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"" "Detailed Description- How You Set It Up and How You Use It" " " "2.1 Random Access Master File Stores All Parts Data" "" "The system is `ALL-PURPOSE'- in that it will serve equally well " "for any detailed estimating assignment. You simply enter the " "materials or functions that you characteristically use in your work. " "They all reside on a `random access' Master file- PARTMST. This" "allows you to lookup any part in seconds for review or update. " "Since all parts are in one place you have NEW control over a " "formerly worrisome task. You lookup by the assigned part number" "or by an abbreviated (up to 8 char.) name. These part numbers" "and abbrv. names are in index files- PRTINDEX and NAMINDEX." "" "Special capabilities to estimate sheet metal ducting- fittings " "and installation are accomodated. These include offset dimensions-" "square feet for insulation requirements- joint taping and duct " "hanger spacing." "" "These part records- residing on the Master file- contain this " "information for each part; (A complete set of data for 8 sizes of " "the part is stored on each record):" "" " Part Number up to 7 chars. " " Description up to 20 chars." " Size Code 1 or 2 chars." " This size code references a separate Table file " " that stores all 8 size descriptions (each up to " " 14 chars. long) for the 8 sizes stored on each " " Master record. This saves you much time after you " " set up the appropriate series of sizes on the " " table." " Name Key up to 8 chars." " Catalog Number up to 7 chars. (opt)" " Mfg/Supply Code up to 7 chars. (opt)" " Related Part Nos. 3 occur. up to 7 chars. (opt)" " When this is used- any related parts are automat-" " ically included as equal quantities with the pri-" " mary part during the `Take off' function." " Markup Percentage up to 4 chars. (opt)" " If used this will automatically compute the retail " " price entry from the cost price entry. The result " " can be over-ridden if desired on an individual " " basis." " Price Effective Date 8 chars." " This date is taken automatically from the `run " " date' that is entered one time each update run. " " The run date may be over-ridden individually if " " desired." " Industry Price 8 occur. up to 8 chars." " This is the `list price' usually taken from an " " industry guide- ie. in the plumbing trade the " " `Moore Book'. While 3 price structures are " " supported-- only 1 is required." "PAGE.END" " Installation Labor 8 occur. up to 5 chars." " Shop Labor 8 occur. up to 5 chars." " Same source as above. Usually expressed in 100ths " " of an hour per part." " Actual Cost 8 occur. up to 8 chars. (opt)" " Retail 8 occur. up to 8 chars. (opt)" " Misc. Descript up to 10 chars. (opt)" " Misc. Pricing 8 occur. up to 8 chars. (opt)" "" "The following fields are included especially to support sheet " "metal estimates." " Duct/Fittgs Status 2 chars. (opt) " " Weight 8 occur. up to 4 chars. (opt)" " Square Feet 8 occur. up to 5 chars. (opt)" " Offset Dimen 1 (inches) 8 occur. up to 2 chars. (opt)" " Offset Dimen 2 (inches) 8 occur. up to 2 chars. (opt)" " * Hanger Spacing (inches) 8 occur. up to 2 chars. (opt)" " Duct1-Duct2 Sz Field 1 char. (opt)" " Duct1 Sz Code 1 or 2 chars. (opt)" " Duct2 Sz Code 1 or 2 chars. (opt)" " * Is an alternate use of OFFSET1 (1-8) fields when Duct/" " Fittgs Status is DL or DW. Update screen is re-labelled." "3.1 Initializing Random Access Files" "" "A random access file can be viewed as a cabinet having many bins " "or pigeon holes. You must create the file at the outset to have " "enough bins to hold all the records you plan to stuff into it. So-" "we have a program we call INITIAL- (EINT) which does just that. " "First- you estimate how many parts or materials you will be using " "in your type of estimating (taking into account that each record " "will store all the information on 8 sizes of the part)." "" "This program will then build the EstiBid Master file with that " "many bins or records for you. You should allow some cushion too. " "Now- once this is done you won't run this program again until you " "need to enlarge your file. Then it will be run in conjunction " "with the REORG program described later." "" "The INITIAL- (EINT) program has a menu that lets you select several " "files on different disk drives to initialize. That's because the " "`Data Base' approach we have used for your record storage requires " "a total of three random access files all working closely together. " "These 2 additional files are also viewed as file cabinets with " "even more bins- but much smaller bins. These are called index " "files because they are indices used to find the desired record in" "the Master file. One of these is stuffed with the part number of " "the Master record and the other is stuffed with the 8 char. name " "of the part." "" "Now- we have built the EstiBid programs (at a great investment of " "effort!) to be able to find the part no. or name index record in " "an instant or two using some program formulae. You simply enter " "the number or name when the program asks for it and it finds " "the index record which already has the location of the correct " "Master record. Then the program goes out to that bin and gets the " "PAGE.END" "data you need. The Master file is named PARTMST." "" "So- you need to initialize these three files at the very " "beginning. Then as you add parts to the system the PARTUP update " "program puts the Master record into the proper bin- builds the two " "index records and puts them into their correct bins. You'll notice " "from the program menu that you should specify about 30% more index " "records than the Master records you specify. This improves the " "efficiency of the system. This applies to both the index files." "" "When you run out of room- we haven't left you dangling- you will " "run the INITIAL program again- creating another larger Master " "File with a slightly different name PARTMST1- and two new larger " "index files- these do not have new names. Then The REORG program " "reads the old Master file PARTMST and writes the record into the " "larger new PARTMST1 and at the same time builds the new index " "files. This run is automatic after you start it. When it is fin-" "ished- you must rename the new Master to PARTMST- test that " "everything works and then get rid of the old Master and it's " "index files." "" "Another time when you will need to do all the above will be if " "something damages your index files and you find you do not have" "an adequate back up file. This will hopefully be rare. Back up " "means to copy the files off onto another disk. Then if you have a " "problem you can load your back up file- replacing the original " "Master file- re-enter what ever changes or additions that have " "occurred since the back up file was made and you are recovered! " "So when damage occurs- you will have two alternates to consider. " "REORG or back up recovery. Be prepared with regular back ups!" "" "4.1 Reorganizing the Data Base files" " " "Please read the information on Initialization of the files. It " "discusses most of the needs for reorganizing. You should know " "that the file access logic that we use does not require periodic " "reorganization to improve response time. Your response time to " "retrieve data should stay approximately the same until the index " "files approach 75% full. When the REORG- (EREO) program is run it " "will drop off any deleted records. " "" "4.2 Building the Size Code Table File" "" "Before you start to add your parts to the Master file- you should " "set up the various series of sizes you will be handling. You can " "do this right at the keyboard using the SZTAB- (ESIZ) program. Each " "table record holds 8 size descriptions (up to 14 chars. long)- " "starting with the smallest in the series. The actual record number " "in the table file is the size code that is then entered into the " "Master record for that part. The table will handle up to 99 " "codes or records of 8 sizes. It is named SZTABL." "" "If you have an occasional part that requires more than 8 sizes " "you can set up an additional series and add another Master record " "(using a different part number but using the exact same 8 char " "PAGE.END" "name key). This use of the same name key will always bring both " "Master records up together during the maintenance using program " "PARTUP. One size code will apply to many different parts having " "that same series of sizes." "" "To support sheet metal estimating- each Master record also has " "provision for 2 more size codes- `Dimen. 1 SzCd & Dimen. 2 SzCd'. " "These also refer to records on the same size code table file. " "Refer to our section 19.1- `EstiBid Master Record/Size Code Table" "Relationships'- for further explanation on this subject." "" "5.1 Master File Updating" "" "After you have run the program INITIAL and the SZTAB programs you " "are ready to add the first parts or materials into the Master " "file. The Master update program is PARTUP- (EMST). The screens are " "easy to follow. But first lets give a little thought to the " "selection of the part numbers you are going to assign. The system " "will accept any unique number less than 8 digits long." "" "However if you use `blocks' of numbers wisely so that similiar " "parts are associated by numbers in the block it will result in " "easier overall maintenance over the years. For instance- if all " "cast iron pipe and fittings are in the same block of numbers it " "will make a future program we plan to introduce useful for making " "`mass price changes' to that cast iron group. This program will be " "able to read all the Master records within the block and change the" "prices of all of them by a given percentage. You will furnish the " "low and high part numbers in the desired range- the price percent-" "age change and the program will do the rest. Even if the mass " "change was incorrect for some of them- you might find you would " "rather mass change all of them in the range and then return to " "several of them to put their prices back where they were- saving " "considerable time overall." "" "Now- you will be able to maintain this segregation within the " "block of records even when new parts are added later- IF you will " "`gap' the number assignments at the beginning. So- why not skip " "10 between each part number. Start your first group of parts at " "part number 10- 20- 30 etc. This will still allow about a million " "parts within the entire range. That should be enough!" "" "Another advantage to this sort of thoughtful organization is that " "the sequence of the Master file is exactly the same as you load " "the parts into it. So- if you put them in- in related groups or " "systems etc. that is how they will print out when you run PRNTMST " "(EPRM) to get a working list of the file contents. (Another " "program we will introduce in the future is a sort program that " "will build a disk file from the Master file in either part number " "sequence or in name key sequence to run into PRNTMST. This will " "help those who ignore this planning somewhat). So- If you go about " "this thoughtfully it will pay some dividends. " "" "EMST allows you to enter a 60 character Master file label with" "version numbers for the 2 index files. This lets you identify" "PAGE.END" "back up disks etc. so you can know when one was created." "" "6.1 Printing the Master File" "" "The program PRNTMST- (EPRM) prints a working report of the entire " "Master file that will be useful in maintenance. It has 2 functions: " " 1 prints a single line per part that includes the " " record no. " " 2 allows you to either print a complete profile of " " all parts or to selectively print a profile using " " the recd.no. as a pointer to that Master record. " "These reports are useful in system maintenance." "" "6.2 EstiBid Record Lengths" "" " Master record 650 chars. long" " Part Index record 30 chars. long" " Name Index record 32 chars. long" " Size Table record 130 chars. long" " Table file record 57 chars. long" " Reminder record 115 chars. long" " Reminder Extract recd 115 chars. long" " Bid Control record 200 chars. long" " Sub-assembly record 135 chars. long" " Sub-assembly Extract recd 45 chars. long" " System record 92 chars. long " " Extend Output recd 161 chars. long" " Scratch Pad record 85 chars. long" " Bid Summary record 458 chars. long " " Job Cost record 810 chars. long" " Extend Print record 163 chars. long" "" "6.3 EstiBid Storage Requirements" "" "Approximately 50 Master and associated records can be stored for " "every 100K (100-000 chars.) of disk storage one has available. " "This will vary somewhat based on the number of systems (tables) " "you have established in your work. Each extra system will have " "some extra storage overhead. Some of the programs have the option " "of mounting system disks as they are needed. This is somewhat a " "compromise. Most serious estimating applications deserve a micro-" "computer with a 10 megabyte hard disk. This will result in " "faster processing as well as giving more room to manuever. " "" "The programs and tables require approximately 1 meg of disk space. " "While not all of them need to be resident at any one time- again " "ample storage will make life easier for you. The largest program " "requires just less than 128K. " "" "All programming is done in CB86 and runs under the MS/DOS or " "PC/DOS operating system on the IBM-PC/XT/AT or compatibles. " "" "6.4 Customized System Files- Using the Table Program" "" "You can enter the parts or materials into the Master file in any " "PAGE.END" "order and still use the EstiBid system efficiently since you have " "complete control of the System file structure. You have a program " "that allows you to build a set of Table files. You simply enter " "all the part numbers of the system into a Table. For instance- all " "the cast iron drainage parts- are entered in a Table file along " "with the part sequence number you wish to control the order that " "the system should have. The most `popular' parts should have the " "lowest seq. number allowing them to be at the front of the `take " "off' function. The Table program- (ETAB) then sorts the table into " "that order. You name the Table files using up to 8 chars. Each Table " "file is limited to 125 records to stay within Table sorting memory. " "" "When you start a bid- the BLDSYS- (EBLD) program builds special " "System files for that particular bid- getting the proper data " "from the Table file- in the sequence of your sorted Table file." "" "7.1 Tally Work Sheets for Each System" "" "Another important function of the ETAB program is for printing " "the Master Tally Work Sheets for each system. These are printed " "in exactly the same sequence you established by sorting the Table " "files. The parts are printed in `rows' down the left side and " "there are 8 `columns' for the sizes. These columns are headed up " "with the 14 char. size descriptions of the size code that is in " "the Master record. If the size code changes from part to part in " "a system- the appropriate size headings are inserted in the work " "sheet." "" "To use the worksheet- you merely enter `tick marks' or quantity " "numbers in the size column as you takes off from the blue print." "" "These System Work Sheets conform to the screen layout of your " "takeoff program allowing a data entry clerk to key the work-" "sheets- freeing the estimator to stay with job estimating." "" "You can have sets of these Master Work Sheets printed to use in " "bid take offs. This option- entering the quantities into the" "work sheets instead of entering them directly at the keyboard- " "has at least two advantages: 1. Several estimators may work bids " "at the same time and; 2. It probably will give better control over " "the bidding operation. (A final function of the Takeoff program can " "give you a Verification report of each system showing all the " "quantities in the same format as the work sheets)." "" "The Sub-assembly program has a similar work sheet function. These " "work sheets also serve as `hard copy' evidence of the Table file " "sequence etc. They will be useful to reference in maintaining your " "system." "" "7.2 Table Refresh Program" "" "The above Table program obtains some data from the Master file as " "the entries are made. Since this data has the possibility of " "changing- the entire Table file is `refreshed' if any change is " "entered. Additionally- the program TABREFR (ERFR) is furnished to " "PAGE.END" "run without attention and refresh all the Table files used in " "your EstiBid system. The data that is refreshed is: Part " "Description- Master part record no.- Master size code and the " "Turbo Sub flag if it represents a Turbo Sub Master recd." "" "8.1 Sub-assemblies to Speed up the Bidding Process" "" "The EstiBid system supports sub-assemblies. You can configure up " "to 40 of them in advance. Each one can have up to 10 parts- " "specifying the quantity and size (1-8) of each part. On takeoff " "at any time- you can enter a `S' and these subassemblies- instantly " "come up on the screen. If there are any related part numbers " "attached to the parts entered into the subassemblies- they will " "also be handled automatically! The program SUBASMB- (ESUB) like all " "EstiBid programs- makes easy- quick work of configuring the sub-" "assemblies. The sub-assembly file is named SUBASMB. During takeoff- " "a 3 char. Job No. may be assigned to individual sub-assemblies. " "The program ESUB also produces an extract file for the specific bid " "to hold the sub-assembly quantities for a specific bid." "" "8.2 Turbo Sub is a Great Approach to Sub-assemblies." "" "`Turbo' for fast! Any Master record may be set up as a Turbo Sub " "primary record. Give it the name of the assembly and an " "appropriate size code that might describe a series of similar " "such assemblies. Our program TURBOSUB- (ETRB) lets you enter the " "part numbers- quantities and size designation (1-8) for up to 10 " "components for the assembly. Any `related' parts will be " "automatically included!" "" "Another function of ETRB then processes all the Turbo Subs you " "have established and gets all the pricing and labor information- " "totals them and stores the results in the primary Turbo Sub " "Master record you have assigned to the assembly. From there on it " "is treated just as any other individual part in the system. It " "speeds up all phases of the work!" "" "Periodically- you can run ETRB- at your convenience and it will " "refresh all Turbo Subs with the current pricing and labor." "" "Turbo Subs could be electrical components: An electrician views " "an outlet as a unit cosisting of a box- a connector- a " "convenience duplex outlet and a cover. He sees a run of conduit " "as a 10 ft section of 1/2` EMT- 30 ft of #14 wire and a coupling " "etc.. A builder might see a 10x10 slab as gravel- plastic " "membrane- rebar and concrete. A 8x10 wall section as siding- " "tarpaper- sheeting- studs- plates- sheetrock and nails. The " "different type of nails could be handled as `misc. material' " "entries with the various parts." "" "Now- when the bid is awarded- ETRB will print a material list " "with prices- if desired- of all the parts that made up any Turbo " "Subs used in the bid." "PAGE.END" "9.1 Non-material Reminder Items and Sub-contractor Totals" "" "You can enter a series of Reminders in advance that will always " "come up at bid summary time. No longer will you wonder if your " "estimators have considered all the routine extras. Also at bid " "summary you may enter all sub-contractor amounts and descriptions. " "This program produces the Reminder Extract file- REMXTRXX-" "specifically for your bid. XX represents your assigned bid ID." "" "Another function of the REMIND- (EREM) program allows you to set " "up the various options- wage rates and multipliers to be used in " "the bid extension step. These options appear on a screen as a " "`fill in the blanks' worksheet allowing you to see the " "relationship of the options. You simply enter Y/N answers. You " "may set up 3 sets of composite wage rates for both shop and " "installation labor. Each composite may include up to 4 wage " "levels with their corresponding % of involvment. The program " "computes the composite from your entries." "" "This basic set of options is saved from bid to bid for your quick " "review and adjustment. A `hard copy' verification is printed of " "all options and wages." "" "9.2 The Bid Control File" "" "You start each bid by copying a Bid Control File from one of " "several `pattern' Bid Control Files you have on hand. You use a " "program that guides you easily through the steps to modify the " "copy to suit the current bid. You will have these items in the " "file:" " 1. The name of the Bid- Address etc." " 2. A special 2 char. identification code of your " " choosing" " 3. The names of the systems you will use in this bid" " 4. Individual Labor rates for each system" " 5. Individual Labor multipliers for each system" " 6. Individual pricing (3) multipliers for each system" " 7. Number of identical systems in the bid" " 8. Number of similar systems in the bid" " 9. System status- processed- labor hours or dollars " " extended" "" "Every step in the bid process references this Bid Control File. " "The special 2 char. ID code you assigned is your assurance that " "you will not mix this bid with another that may be in process. " "The file is named BIDCTL plus ID. The program that updates the " "file is BIDCTRL- (EBID). As many as 99 systems may be included." "" "The individual Labor rates and multipliers- pricing multipliers " "give you unusual flexibility to adjust costs system by system dur-" "ing the bid EXTEND step- automatically as the EXTEND- (EXTD) or" "(ESMX)- program references these values on the Bid Control