Features

• Does an automatic takeoff of ducts, fittings and registers from ductwork you drew using Manual D Ductsize. For any ductwork part in the list, lets you zoom to the source object on the Drawing Board drawing.

• Lets you enter as many custom parts as you want as well, either as one-time parts for only the current project's bill of materials or in your database so you can use the parts again later.

• Lets you edit the cost, price and other data for a part in-place in the bill of materials grid.

• Lets you enter default ductwork prices based on duct material, gauge, and weight or area, for ductwork parts that may not be in your database already.

• Lets you enter unit hours of shop labor and field labor for each bill of materials item.

• Lets you enter both the cost and sale price for your labor rates.

• Provides an optional Quantity Override column for each part so you can adjust the required quantities from the automatic takeoff to account for the amount you will have to scrap or for the actual amount you will have to order.

• Optionally shows you cost per pound, cost per area, and cost per gauge for all ductwork items.

• Optionally lets you group ductwork items based on duct material, gauge, or shape (or any combination).

• Works with high-velocity duct systems as well as conventional duct systems.

• Lets you choose from over 70 columns of data to include in your bill of materials, so you can have a layout that shows everything from just a simple takeoff with no costs to one that shows your costs, your markups, your sale prices, etc.

• Lets you apply sales taxes to material and/or labor on a part by part basis.

• Lets you create part assemblies and even nested assemblies that reference other assemblies.

Requirements

You must have active licenses for both Rhvac and Bill of Materials in order to go beyond the demo limits. For the full capabilities of the automatic ductwork takeoff feature, you must also have active licenses for Drawing Board and Manual D Ductsize.

Overview

Bill of Materials lets you create and fully customize any kind of bill of materials report you want, but its most attractive feature to the HVAC contractor is the automatic ductwork takeoff that it does from ducts you draw using the Manual D Ductsize program. It gives you complete control over all aspects of the bill of materials appearance, where you can choose a layout that shows only certain columns of data and turns off all the rest. You can select which colors to use, how to group the parts, etc., and can save your custom layout options for use in future projects.

Program Input

If you draw your ductwork with Manual D Ductsize, when you open the Bill of Materials window it will already be filled out with all the ducts, fittings and registers already filled in, including costs and prices defined in the Automatic Ductwork Pricing feature. Then all you have to do is edit any of the cost and price data that you want to change for individual parts (in-place in the grid), and add any additional parts you want to include. You can select your additional parts from your user-defined database of parts or you can enter a one-time part for the current bill of materials without having to enter it in the database.

Program Output

The Bill of Materials grid shows you the extended costs and prices for each item, sub-totals for each section, and a grand total. You can also print out a Bill of Materials report that can have a layout that is different from the layout you use for the Bill of Materials window's grid. For example, in the grid you might turn on the columns that show your costs, but in the printed report only show the columns that show your sale prices.