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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

When a Materials List is calculated, you can about the cell’s contents. When the Count is
have the program search the Master List for a total length, area, or volume, it may be
Price, Supplier, and Code information for rounded. The Tool Tip will show the value
each item by selecting Tools> Update From with greater accuracy.
Master. The information used is marked as
“Default” in the Master List. See “Materials Total Cost
List Columns” on page 1272.
By default, the Total Cost for a line item is
Changing Information calculated using the Count, Unit, Price,
%Markup, Labor and Equipment columns to
Although the information in some columns calculate the cost. The formula used is:
cannot be saved to the Master List, you can (Count + Extra) * Price * (1 + (%
change the information in any column in an Markup/100)) + ((Count + Extra) * Labor)
individual Materials List. As with added + ((Count + Extra) * Equipment)
information, click in a cell to select the
existing text, then type in the desired text. If a column does not appear, 0 is used for the
value of that column with the exception of
To move an item in a Materials List to a new Count and Price, which are always used in
category, select the cell in the ID column and the calculation even if they are not shown.
choose a new category from the drop-down
list that becomes available. You can also
select a subcategory by clicking in the cell in Copying Information
the Sub Category column. See “Categories” Portions of a Materials List can be copied
on page 1268.
and then pasted into a Text object or into
Materials List Formulas a word processing program or spreadsheet
program using the standard Windows Copy
Calculations in the Materials List are based (Ctrl + C), Cut (Ctrl + X), and Paste
on the properties of the objects in the model (Ctrl + V) commands. See “Copying and
and the materials assigned to those objects. If Pasting Text” on page 507.
the default calculations do not meet your
needs, you can replace them with custom Changing the Font
formulas. You can also add formulas to cells
that do not have automatic calculations. See The font used for Materials Lists, the Master
“Materials List Formulas” on page 1274. List and the Components dialog can be
specified in the Preferences dialog. See
Count and Formula Tool Tips “Font Panel” on page 108.
The size of this font can also be specified in
Whenever you mouse over a cell in the the Preferences dialog. See “Report Style
Materials List that is either in the Count Panel” on page 132.
column or contains a formula of any kind, a
Tool Tip will display, providing information

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