see indicators in the graphic for each sheet or match line that has at least one wall currently being shown. This is how to read the indicators: The indicators look like a bracket ( [ ). The vertical portion of the indicator is positioned at the anchor point for the sheet/match line, The height of the indicator is determined by the range of elevations for the walls being shown that are on its sheet/match line. The horizontal portion of the indicator points in the same direction as the sheet/match line. The indicators are shown in one of 3 colors: Green - is for the sheet which matches the current wall; White - is for the site sheet (will be green if the current wall is on the site sheet); and Blue - is for all other match lines. You now have the ability to view just the graphic area by right clicking on the area and choosing Full Screen from the Quick Menu. Next to Background Color, a checkbox has been added for Show Gradient Background. When checked the background color changes from a solid color to various shades of the selected color starting with the lightest at the top and going to the darkest at bottom. When you save the graphic, you can select two new graphic file types: PNG or Portable Network Graphic and RGB. PNG is the recommended choice. You now have the ability to view just the graphic area by right clicking on the area and choosing Full Screen from the Quick Menu. Update Wall-Wall Shape, Screen [D-17] You now have the ability to view just the graphic area by right clicking on the area and choosing Full Screen from the Quick Menu. |
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