file- " "BIDCTL." "" "The EXTEND step optionally extends the labor to hours or dollars " "PAGE.END" "and applies whatever rates and multipliers you have in the Bid " "Control record for that system. You may wish to apply the labor " "rates later during the summary step." "" "During the bid Extension step- the total material dollars- (Ind. " "Cost- Cost & Retail) and the total labor hours (or dollars) for " "each system is stored on the Bid Control file and the BIDSUM file" "allowing a quick and easy Bid Summary report. At that time the " "summary step can further adjust labor and pricing structures as " "often as you desire- always re-running from the base values " "established by the EXTEND step." "" "The system status is set automatically by the EXTEND step to " "alert the summary step if labor rates have been applied to the " "hours- thus blocking any double application of labor rates. Any " "further modification of labor in the bid SUM step can be handled " "by adjusting the labor multipliers." "" "10.1 Build the Bid's System Files" "" "The 2nd step in estimating a bid- is to build the System files for " "this particular bid using BLDSYS- (EBLD) program. The above " "paragraph- 6.4- on `Customized System Files' discusses this " "function. It is simply a process that uses your Bid Control file to " "select the desired Table files- which in turn then builds the " "System record from the Table record file in the sequence you " "established in building the Table files. When you use the takeoff" "function to enter the quantities of parts required for the bid- " "these quantities will be stored on the System files. These files " "will assume the first 4 chars. of the Table names plus the 2 char. " "bid ID code plus a file sequence no. and could look like this: " "COPPER Table- Bid ID- AB Seq. No. 3 COPPAB3" "" "10.2 Extract the Bid's Sub-assembly File" "" "If you are using Sub-assemblies in the bid- and they have " "already been configured- you will need to run the SUBASMB- (ESUB)" "program function that builds the Sub-assembly Extract file for " "this bid. The quantities of the sub-assemblies used in this bid " "are stored on this file. The extract file name is SUBXTR plus the " "bid ID code and might be: SUBXTRAB" "" "10.3 Extract the Bid's Reminder File" "" "Each bid has it's own Reminder Extract file- allowing you to " "enter costs for each reminder (usually a non-material expense or " "sub-contractor descriptions and costs) that apply to that partic-" "ular bid. If the reminder does not apply to that bid it is " "quickly bypassed by the estimator. The sub-contractor entries " "will usually be handled at bid summary time. The extract file is " "named REMXTR plus the bid ID code and could look like REMXTRAB." "The extract is a function of program REMIND- (EREM)." "PAGE.END" "11.1 Using the Bid Take Off Program" "" "The TAKEOFF- (ETAK) program supports direct entry at the keyboard " "as the estimator follows the various systems through the blueprint. " "The program also conforms exactly to the system worksheets " "produced by the TABLE program- allowing a clerk to enter directly " "from these worksheets using the quantities written in (or `tick " "marked' in) by the estimator. At the conclusion of the take off- a " "verification report for each system can be printed in the same" "format as the take off screens and the work sheets for final con-" "firmation that the quantities and the worksheets conform." "At `take off' time everything is completely organized for the " "estimator or the data entry clerk. The computer brings in the Bid " "Control file- the Sub-assembly extract file (if you are using " "sub-assemblies) and furnishes you a menu of all the systems you " "have entered (or copied) on the Bid Control file for this bid." "" "You select the system you are going to trace through the blue- " "print or enter from the worksheet. That system of up to 125 parts " "with 8 sizes per part is quickly read into the computer- a block of " "records at a time. You select the block starting point. The sub-" "assemblies are also stored in the computer." "" "Then this block of parts for that system come up on the computer " "screen with the part descriptions and 8 size columns with their " "14 char. size descriptions. You have control of the screen " "`cursor' which indicates which part & size you will enter a quan-" "tity into. The `cursor' either moves horizontally across the 8 " "sizes to follow the worksheet or it moves down the page in a par-" "ticular size column of your selection to support take off " "directly from the blueprint. You may quickly switch from horizontal " "cursor movement to vertical and back. You may also `jump' to " "specific horizontal lines as desired. See APPENDIX 1 for details." "" "The most frequently used parts will come up on the early pages " "because you set them up that way with the Table program sequence " "numbers. When you want to enter a part's quantity you simply skip " "the cursor (pressing `return' key) to the correct part descrip-" "tion and size column and key the quantity. It adds to the amount " "that already shows in that field from any previous quantity entry." "" "If you have set up the Bid Control record for that system to " "handle any number of exact duplicate systems- (multiple storied " "buildings for instance) your quantity entry will automatically be " "multiplied by the number of exact duplicates specified on the Bid " "Control record for that system. If you wish to reduce a quantity-" "you enter the reduction with a minus sign and it reduces without " "applying the above `duplicate' feature. If the part you wish to " "take off isn't on the page you enter a `M' for `more' and get the " "next page in an instant- or a `P' for the previous page. " "" "11.2 Scratch Pad Function in the Take Off Program" "" "Should you encounter a part that is not in your specified system-" "you can enter the `SC' function and the computer will bring up a " "PAGE.END" "`Scratch Pad' screen for that system. You can enter the quantity" "description- price- labors etc. for as many as 18 items- and then" "return to the system where you left off. " "" "12.1 Calculate Cubic Volumes or Areas in the Scratch Pad" "" "While in the `Scratch Pad' mode you may enter `CA' for Calculate- " "and you will enter into another screen especially designed to " "easily compute either cubic ft/yds or square ft/yds and the hours " "required to handle the total volume or surface computed. This " "function automatically handles and totals 10 segments of volume " "or surfaces. The volume formula easily handles a `wedge shaped' " "segment as experienced with a hillside footing etc. The area " "formula handles a triangular shaped surface as a segment of a " "roof etc." "" "" "12.2 Cubes- Wedges- Rectangles- Triangles Pictured for Easy" " Dimension Entry" "" "These Calculate Screens display a simple picture of the cube- " "wedge- square or triangle with `fill-in the blanks' dimension " "entries for you at the appropriate places on the picture. You " "enter the dimensions in feet using 2 decimals to represent " "inches. (If you have trouble re-calling the decimal equivalent of " "inches- you can enter `DT' function and a table of decimal " "equivalents is displayed instantly for you!)" "" "By entering the dimensions of the various segments making up your " "estimating problem you will obtain a total of up to 10 segments " "per use of the Calculate screen. (You could re-enter and handle " "10 more segments)." "" "When you have completed the segment entries you may exit the " "Calculate screen and return to the Scratch Pad screen where you " "left off. The total SqFt/SqYds/Hrs results are also displayed on " "this screen with a place for you to enter a dollar rate to apply " "to either SqFt- SqYds- FtHrs or YdHrs. When you enter your choice " "and the rate- it computes and enters into the Price field of the " "Scratch Pad record. You enter the description etc. of the volume " "or area." "" "These scratch pad files for each system (as used) are then handled " "by the EXTEND program automatically with no further attention from " "you." "" "When you are through with the Scratch Pad- for that time- you " "exit and return to the exact place of the system Take Off that " "caused you to go to the Scratch Pad!" "" "12.3 Easily Exit to Enter Sub-assembly Quantities" "" "When you encounter a previously configured sub-assembly- you " "simply enter a `S' and the screen instantly responds with a take " "off menu of the sub-assemblies! You can page through them in the " "PAGE.END" "same way as explained above for the system parts. You enter the " "quantities adding or subtracting much as explained above. When you " "want to return to the system menu you enter an `E' for `exit' and " "the computer returns instantly to the page of the system you left " "to enter sub-assemblies. As you enter the sub-assembly quantities- " "you also may enter the appropriate job no. for job accounting." "" "13.1 Flagging Parts for Selective Printing on Detail Bid" "" "The Take off screen also allows you to enter a flag on any parts " "you wish to print selectively on the Detail Bid Report. This print " "option causes the flagged (big ticket) parts to print while " "unflagged parts are extended but not printed. See Appendix 1." "" "Incidentally- all the menu control commands like `S'- `M'- `P'- " "`E'- `SC' etc. are explained at the foot of every screen for " "your convenience." "" "When you are through with one system you enter `E' for exit and " "the quantities you entered to that point are stored back onto the " "system disk file. At this point you may elect to print a " "verification report in the same format as the worksheet. You are " "then returned to the main menu of systems to select the next sys-" "tem you want to take off or you may exit the take off step." "" "13.2 Handling a Partially Completed System Take Off" "" "If you have overlooked parts to enter into a previous system " "it's ok. You simply re-select that system from the main menu- the " "computer brings in the system into main memory with all the quan-" "tities you previously entered. Then you enter the new quantities " "and they add to the ones you entered previously." "" "This allows you to interrupt any bid take off at any point " "safely! An important feature. The fact that the whole bidding " "operation is under tight control of the Bid Control file and it's " "Bid ID code is also very important. The Bid ID code makes it " "impossible to mix the quantities from one bid into another as long " "as you log the ID codes correctly at the start of each bid." "" "13.3 Handling Identical and Similar Systems" "" "In paragraph 9.2 we noted that your Bid Control File can be set " "up to handle Identical or `duplicate' Systems (a multi-storied " "building could result in several identical or duplicate systems). " "These are handled by the Take Off program automatically multiply-" "ing