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Organizing Materials Lists

Columns

Categories

Inline Custom
Text Field

Edit Toolbar

Categories To specify a line item’s category

The line items in the Materials and Master 1. Create a Materials List, open the Master
Lists are organized into a set of predefined List, or open the Components dialog
categories, such as Electrical and Framing, for a particular object.
which display in the ID column. 2. Click in the cell in the ID column for a

You can specify which category each item line item.
belongs to in the Materials List and Master 3. Select the desired category from the
List. In addition, many objects can be drop-down list that becomes available.
assigned to a category prior to generating a
Materials List in the Components dialog. The categories that are available cannot be
See “Components Dialog” on page 1281. altered; however, you can specify which
categories are included in the Materials List
Unlike other categories that calculate in either of two ways:
materials or objects, the General category • Globally, in the Preferences dialog. See
lists information about the building’s thermal “Materials List Panel” on page 131.
envelope. See “Conditioned Area Totals” on
page 1278.

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