COUNTPARTS

Although targeted to count scaffolding, you can add your own parts and count anything you'd like. After drawing your 3D scaffold model you can use the COUNTPARTS command to create a bill of materials for selected items. This command will display a dialog box allowing you to:

• Select the scaffolding. This button dismisses the dialog box, allowing you to select the scaffolding that you'd like to count.
• View reports and graphs in a print preview window by clicking on the Reports and Graphs button. All reports and graphs can be exported or emailed in Excel, Word, or PDF format.
• Open the bill of materials in Avontus Quantify (www.avontus.com/products/quantify/). This will be imported as an estimate, which can then later be converted to a shipment to a job or a scaffold.

MODIFYPARTS

If you'd like to modify the default scaffolding pieces (description, part number, weight, etc.) in the template or add your own parts, you can use the MODIFYPARTS command.

• To add a new part, click the Add button and note the Attribute ID or simply use the block name as the part number. If using an attribute, then after adding the part where you will need to add this attribute and count of the attribute to the block definition that you'd like to use. See instructions below for adding your own scaffolding parts.
• To edit an individual part, highlight it from the list and click the Edit button. This displays the details in a dialog box that you can change.
• A report is provided by clicking on the reports button. The report can be exported or emailed in Excel, Word, or PDF format.
• To change the items en-masse using the Change button. You first create a tab-separated text file with the part number and whatever item you'd like to change, then use the change button to modify these values.

Note that any modifications made here are saved to the scafffold.parts file, located in \My Documents\Scaffold Counter\Data\. You can share this drawing with others, or backup/restore to a new computer. Be sure to keep a backup of this file with any modifications you've made.

INTEGRATION WITH AVONTUS QUANTIFY

There are several options for integration with Avontus' rental/hire billing and asset tracking software, Quantify.

• If you have Quantify installed and wish to open your BOM directly into a Quantify estimate, click on the Open in Quantify menu item. After you log into Quantify the parts are matched with your Quantify list and imported into a new estimate. Warnings will be issued if scaffolding pieces are not matched and you can optionally display a list of these items.
  
  
• If you don't have Quantify installed you can export the BOM to a file and share it with a Quantify end-user. Within Quantify, click on the import button on the estimates tab to select and import the file. Warnings will be issued if scaffolding pieces are not matched and you can optionally display a list of these items.

ADDING YOUR OWN PARTS

Adding your own pieces to Avontus Counter is very easy and can be accomplished by following these steps:

1. Create a drawing of your scaffold part.
2. Create your new part using the MODIFYPARTS command, make note of the attribute ID that is created.
3. Create an attribute named PARTS placed next to the entities that you'll create a block out of. Within the attribute place a tag with the attribute ID and quantity separated by a semi-colon. If needed, copy one of the Avontus Counter blocks, explode it, and use the attribute found there.

Example:

Use [attributeID]:[quantity] where [attributeID] is the ID from the step above, and quantity is the count of the number of pieces in the block

Note:

You can place multiple [attributeID]:[quantity] items in a single tag to represent a block that contains many parts. See the frame scaffold frames for an example; these blocks contain a frame as well as two couplers.

DRAWING TEMPLATES

You may want to add your parts to the template drawing that ships with Avontus Counter. These templates are stored in your \My Documents\Scaffold Counter\Templates\ folder.

REPORTING

Robust reporting is built directly into Avontus Counter with automatic detection of either A4 or Letter paper size. The BOM can be printed with rental/hire rates, weights, and sell pricing. There are also several charts to see the ratios of weight compared to the overall list. Additionally, the reports can be saved to Microsoft Excel, Word, and PDF. Click on any of the tiles below for a larger view of the screen grab.

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