the quantities entered by the exact number of identical " "systems on the Bid Control record. The multiplied value shows on " "your screen as you enter the quantity for one system. Should you " "need to correct an entry- it will require you to enter a " "correction reflecting the number of the identical systems with a " "minus sign. The number of identical or duplicate systems is noted " "on your Take Off screen." "" "Similar or `copied' Systems are merely a way that a large system " "PAGE.END" "may be fragmented into smaller more manageable systems. When you " "enter a number of `copies' or similar systems in your primary Bid " "Control File system record- the Bid Control Program's `copy' " "function produces an extra control record for that number of " "`copies' or similar systems. Each such record is configured like " "the primary system record- but has a file number in the file name " "that indicates it is one of several copies of the primary system " "control record. These `copied' or similar systems then come up " "for Take Off one at a time for part quantity entries." "" "Optionally- a verification report may be printed for each system-" "showing quantities in effect." "" "14.1 The Bid Extension Program" "" "Having finished the bid take off- you are now ready to run the " "EXTEND (EEXD) program. Again the Bid Control file is required and " "assures you of the bid identity. If you have sufficient disk drive " "capacity to have all the system files mounted at one time (this is " "an option)- you will be able to run the EXTEND program without " "interruption or attention after it is started. Each system is " "sub-totalled- summary data is stored on the Bid Control and " "BIDSUM files." "" "14.2 Wide Variety of Bid Options Stored on Reminder File" "" "However- this program furnishes you numerous options to take " "advantage of all the flexibility allowed by multiple pricing " "structures- multipliers for pricing and for two labor structures. " "These may be applied individually by system- during either the " "EXTEND step or waiting till the Summary step. Both labor struc-" "tures allow you to enter 4 labor rates with corresponding per-" "centages to be computed automatically into a composite rate " "reflecting the different skill level and cost of apprentice- " "journeyman etc. Rates and multipliers can be stored individ-" "ually by system on the Bid Control File for auto extension!" "" "So- the REMIND program has a function on it's menu that allows you " "to enter your most common approach to all these bid options on a " "`fill in the blanks' screen. Your answers to all these options are " "stored for use over and over on each bid. " "" "14.3 Quick Revision of All Standard Options" "" "When the REMIND (EREM) program function comes up- these options and " "answers are on the first screen. You then quickly review and revise " "them to suit this bid. This screen allows you to re-enter the price " "multipliers- and the labor rates with their multipliers. You elect " "whether to apply them to the entire bid or to halt the program at " "each system and apply them- allowing multiplier revisions- as " "desired. Up to 3 sets of composite labor rates are stored to use on " "various systems." "" "When you are fully satisfied with the options- (some choices will " "eliminate some options of course)- the computer will print out all " "PAGE.END" "the options- rates- multipliers etc with a 4 char. option ID of your " "choice. These printed options will remain with your detail bid." "" "15.1 Automatically Retrieves and Extends All Related Parts" "" "The options from EREM are used in the EXTEND (EEXD) program. As" "the program extends- (multiplies the quantities times the prices " "and the labor in 100ths of hours)- and prints the detail- it " "recognizes if there are any parts `related' to that primary part. " "If so- it gets that part (the related part or parts)- from the " "Master file- randomly in a second or so- and also extends it's " "price and labor. The detail print line of the related part " "includes an `R' alongside the quantity." "" "This is a powerful concept and will save you much estimating effort. " "It is the way to automatically include such materials as solder for " "copper sweat joints etc. Set up solder as a related part and `relate' " "it to primary parts requiring solder." "" "15.2 Misc. Description and Quantities" "" "If the Misc. Description and pricing of the Master record is used " "for items that relate to the primary part- they are extended and " "identified with an `M' and are summarized together by Misc. Descrip-" "tion ID when printed- so that at the end of the detail bid report " "you can see their impact and then adjust the bid total if desired." "" "15.3 Sub-assemblies Extended" "" "After the last system is extended- the program proceeds to extend " "the sub-assemblies in a similiar manner. An `S' will be printed" "along side each sub-assembly part. Related parts are treated as " "described above and an `R' is printed alongside the quantity." "" "15.4 The Sheet Metal Extend and Detail Bid Print Programs" "" "The logic to handle system files that have sheet metal materials " "requires that the EXTEND and detail PRINT programs be two " "separate steps. When the standard extend step discovers such " "materials or parts in a system it will display a message and " "terminate that system extension. In processing sheet metal systems" "the EXTEND (ESMX) program produces a detail print file- EXTOUT " "plus the bid ID- perhaps AB- EXTOUTAB. This file is printed by " "the program PRINT (EPRT) producing the final Detail Bid Report. " "This PRINT step runs without attention- computing the impact of " "the special features that accomodate sheet metal estimating. It" "produces summary reports of ducting and misc. materials." "" "This will cause the detail bid report to have two `grand totals' " "if one extend procedure is applied to `standard' materials and " "the other is applied to sheet metal materials. This will however " "be the faster process. The 2 sets of systems will all be combined " "in the bid summary reports. The special extend (ESMX) program " "will- however properly extend standard systems for printing too." "PAGE.END" "16.1 The Bid Summary Program" "" "The Bid Summary Program (ESUM) gives you numerous options for " "concluding the bid. These are well identified in the program menu. " "The program runs from the Bid Control file and the Reminder file. " "" "If all the options have been applied in their final form during " "the EXTEND step- you may chose to print the summary report with no" "intervention except when the Reminders come up." "" "16.2 Many `What If' Options for Quick Bid Review/Revision" "" "However- you may wish to enter a 60 char. comment at any system " "or sub-assembly summary print out." "" "Or-- you may wish to review each system on the screen revising the " "labor rates and/or multipliers- seeing just how the EXTEND step has " "served up the totals to this point. As the systems come up on the " "screen the EXTEND results show at the upper portion of the screen " "and again at the lower portion. As you choose to revise any rates " "and multipliers- you do so at the lower portion. The totals are re-" "computed and displayed in the lower fields. The EXTEND results on " "the upper portion are never changed and are available for as many " "`what if' re-runs of SUM step as you want. When you are satisfied " "with this `what if' you can then enter the 60 char. comment to note " "why you did what you did! Then the program brings up the next " "system. You have the opportunity to enter or change the 3 char- Job " "ID." "" "When all systems have been reviewed- the sub-assemblies (if any) " "are handled in the same way." "" "Then the Reminders come up for reveiw and revision or bypass. More " "non-material entries may be made at this time along with sub-" "contractor entries. Job ID's are attached. " "" "16.3 Supress Printing of Labor Rates and Multipliers If Desired" "" "You may want to suppress printing the labor rates and the multi-" "pliers- and this is an option." "" "The summary report is printed showing sub-totals for the Systems-" "the Sub-assemblies and the Reminders. A Grand total is furnished. " "A Job ID summary report is printed. If any system- sub-assembly-" "reminder or sub-contractor is without a job ID it is summarized " "into a misc. ID." "" "Again- you may run the SUM step as often as desired. Each time it " "runs from the results of the EXTEND step. There is no possibility " "of double extension or double application of rates etc." "" "The summary data is all stored on the Bid Control File and may be " "copied to a separate floppy if desired for long term retention- " "future revision and re-use. You could re-apply all the flexibility " "in the SUM Program step to such a bid. Some jobs might be worth a " "PAGE.END" "`quick and dirty' estimate if they are similar enough to a past " "job. Getting more- profitable- estimates out is- of course- your " "goal!" "" "17.1 The Job Cost Accounting Module" "" "The SUM program automatically produces a Job summary report and" "a 26 week Job File that allows you to enter actual payroll hours- " "material and non-material dollars as experienced in implementation. " "A comprehensive report gives the %'s expended by job and a % " "planned to date. Updating and reporting use program JOBCST (EJOB)." "Additional weeks may be added to the job file as required." "" "17.2 The Re-estimate Program" "" "After a bid has been awarded and progress has been made toward " "materials purchased- labor expended etc. you may want to re-" "estimate systems or the entire bid based upon harder- actuals " "being experienced. The program REESTI (ERES) responds to this." "" "If you anticipate doing this- you must save all your bid's system " "files along with the Bid Control and BIDSUM files. Next you must " "re-name your current Master file to save it for current " "estimating useage. Then you copy the re-named Master file- " "creating a duplicate with the standard name PARTMST. You will be " "revising some of this Master's prices as you have actually " "experienced in purchasing. " "" "Now- using the program ERES- you use the Bid Control file-" "system files- Turbo Sub-assembly and Sub-assembly files that were " "used in the original awarded bid. ERES reads the Bid Control file " "either under menu selection or all systems automatically as you " "chose. Each system part with the original quantities and pricing " "comes up quickly on a data entry screen for your review to " "adjust." "" "When a Turbo Sub entry is encountered- it brings in all the " "components of the assembly for review and revision." "" "Having noted the actual unit costs variations on the original " "bid's detail report or material list as P.O's and invoices are" "processed- will help organize such a re-estimate project." "" "When the prices of the systems in question (or