Function
- Bill of Materials calculates the quantities of materials during the initial estimation or design stage. It can be effectively used during the Optimum Design stage, once the structural design is completed and the member weights become known.
- Principal Functions
- Produce bill of materials by material properties / section property numbers
- Auto-calculate the length, painting area, weight and volume of members
- Classify rolled sections and built-up sections for steel members
- Auto-calculate the weights and areas by thicknesses of steel plates for built-up sections
- Calculate the volume of concrete for concrete members
- Provide weight summary sheets for the entire model for each element shape of each material type
- Provide a summary for the weight of the entire model
- B.O.M Output Format
Beam - Truss Element BOM type1 : Classify line elements per property number, section ID and material property
Beam - Truss Element BOM type2 : Classify line elements per section ID and material property
Beam - Truss Element BOM type2 : Classify line elements per section ID only
Built - up Plate BOM type1 : Classify steel plates constituting built-up line elements per thickness and material property
Built - up Plate BOM type2 : Classify steel plates constituting built-up line elements per thickness only
Plate type Element BOM : Classify planar elements per thickness and material property
Solid Element BOM : Classify solid elements per material property
BOM by Material : Summarize the total quantities per material property
Call
From the main menu, select [Project] tab > [Generator] group > [Bill Of material]
Input
1. Select the Bill Of Material menu to display the dialog box shown below.
2. The list box will display a list of available BOM templates based on the currently used elements. The list will not show any templates for unused elements.
3. You can specify the filename for saving by using the Browse button or directly entering it in the "File Name" field.
4. When you press the OK button, the file will be saved, and its contents will automatically be displayed in the Text Editor.
Fig. Bill Of Material dialog box