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Structural Member Reporting

• Check Assemble Deck Planking to han- • Click the Delete button to remove the
dle deck planking using board sizes from selected line item from the table.
the table below.
Items in the Boards to buy table are listed in
• Check Assemble Rim Joists to handle order of priority. If an item in a Materials
rim joists using board sizes from the table List could be cut out of more than one item in
below. this table, the program will select the item
• Select the Length Units that you want to with the highest priority. Specify the Priority
use from the drop-down list. The selected of the selected line item in the table.
unit(s) are used in the Structural Member • Click the Increase Priority button to
Reporting dialog as well as in the Materi- move the selected item one line up in the
als List when either Cut List or Buy List table. Only available when a line item is
is the selected method of reporting. Not selected and it is not first in the list.
available when Mixed Reporting or • Click the Decrease Priority button to
Total Lineal Length is selected.
move the selected item one line down in
2 The Buy List Board Sizes table is only the table. Only available when a line item
active when Buy List is selected above. is selected and it is not last in the list.
An effective Buy List include all types of Buy List tables can be saved as .json files
framing materials that you typically use, as and shared between plans.
well as each of the different lengths that you
expect to purchase. • Click the Import button to import a saved
Buy List table into the currently active
• Click on a line item to select it.
Structural Member Reporting saved
• Click the Edit button to open the Board default.
Specification dialog for the selected line • Click the Export button to save the Buy
item in the table.
List table as a .json file which can be
• You can also double-click on a line item imported into other plans.
to open its Board Specification dialog.
3 Specify the Kerf Width, which is the
• Click the New button to open the Board width of the material lost to the saw
Specification dialog for a new line item blade when a framing member is cut.
in the table.
Board Specification Dialog

Click either the New or the Edit button in the you can define a line item for the Boards to
Structural Member Reporting dialog to buy table. You also double-click on a line
open the Board Specification dialog, where item in the table to modify it.

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