the entire bid) " "have been revised- you simply run the bid EXTEND and SUM steps- " "noting the proper multipliers for your purposes." "" "When finished- you will probably want to restore the original " "Master file for on-going current estimates. To do this- simply " "re-name the adjusted Master to something like ADJMST and then " "re-name the original Master back to PARTMST. The EMST program " "allows you to enter a 60 character internal `label' to all Master " "files to let you describe why you are keeping a version of the " "Master. If any update to the Master takes place that adds a new " "Master record or changes an abbreviated 8 char. part name- it " "PAGE.END" "effects the 2 index files. So the Index file version numbers " "should be embedded in the Master label name. Each Master should " "have it-s own Index files." "" "If your re-estimating is apt to tie up the Master file for long- " "it will be good practice to also copy and re-name the original " "Index files too- to avoid the chance that the Indexes will become " "corrupted by casual updates to the Master." "" "Now- an alternative to the above re-naming procedures would be to " "rely on `back up' copies of the various Master and Index files. " "Saving the current versions and loading in the version taken (and " "saved) after the original bid was processed." "" "18.1 The Erase Bid Utility Program" "" "By using the Bid ID code this program- EERA can find every System " "file- and every Scratch Pad file for a specific bid. If you are " "sure you are through with these files this program will automatically " "find them and ERASE them FOREVER! Very helpful but also VERY powerful. " "Be sure of your bid ID and that you are through with the detail of " "the systems etc. This ERASE program does not ERASE the Bid " "Control File- the BIDSUM file or the Job file." "" "18.2 The TESTREAD and COPYMST Utility Programs" "" "These programs will be used when damage has occurred to Master " "file- probably from a power bump or failure. TESTREAD- (ETST) will " "read the Master file sequentially starting with record 1 and read " "as far as it can- letting you know the last record it can read " "successfully." "" "Then you may run COPYMST (ECPY) program to copy that portion of the " "damaged file to a larger file that has been initialized. In this " "way you can recover as many of the Master records as practical. " "This would then be followed by a run of the REORG program to build " "the 2 Index files." "" "At this point- you would need to re-enter all data that had been " "added to the system since that last readable Master record had been " "added to the file. A frightening prospect!" "" "18.3 BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP!!" "All of this is a `last ditch' type of recovery. Far better to back-" "up your Master and Index files after each updating session! Or if " "you don't see this as practical- backup on a regular schedule and " "keep some record of all the changes that were entered since the " "backup. Then you can recover by reloading your backup copies to " "your hard disk and re-enter the changes that have occurred since " "taking the backup. PRACTICE GOOD BACKUP PROCEDURES. IT PAYS!!" "" "18.4 The BAKUP Program for Multiple Floppies" "" "You should backup your Master and 2 Index files after each updat-" "PAGE.END" "ing session. Your computer system utilities should include backup " "programs. In MS/DOS we frequently rely on the COPY function." "However- when you are using a hard disk you could have a Master " "file that is larger than can be held on one of your floppy disks. " "Again- your computer system programs should address this need. " "But- if they don't- you can use the BAKUP (EBAK) program we have " "furnished until you purchase such a utility. Ours is NOT fast- " "but we don't want you to be without some tool. This program copies " "the Master file from the hard disk to multiple floppies. Later it " "will load the same Master file from the multiple floppies back " "onto the hard disk." "" "19.1 EstiBid Master Record/Size Code Table Record Relationships" " " "These illustrations are intended to help you understand how the sys-" "tem stores and controls the data so it is available to you in the" "desired sequence at Takeoff time and when the detail Bid Report is " "printed." "" "Think of these illustrations as a file of records. Each line on the" "illustration is a separate record. The Part Master record has a " "record for Galvanized Iron Elbows- Copper Tees- Galvanized Iron Tees-" "Copper Tees- Copper Elbows- Sheet metal ducting and Duct fittings." "" " PART MASTER FILE" "Part | |Size|Duct/|Duct1|Duct2|Duct1 & Duct2 " " No. | Part Description |Code|Fittg|Sz Cd|Sz Cd|Size Fld(1-8)" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "2345 | Galv Iron Elbow | 1 | N | | |" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "3333 | Sheet Metal Ducting| 4 |DW/DL| | |" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "1222 | Copper Tees | 2 | N | | |" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "2222 | Galv Iron Tees | 1 | N | | | " "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "4343 | Copper Elbow | 2 | N | | |" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "2456 | 10x6(8x8) Duct Ftgs| 3 |FW/FL| 4 | 5 | 6**" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "4545 | 10x10(10x8)DuctFtgs| 3 |FW/FL| 4 | 5 | 8**" "-------|--------------------|----|-----|-----|-----|----------------" "" "The Size Code Table file in this illustration has records 1 thru 5" "corresponding to the size codes 1-4 used in the Master file illustra-" "tion above. The one code equates to 8 separate `size' descriptions. " "These size descriptions may be up to 14 characters long. We say `size' " "because you will see from this discussion that the size code can also " "represent 8 different part descriptions of the same size. This allows " "2 ways of storing parts. The 2nd approach is suited for duct- ftgs." "PAGE.END" "Recd No." " or SIZE CODE TABLE FILE" "Size Cd | Des1 | Des2 | Des3 | Des4 | Des5 | Des6 | Des7 | Des8" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " 1 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 1/4 | 1 1/2 | 3 | 4 | 6" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " 2 | 3/8 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 1/4 | 1 1/2 | 2 | 3" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " 3 | EL | TEE | WYE | FLEX | Red EL|Red TEE|Red WYE|Red FLEX" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " 4 | 6x4 | 6x6 | 8x4 | 8x6 | 8x8 | 10x6 | 10x8 | 10x10" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " 5 | 4x4 | 6x4 | 6x6 | 8x4 | 8x6 | 8x8 | 10x6 | 10x8" "--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------" " | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | **6 | 7 | 8" "" "When you look closely at the above 2 illustrations- you see that the" "Master file records accomodate 3 size codes. Also that Duct and Fit-" "tings may be identified with a N/DW/DL/FW/FL so that our programs can " "give them special handling. You may also notice that the Master re-" "cords are on the file in a `random' order. " "" "20.1 Special Use of the Size Code Table for Sheet Metal" "" "In the case of the Sheet Metal Fittings- we make use of all 3 size " "codes. In the other parts we only use the primary size code. But some " "of the fittings are reducing fittings so they have 2 size dimensions. " "The primary size code is used to describe or name 8 different fittings " "instead of describing 8 sizes of one part." "" "Notice how part no. 2456- describes 10x6 duct fittings with a possible" "(8x8) second dimension. The names of the various fittings are stored " "in the primary size code record- 3. The Duct1 & Duct2 Sz Field- 6-" "points to the proper sizes in the Size Table records 4 and 5." "" "The rectangular duct itself- part no. 3333- is described by the primary" "size code- 4. In reality- the size code for the duct could also include " "the different gauges of metal in each 14 char. description field." "" "Now- this illustration doesn't show it- but the Master record also has " "2 fields to store the `offset' dimensions for the sheet metal fittings." "These are labeled `offset1 and offset2'. You will need to enter the " "offset dimension that corresponds to the Duct1 SZ Cd and Duct2 Sz Cd. " "" "Then the EstiBid system will automatically subtract these offset " "dimensions from the overall duct length of that dimension as furnished " "during Takeoff. This final ducting length is the actual length of " "ducting required after the total offset dimensions for the fittings in " "that size ducting has been subtracted out." "" "Okay- that's how the Size Codes and the Size Code Table descriptions" "relate to the Master file records. You will obviously- need to closely" "follow these examples as you set up your sheet metal records." "PAGE.END" "21.1 Sheet Metal Labor & Pricing by LinealFt/Pc or by Weight/SqFt" "" "The Duct-Fittgs field controls this function. You enter either N/DW/DL/" "FW/FL in each Duct or Fittings Master record. The Extend program takes " "care of your choice- applying your entered rate to that system. (N or" "blank = no action). See Appendix 2 for detailed discussion." "" "21.2 Summary Reports by Duct Size" "" "All ducting in a system is summarized by duct size furnishing " "total weight- sqft- amount of offset inches in the run. This sqft " "is used to determine insulation quantities. Misc. Materials are " "also summarized which may handle various grades of joint seal." "" "21.3 Duct Hangers Handled as 1st related part" "" "Based upon the `Duct Status' value in the Master recd- the " "program can know that the 1st related part is the hanger. The " "hanger spacing has been furnished for the duct- allowing total " "number of hangers required to be automatically computed for each " "duct size." "" "21.5 Three Example Part Entry Work Sheets for Reproduction" " " "The next 3 pages are example worksheets that you may use to control " "your entry of data into your EstiBid System. As you review them and " "the sample data we have entered- you should be able to visualize how " "the various data works together. We suggest you have sufficient of " "these worksheets printed so that at any time you are entering Sheet " "Metal Duct or Fittings- you first fill out the worksheets. This is " "not so important with the other routine parts- but they too- should " "be helpful. " "PAGE.END" " ----------------Routine PARTS Master Recd Worksheet------------------" "Date__________ Max. No. of chars. allowed in () Initials_______" "" "Part No.(7)_________ Description(20)________________________________________" " " "Name Key(8)___________ Catalog No.(7)___________ Mfg/Supply Code(7)_________" "" "Rel. Part1(7)___________ Rel. Part2(7)____________ Rel. Part3(7)____________" " Duct-Fittgs- `Lab/Pr by LnlFt/Pc or Wt' N/DW/DL/FW/FL (N=no action) ____" "============================================================================" " |---Primary---|---Size Code(2)----|Offset inch|-----Part Pricing(8)-----" "Line|Size Cd(2)___|Duct1___ |Duct2___ | Dimens.