Features

• Does an automatic takeoff of ducts, fittings and registers from ductwork drawn using Drawing Board and Graphic Manual D Ductsize within Rhvac for Windows.

• Over 12,000 parts are provided in the parts database that comes with Bill of Materials. You can edit and delete the existing parts and add thousands more if you like. Besides many thousands of duct items, the parts database comes with a wide diversity of items including copper tubing, ball valves, mixing valves, electric motors, filters, drain pans, condensing unit pads, HVAC equipment, and much more.

• New parts can be added on a one-time basis just for the current project's bill of materials, or you can add the part to the parts database so you can select that part for future projects.

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

• Allows you to import other parts lists that you might obtain from your local suppliers.

• The cost, price and other data for a part can be edited within the parts database or in-place in the bill of materials grid for the current project.

• Allows entry of quoted items like special electrical or plumbing work required.

• Allows entry of default ductwork prices based on duct material, gauge, and weight or area, for ductwork parts that may not be in the parts database already.

• Provides for the entry of unit hours of shop labor and field labor for each part in the parts database..

• Provides for the entry of both the cost and sale price of 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 may have to scrap or for the actual amount you will have to order.

• Optionally shows 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 or even ductless mini-splits

• Lets you choose from over 70 columns of data to include in your bill of materials report. 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, and more. You can save your favorite report layouts for quick view changes.

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

Requirements

Bill of Materials is an option within Rhvac for Windows (also known as Rhvac Desktop). You can try BOM within demo limits just by downloading a demonstration copy of Rhvac for Windows. To go beyond the demo limits on parts quantities, you must have an active license for both Rhvac and Bill of Materials. To use the full automatic ductwork takeoff feature of BOM, you must also have active licenses for Drawing Board and Graphic Manual D Ductsize.

Overview

Bill of Materials makes an accurate total estimate of the material and labor costs for your project, and this allows you to set a sales price to win the job with the profit you need. BOM comes with over 12,000 items in its parts database and it has capacity for many thousands more. It is easy to add, delete or edit items in the parts database. You can even import parts lists and prices from your own local supply houses.

One of the most attractive features of BOM is the automatic ductwork takeoff that it does from a duct system you draw using the Drawing Board and the Graphic Manual D Ductsize options within the Rhvac windows program. Duct sections of different materials and sizes, fittings, registers, and grilles are all automatically detected, categorized, and counted for you. Metal ductwork is also counted in square footage of surface area and total pounds. Whether you are working in full graphic mode with automated take-off ability or just using the simple manual entry take-off mode, the BOM option of Rhvac for Windows allows you to quickly account for all the material and labor items needed in your project.

Program Input

As mentioned previously, Bill of Materials can automatically do a parts take-off if you draw your ductwork with Drawing Board and Graphic Manual D Ductsize activated within Rhvac for Windows. When you first open the BOM window, it will already be filled out with all the ducts, fittings and registers shown on the drawing, including costs and prices as defined in the Automatic Ductwork Pricing feature. The next step would be to edit any of the cost and price data that you want to change for individual parts and add any additional parts or quoted items you want to include. You can select additional parts from the built-in parts database or you can enter a one-time part for the current bill of materials without having to first add it to the parts database.

When using BOM in Rhvac for Windows without Drawing Board or Graphic Manual D activated, you simply browse through the parts database and enter the appropriate quantities for all of your items. BOM then extends these counts on parts to obtain the correct total material and labor costs. Even without the graphic options activated in Rhvac, BOM is still a very useful and powerful tool for doing project cost estimates and setting sales prices.

Although BOM is oriented towards HVAC estimating, it can estimate for many other trades as well. The parts database allows any type of parts to be added, and you can create any type of cost category you want. You can easily use BOM to do a plumbing or electrical project estimate, for example.

Flexible Reports

Bill of Materials lets you create and fully customize any kind of bill of materials report you want. In fact, you are given complete control over all aspects of the bill of materials report. You can choose a layout that shows only certain columns of data and turns off all the rest. You can select which colors and fonts to use and how to group the parts and cost categories you have. You can also save your custom report layout options for use in future projects. See some sample reports here.