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--- smartsuite:smartplan_materials_enhancements [2019/09/13 19:11]
mikeclapp
+++ smartsuite:smartplan_materials_enhancements [2021/07/02 19:07] (current)
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 Now filtering is important for Materials because there are multiple operations taking place over the same area and being able to remove extraneous data from view is crucial with our limited screen real estate and the potential complications on sites. Adding filtering capability is an important added function probably to the menu because separating it from the normal view items in importance is probably desirable. For example I might just want to see the data for phase 2 of Storm. This should reduce the visible on screen items tremendously.
+===== Storing Materials Data Files ====
+Our current approach to Materials data is to currently store canned reports via the KMZ rather than do the math. Using Measure to break up quantities requires us to store the values of Structures and Materials and then do the math. The other advantage to doing so is that it's possible for the end user to override the section and alter the quantities. Since the thickness often varies this is really useful in the field.
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+====== Story 1 ======
+Joe Super has a project where he's paving a parking lot as part of the third phase of construction. The estimating department has done a takeoff with all of the materials quantities estimated and the geometry entered and saved the ADF file up to Access under that project directory. Thankfully they've broken it down into phases (1) for organization and also put it in the Paving Class. The job has been awarded and Joe goes out to start the paving operation.
+Before he goes out to the field he downloads the ADF into SmartPlan and looks at what's there. Since he's only interested in the Paving in Phase 1 (ph1) he picks those from the bottom bar to just show those.
+{{:smartsuite:smartplan_materials_phase-class.png?400|}}
+After pressing ok (mislabeled cancel) he sees just those structures that fit within the criteria. He can pick individual structures and press the I button on the action bar to display the same volumetric information he'd currently get in a KMZ exported version.
+===== ADF File implications ======
+The HTML property pages on objects in KMZ is functionality we'd like to emulate in the ADF file. While we could simply add a container for the same Html I would suggest we actually store the values and then use a reporting template to represent the different objects.
+By storing values it allows us to do calculations on Materials and Underground objects and do calculations since they are rather simple math. For example, we can draw a measure around parts of some objects, calculate the area that falls within them and report quantities that reflect that partial measurement.
+It also allows the user to override office numbers for actual. An example would be a pad originally specified as 4" (.333 section). If a rapid change came about and it had to be six inches the foreman could overide what the estimator specified with.5 for the section and show the updated quantities for on the fly ordering.

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