(2)| | |" " No.|Descript.(14)|Descr(14)|Descr(14)| 1 | 2 | Ind-Cst| Retail| Act-Cst " "====|=============|=========|=========|=====|=====|========|=======|========" " 1 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 2 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 3 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 4 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 5 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 6 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 7 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 8 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " Duct1 & Duct2 Sz Field (1-8)______" "" "------Additional corresponding data fields continue below on lines 1-8------" "============================================================================" " | Misc. Descr(10)___________________" "Line| Labor(5) | Shp-Lab(5) | Weight(4) | SqFt(5) | Misc. Cst(8) | " "====|==========|============|===========|=========|==============|==========" " 1 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 2 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 3 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 4 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 5 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 6 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 7 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 8 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" "----------Software Associates Laboratories- San Bernardino- CA 92404--------" "PAGE.END" " -----------Sheet Metal DUCTING/HANGERS Master Recd Worksheet----------" "Date__________ Max. No. of chars. allowed in () Initials_______" "Part No.(7)_________ Description(20)________________________________________" "Name Key(8)___________ Catalog No.(7)___________ Mfg/Supply Code(7)_________" "Rel. Part1(7)___________ Rel. Part2(7)____________ Rel. Part3(7)____________" "(Rel. Part1 is used exclusively for ducting hangers- accomodating up to 8 " "grades or types for the same dimension duct work. Hanger selection will be" "automatic based upon Rel. Part1's Size Code.) Duct-Fittgs- N/DW/DL/FW/FL____" "============================================================================" " Hanger Spcg(alternate use OFFSET1)in(2)___|Misc. Descr(10)________________" "Line|Size CD(2)___|-----Part Pricing(8)-----|Labor|Shp-Lb| Wt |SqFt|Misc.Cst" " No.|Descript.(14)| Ind-Cst| Retail| Act-Cst| (5) | (5) | (4)| (5)| (8) " "====|=============|========|=======|========|=====|======|====|====|========" " 1 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 2 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 3 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 4 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 5 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 6 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 7 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 8 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " Hanger Part Data to Compliment the Above Ducting Follows:" " (The Part No. will be the above Rel. Part1)" "Part No.(7)_________ Description(20)________________________________________" "Name Key(8)___________ Catalog No.(7)___________ Mfg/Supply Code(7)_________" "Rel. Part1(7)___________ Rel. Part2(7)____________ Rel. Part3(7)____________" "============================================================================" " |Misc. Descr(10)________________" "Line|Size CD(2)___|-----Part Pricing(8)-----|Labor|Shp-Lb| Wt |SqFt|Misc.Cst" " No.|Descript.(14)| Ind-Cst| Retail| Act-Cst| (5) | (5) | (4)| (5)| (8) " "====|=============|========|=======|========|=====|======|====|====|========" " 1 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 2 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 3 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 4 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 5 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 6 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 7 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" " 8 | | | | | | | | | " "____|_____________|________|_______|________|_____|______|____|____|________" "PAGE.END" " -------------Sheet Metal FITTINGS Master Recd Worksheet---------------" "Date__________ Max. No. of chars. allowed in () Initials_______" " Part No.(7)_________ Description(20)_______________________________________" " Name Key(8)___________ Catalog No.(7)___________ Mfg/Supply Code(7)________" "" "Rel. Part1(7)___________ Rel. Part2(7)____________ Rel. Part3(7)____________" " Duct1 & Duct2 Sz (Field 1-8)(1)___ Duct-Fittgs N/DW/DL/FW/FL____" "============================================================================" " |---Primary---|---Size Code(2)----|Offset inch|-----Part Pricing(8)-----" "Line|Size Cd(2)___|Duct1___ |Duct2___ | Dimens.(2)| | |" " No.|Descript.(14)|Descr(14)|Descr(14)| 1 | 2 | Ind-Cst| Retail| Act-Cst" "====|=============|=========|=========|=====|=====|========|=======|========" " 1 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 2 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 3 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 4 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 5 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 6 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 7 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " 8 | | | | | | | |" "____|_____________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________|_______|________" " Duct1 & Duct2 Sz Field (1-8)____" "" "------Additional corresponding data fields continue below on lines 1-8------" "" "===========================================================================" " | Misc. Descr(10)___________________" "Line| Labor(5) | Shp-Lab(5) | Weight(4) | SqFt(5) | Misc. Cst(8) | " "====|==========|============|===========|=========|==============|==========" " 1 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 2 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 3 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 4 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 5 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 6 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 7 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" " 8 | | | | | |" "____|__________|____________|___________|_________|______________|__________" "----------Software Associates Laboratories- San Bernardino- CA 92404--------" "PAGE.END" "25.1 More on Random Access Master and Table Files" "" "We noted before that the Master file records do not have to be in " "any particular order. The system will work fine without you giving " "any attention to the sequence of entering the records on the files. " "(You may find it a bit easier to enter the parts in groupings on the " "Master file. Easier to review various listings of the Master file " "for maintenance etc.- but it isn't critical at all)." "" "First- the Master records are retrieved for you by randomly read-" "ing one of the 2 Master file indexes. If you enter a part number " "it finds the Master record from data stored on the Part Index file. " "" "If you enter the abbreviated (up to 8 char.) name key- it finds the " "Master records that have that name key. The index records are built " "and maintained automatically by your PARTUP program as you enter " "or modify the Master record data." "" "Second- you have complete control of the order (sequence) that the " "parts appear on the Takeoff screen (and System worksheets) and the " "Bid Detail Report by setting up a simple System Table File for each " "of the various systems you use in bidding. These tables contain all " "the part nos. to be used in that particular system. It also con-" "tains a sequence number along with each part number. The same " "table program `TABLE' that you use to build the tables- also sorts " "each table on these sequence numbers- putting the smallest sequence " "and it's associated part number at the top or front of the table " "file and the largest sequence number and it's associated part num-" "ber at the end or bottom of the file. So- as you enter the seq. nos. " "you should `gap' them letting you at a later time insert parts " "anywhere in the middle of the table by simply using an in-between " "sequence number as you add the new part number to the end of the " "table.. " "" "You give these tables meaningful names like Copper- CastIr- Galvan " "etc. 8 chars or less. You build them when you first bring up the " "system and use them over and over with little if any change to them. " "Just add any new appropriate part numbers with the sequence number " "that will `insert it' where you want it when you re-sort the table. " "" "Then when you run the BLDSYS step the Bid Control file brings in " "the various Table files in the order established by their " "location on the Bid Control File. The program reads the Table file " "in it's sorted sequence and then finds the Master record reading " "`randomly'. (These part nos. refer to the PART MASTER FILE " "illustration table shown on page 19)." " GALVAN COPPER SHEETMTL" "------------------ ------------------ ------------------" "Part No. Seq. No. Part No. Seq. No. Part No. Seq. No." "------------------ ------------------ ------------------" "2222 20 4343 10 2456 20 " "------------------ ------------------ ------------------" "2345 10 1222 20 3333 10" "------------------ ------------------ ------------------" "PAGE.END" "Now- when these 3 little tables are sorted- the parts will appear " "on the Takeoff screen and the Detail Bid Report etc. as follows:" " " " GALVAN system Part No." "Screen or Galv Iron Elbow 2345" "Report Galv Iron Tee's 2222" "" " COPPER system" "Screen or Copper Elbow 4343" "Report Copper Tee's 1222" "" " SHEETMTL system" "Screen or Sheet Metal Ducting 3333" "Report 10x6 Duct Fittings 2456" "" "" "If this is a little hazy to you- please do a little experiment-" "ing with the system- set up some sample parts on the Master file " "with size codes- with Size Code Table entries and then build some " "small System Table files. After spending a few hours watching the " "results you will surely see how the system handles the data. It " "gives you a great deal of flexibility and control of your system." "PAGE.END" "27.1 Getting Started" "" "Your micro-computer- equipped with the MS/DOS operating system will " "have numerous commands that we will encounter in using the" "EstiBid System. Many of you will not need any instruction in the" "use of these functions- and all could go to your MS/DOS manual for " "help- but in the interest of continuity- we will discuss most of " "these as encountered knowing that some of you will skim through " "that information. Thanks for bearing with those of us that are " "learning!" "" "Most of us use computers with two disk drives. These are called " "drives A and B. A is usually on the left and B on the right. If " "you have more drives they are called C and D etc. If you have " "`hard disk' capability it can be sub-divided into C and D. Check " "your individual installation on this. EstiBid accomodates A thru " "H disk assignments." "" "Now- you need to get comfortable in how you `address' these " "drives. When you are not running a specific `application' program " "like EstiBid- your computer is said to be `in MS/DOS'. This is " "indicated by the A>- B>- C> or D> appearing at the bottom of your " "screen with the `cursor'. The cursor is that little spot or " "under-line that moves as you type in characters." "" "So- whichever letter- A- B- C or D appears at the bottom of your " "screen- that is the disk drive you are currently addressing. If " "A> " "is there and you have a program named TRYTEST stored on the disk " "that is in the A drive- you can run TRYTEST by typing the " "following after the A>.(Don't type the A>! It is already there!)" "" "A>trytest" "" "Yes- it doesn't make any difference that they are lower case at " "this point. " "" "Now- TRYTEST has done it's thing and the bottom of the screen now " "looks like:" "" "A>" "" "" "But suppose TRYTEST is stored on drive B. You can do this:" "" "A>B:cr (cr stands for `press the carriage return or RETURN " " key'). " "" "Your computer will respond: " "" "B>" "Now- you can type in TRYTEST and get the same results as " "above." "" "B>TRYTEST" "PAGE.END" "TRYTEST.EXE is a PROGRAM file. It has the coded instructions in " "it reduced to machine language by a COMPILER program called CB86. " "The suffix- .EXE is the clue that it is an executable program file. " "There are other files to know about. They are called DATA files. " "They store the information that the PROGRAM files work on. A data " "file might be names and addresses- or payroll information etc. " "These DATA files must be mounted on the disk drive that the " "application program expects them to be on. A simple program like our " "`friend'- TRYTEST might have the data file's disk drive arbitrarily " "`hard coded' in it's program instructions. If so- TRYTEST will only " "run when the DATA file (if required) is mounted on that specified " "drive. " "" "Let's say TRYTEST.EXE needs a Name and Address file called NAMES " "to run. And let's say in TRYTEST there is code that says NAMES " "will be mounted on drive B. (When you ran TRYTEST using the above " "commands and TRYTEST was a simple program without any need to " "process a DATA file- it worked fine.) Now- though- it will only run " "when you have the file- NAMES- mounted on drive B. If NAMES happens " "to be on drive A- you will get an `open error' message." "" "It means the computer looked on the specified drive and didn't " "find NAMES. If it saw NAME it doesn't count. It must be there and " "be spelled exactly as the program TRYTEST has been told." "" "In the EstiBid System- we used a convention that asks you to " "furnish the `highest' drive on your system- at the beginning of " "each program being run- either A thru H. Or- you get the " "opportunity to permanently store the highest drive in a special" "system control file- called OFFSETFL using your Initial program- " "EINT. Then you avoid having to respond to that question." "" "Then all programs look for all required files- as they need them-" "on drives A thru the highest drive furnished. The program gives " "you a confirming message as it finds each file it is looking for " "to `open'. It also tells you if it can't find a file and then goes " "to `end of job'." "" "If you choose to- you can give our system a code that will " "suppress display of such file status messages- record counts etc. " "This is a function of the program ESTPASWD." "" "Well- that took some little time- but I hope it helps and is " "worth the time. Now- you are ready to make the first use of the " "system you purchased. That is to BACK IT UP!" "" "28.1 Back up Your Original EstiBid Program Diskettes" " " "Use the MS/DOS `COPY' command to copy your program disks to an " "initialized disk. See your MS/DOS manual for specifics. It is good " "practice to put a gummed write-protect tab on your original " "program disks and then file them away in a safe place after back-" "ing them up. When you buy disks from the store- they are not " "ready to accept data from your computer. They must be initialized " "or formatted. Your computer system will have a program- probably " "PAGE.END" "called FORMAT that will have a menu selection allowing " "you to cause the computer to write over the entire surface of " "the disk. Then the computer can copy data from another disk onto " "the newly formatted disk. You should know that whenever you " "format or `initialize' a disk you are ERASING any data that was " "stored on that disk. Be especially careful in this exercise when " "you are working on a machine having a hard disk. If you are " "running a formatting program- and should indicate the hard disk " "drive in error you will wipe out dozens to hundreds of files!" "" "Another reason to practice GOOD BACK UP PROCEDURES!" "" "Another brief step is important too. This new disk will not " "respond properly (at all) to some computer exercises until it has " "been `SYSGENed'. This is when a system program- SYS writes " "some special MS/DOS instructions on a file on the disk after it " "has been FORMATTED. So- either run the program SYS on all your " "newly formatted disks- or use the FORMAT B:/S/V command option" "which formats- sysgens and lets you insert a permanent disk volume " "name- all at the same time. Now you are ready to learn about " "copying disks. It's good procedure to format and Sysgen all disks " "in a newly opened box so they are ready for use without any " "bother when you need them." "" "Follow these simple instructions using the COPY command to gain " "familiarity and accomplish some initial steps toward the above " "file backup at the same time. The Copy command is always available " "to use whenever you are `in MS/DOS'." "" " 1. Locate a diskette that has a file you wish to copy." " Install a `write protect tab' around the notch of the " " diskette. Place the diskette in drive `A'." "" " 2. Place a blank- formatted and SYSGENed diskette in" " drive `B'." "" " 3. Type the following entries." "" " A>B:<cr> A> Is the addressed disk drive" "" " <cr> Is the carriage return (your " " RETURN key)." " B> You are now addressing drive `B'." "" " B>A:<cr>" " A> You are back to drive `A'." " A>COPY B:FILENAME (FILENAME represents an" " actual file on drive B.)" "" "" " The computer responds:" " 1 File(s) copied" "" " A> it has copied the file named FILENAME" " from drive B onto the diskette in A." "PAGE.END" " A>ERASE FILENAME This erases the file filename from " " `A'." " A>COPY B:*.*" "" " 6 File(s) copied" "" " This has copied all 6 of the files" " from diskette `B' to diskette " " `A'. " "" " A>" "" "There are many more ways that COPY is used. Refer to your MS/DOS " "manual. This just gets you started." "" "Now you are ready to copy any files from one diskette to another " "and to copy entire diskettes also. Proceed to backup all the " "EstiBid diskettes." "" "ALWAYS backup any diskette that has data on it that you consider " "of value! ! Sometimes you will do this- a file at a time- and at " "other times you will simply copy the entire diskette." "" "30.1 Pass word Maintenance" "" "The program ESTPASWD allows you to create a pass word file of up " "to 100 records. It also allows you to enter initial pass words " "for your users along with their name for identification. The " "pass words are encrypted and do not show on the screen when " "entered. This program also allows you to delete an unused pass " "word. The function has you browse through the file a record at a " "time to select the one you wish to delete." "" "This program should not be installed on your hard disk. It " "should be stored in a safe place on a floppy and used only by the " "designated control person. Be sure to keep a back up floppy. " "Someone should be appointed as a back up control with access to " "the floppies. The EstiBid system is shipped with an initialized " "PASS file with the pass word START installed. After you are " "familiar with the concept change START to something else so an " "unauthorized user reading this paragraph will not have access." "" "Any user may change his pass word in any production program when " "the program requests his pass word by entering `CHANG' in either " "upper or lower case. The program will ask for the new pass word " "or `BYPAS'." "" "The password capability of the entire EstiBid system may be de-" "activated by a function of ESTPASWD." "" "A final function of ESTPASWD allows you to bypass the display of " "the various file status messages- record counts etc. if you " "perceive them as a bother etc." "PAGE.END" "31.1 Steps to Get Started" "" "System Start-up and Maintenance Steps" "" "1. Estimate the number of parts to be on your EstiBid system " " Master file. Remember each Master record stores up to 8" " sizes of the same part." "" "2. Run the Initializing program EINT. See 3.1" " a. Create the Master file- PARTMST." " b. Create the Part No. Index file- PRTINDEX. It should " " have 30% more records than the Master file." " c. Create the Name Index file- NAMINDEX. It too should" " have 30% more records than the Master file." "" "3. Run the Size Table program- ESIZ. See 4.2.- 19.1- 20.1" " a.Create the Size Table file SZTABL with 99 records." " b.Enter all the various size series you expect to use" " in the EstiBid system. (1/2- 3/4- 1- 1 1/4 etc.)" " c.Print a list of the table to reference for proper size" " code for Master file entries." "" "4. Run the Part Master Update program- EMST. Now you are ready to " " enter all the descriptive data for the parts- the pricing " " and the labor etc. You might select one particular system to" " complete first- then proceed with the next steps to gain " " some familiarity with the whole procedure. After that you " " can return to building the Master records. At this step you" " will need to resolve what type of Part numbering approach " " you will use in your system. See 2.1- 5.1- 25.1- worksheet " " P22-24" "" "4.1 Consider if you are going to use the Turbo Sub concept. At " " this point you may want to enter the Turbo Sub description " " and size code into various Master records. Later you may " " enter the Turbo Sub component entries into the Turbo Sub " " program. (The various component parts must also be set up" " in Master recds)." "" "5. If you are using the special features for sheet metal- have a" " supply of the worksheets pages 23 & 24 printed. " " a.Enter size code data as in step 3 above that describes" " your fittings by name- using the eight- 14 char. size " " descriptions. EL- TEE- RED EL- RED TEE etc. A separate" " Master recd will be required for each primary dimension " " for such a set of fittings. This primary fitting dimension " " should be included in the Master description. The secondary " " dimension of the reducing fittings in the set will be " " handled as in 5b below." " b.Set up 2 size codes' data that will include the 2 duct " " dimensions for both `legs' of the various reducing fittings" " included in the 8 part set described by the size code of 5a. " " Build these size series' so that one designation-(1-8) for " " the 2 size code series used- will identify the two `leg' " " dimensions of the reducing fitting in that set. This 1-8 " "PAGE.END" " designation will be entered into the Duct1 & Duct2 Sz Field " " (1-8) entry on page 24 worksheet. (It will be helpful to" " work these size code entries out on paper- seeing the way" " the various (1-8) sets of descriptions will work together-" " then enter them into your system using program ESIZ)." " c.Fill in worksheets page 24. See 19.1- 20.1- 21.1- Appendix 2." "" " This concludes the entries for sheet metal fittings. Now " " for Ducting and hangers:" "" " d.Enter size code data as in step 3 above that describes" " your ducting dimensions. 8x10- 10x12- 8Rd- 10Rd- etc." " e.Fill in worksheets page 23 describing ducting. Rectangular " " 20 ga.- Round 22 ga. etc. relying on the 5d size code " " entry above for its dimension description. Enter the " " Master part no. for the style of Duct Hangers in the " " Rel. Part1 entry of the ducting data. Enter the appropriate " " hanger spacing in the ducting data. When Duct/Fittgs Status" " is DL or DW- the OFFSET1 fields (1-8) are re-labelled on " " the screen and used for hanger spacing entries. (Different " " types of hangers will require separate ducting and hanger " " Master records to be set up to define their combined " " situation. This could mean setting up the same type ducting " " on more than 1 Master. If so- expand the part descr. to " " identify the different style hanger traveling with the" " ducting)." "" " The system will then automatically include the number of" " hangers of the size established in 5d above based upon the" " hanger spacing you have furnished for that type of " " ducting." " f.Fill in the hanger part data portion of the worksheet-" " relating type of hanger to type of ducting. Enter the size" " desigination (1-8) of the 5d above entry." "" "6. Run the Print Master file program- EPRM. See 6.1" " You can get a report with 1 line per part or a longer report " " that gives all pricing information." "" "7. Run the TABLE program ETAB. See 6.4- 25.1" " a. Create the Table file(s)." " b. Enter the Part Nos. for that system- enter the sequence" " numbers that control the order of that system after the " " table is sorted." " c. Sort the Table(s)." " d. Print the Table(s)." "" "8. Optionally- run the Sub-assembly program- ESUB. See 8.1" "" "9. Optionally- run the Turbo Sub program- ETRB. See 8.2- step 4.1" " a. Enter the primary Master part no. which has the Turbo Sub " " description." " b. Enter the component part nos.- quantities- and size " " designations (1-8). " " c. Run ETRB function which sums all component part costs and" "PAGE.END" " labor- storing on the primary Turbo Sub Master recd. for " " all Turbo Subs." "" "10. Optionally- run the Remind program- EREM. See 9.1- 10.3- 14.2" " The Remind program has a function allowing you to establish" " the various common option approaches to your bidding. This" " may be done now if desired. You may also enter all the " " common reminders you want each bid to deal with." "" "11.Optionally- run the Bid Control program- EBID. See 9.2." " You may create several permanent `example' Bid Control " " files- to have available for copying and quick setup of your" " production bids. Give these a permanent ID code of XX- ZZ " " etc. that will not be used on production bids. Then later " " when you set up bids- you can copy these example files with" " a function of EBID and give the file the production ID code." "" "Bid Execution Steps" "" "1. Run the Bid Control Program EBID. See 9.2" " a. Either copy a Bid Control file created from step 9 above " " or create a production bid control file." " b. Enter bid description- Name- address etc." " c. Review and possibly adjust price and labor multipliers." " d. Set up entries for any Identical or Similar systems. See " " 13.3" " e. Revise any status entries as desired. `I' for `ignore'-" " will bypass that system in this production bid. `R' for" " `ready to extract'. " " f. Optionally- print the bid control file to reference " " during take-off etc." "" "2. Optionally- run Remind program EREM. See 9.1- 10.3- 14.2" " a. You may set up additional reminders." " b. You may review and adjust production bid options at" " this point or at a later bid Extend step." " c. Optionally- run the Reminder Extract function to create" " the reminder Extract file for this bid- REMXTR (plus the" " ID). See 10.3" "" "3. Optionally- run Sub-assembly program- ESUB. See 8.1- 10.2." " a. You may set up sub-assemblies for this particular bid." " b. If you are using sub-assemblies for this bid you should" " run the sub-assembly Extract function to create the sub-" " assembly Extract file for this bid- SUBXTR (plus the ID)." "" "4. Run the bid's Build System files program- EBLD. See 10.2" " a. This creates a file for each system on the Bid" " Control file for the production bid- that has a status of" " `R'- meaning `ready for extract'. The program will bypass " " any system that has a status of I (ignore)- D (system " " already extended and labor Dollars stored)- or H (system" " already extended and labor Hours stored). The Extract " " files are named with these chars.:" " 1st 4 chars. of the system Table file name" "PAGE.END" " 2 char. bid ID" " System sequence number- 1-99" " b. You may select which system files to build by changing " " the status to `I' using program EBID function." "" "5. Run the Take off program- ETAK. See 11.1 thru 13.3" " Proceed to either step 6 or 6.1" "6. Run the Extend program- EEXD. See 14.1 thru 15.4 " " This program prints a detail print line for each part " " entry used in the bid on the file EXTOUT (plus the ID)." " Sub totals systems etc. Creates the BIDSUM file." " a. You may select the systems to extend by changing the" " status of the system entry on the Bid Control file" " using a function of program EBID." " Now- either proceed to step 8--" "" "6.1 Or--run the special EXTEND program- ESMX that will handle" " the special requirements of sheet metal estimating. Creates " " the EXTOUT print file. See 15.4- Steps 6a- 5a-f above " " re: Sheet Metal. " "" "7. Run the Print program- EPRT. See 15.4" " This program creates the Bid Summary file BIDSUM (plus the " " ID) and prints the detail bid report from the EXTOUT file." "" "8. Run the bid Summary program- ESUM. See 15.5 thru 16.2." " This program creates the JOBFLXX (XX=the bid ID)." "" "9. Optionally- re-run Summary program to adjust the bid." "" "10. Optionally- save the awarded bid's system files to run REESTI" " ERES program to re-estimate bid after some costs have been" " applied. see 17.2." "" "11. Run the ERASE bid program- EERA. See 18.1" " When you are sure you are through with the various detail" " files for a production bid- this program will find all those" " files on your hard disk and erase them." "" "12. Optionally- run the Job Cost program- EJOB to control the" " successful bids. See 17.1." "PAGE.END" " EstiBid-Plus Detail Section Index" "" " Detail Bid Print Prog 15.4" " -A- Dimen 1 SzCd- Dimen 2 SzCd 4.2" " Disk Drive Assignments 27.1" " Adjust Price and Re-run 9.1 Double Appl. of Labor Protect 9.2" " Area/Hrs Calc 12.2 Ducting and Fittings 19.1" " Auto Erase System Files 18.1 Duct1 SzCd- Duct2 SzCd 20.1" " Automatic Extention 14.1 Duct/Fitting Status field 21.1" " Duplicate (Identical) Systems 11.1" " -B- Duplicate or Identical Systems 9.2" " " " BAKUP Program for Mult Floppy 18.4 -EF- " " Back Up Files Labeled 5.1 " " Back Up Advice and Warnings 18.2 EXTOUTAB File 15.4" " Back Up Orig EstiBid Prog Dsks 30 Erase- System Files Program 18.1" " Back Up using COPY function 18.4 Erase System/ScrPad Files 18.1" " Backing Up 3.1 Estimator's Take Off 7.1" " Back Up Files Labeled 17.2 Executing Programs- How To 31.1" " Bid Control File 11.1 Execute Bid Steps 32 " " Bid ID Code 10.1 Exiting Un-completed Take Off 13.2" " Bid Control File 9.2 Extend Options 14.2" " Bid ID Code Protection 11.1 Extend Under Bid Control File 14.1" " Bid ID Code 9.2 Extend the Bid Program 14.1" " Bid ID Attached to File Names 10.1 Extract the Bid's Sub-assembly 10.2" " Bid Execution Steps 32 Extract the Bid's Reminder Fil 10.3" " Blocks of Part Numbers Assgnd 5.1 File Sizes 4.1" " Building Systs Using Tables 25.1 File Seq. No. 10.1" " Build the Bid's System Files 10.1 Fill in Opts Printed- Detail R 14.3" " Fill in the Blanks Option Scrn 9.1" " -C- Flagging for Selective Print 13.1" " Format and Copy Progrs 29 " " CB86 Programming Language 6.3 " " COPYMST Program for Recovery 18.2 -GHI- " " Capacity of Disk Required 6.3 " " Catalog Number field 2.1 Gapping Seq. Nos. in Table 25.1" " Comments- 60 Char. in Sum Enty 16.1 Gapping Part Number Assgns 5.1" " Copied (Similar) Systems 13.3 Getting Started (Basic Explan) 27.1" " Copying Files using COPY 18.4 Grand Total 16.2" " Correcting Quantity Entries 11.1 Grand Total 15.4" " Cubes- Wedges- Rectgls- Triang 12.2 Hangers- Ducting 23 " " Cubic Volume & SqFt Area Calc 12.1 Hangers- Ducting 31 " " Cursor Control During Take Off 11.1 Hanger Spacing field 2.1" " Customized System Files 6.4 Hangers- Ducting 21.3" " Hard Disk Formatting Warning 29 " " -D- Hard Disk 6.3" " How To Execute Programs 27.1" " Damaged Files Recovery 18.2 Identical (duplicate) Systems 13.3" " Data Entry 7.1 Identical (Dupl) Systems 9.2" " Data Files Discussed 25.1 Identification Code for Bid 9.2" " Description- Misc field 2.1 Index Files Damaged 17.2" " Description field 2.1 Index Files 3.1" "PAGE.END" " EstiBid-Plus Detail Section Index" " -PQR-" "" " Initializing Random Access 3.1 PARTMST1 File 3.1" " Initialize or Format Disks 29 PARTMST File 2.1" " Initial Program 3.1 PRNTMST Program 6.1" " Insulation Requirements 21.2 Paging Thru Take Off 11.1" " Part Entry Work Sheets 21.5" " -JKL- Part Number field 2.1" " Password Routine 30.1" " Job Totals 17.1 Power Bumps Cause Damage 18.2" " Job Cost Acctg Module 17.1 Price field- Industry 2.1" " Job ID Summarized 15.1 Price field- Misc. 2.1" " Job Totals 16.2 Price field- Retail 2.1" " Job ID Entry in Sum Step 16.1 Price field- Actual Cost 2.1" " Job Number in Sub-assembs 8.1 Price Effective Date field 2.1" " Joint Taping 21.1 Printing the Master File 6.1" " Labels for Master File 5.1 Print Detail Prog Runs Auto 15.4" " Labels for Master File 17.2 Quantity Entries 7.1" " Labor- 4 Rates Supported 14.2 Quantities Entered 11.1" " Labor field- Shop 2.1 Quick & Dirty Bids 16.2" " Labor field- Installation 2.1 REMXTRXX File 9.1" " Labor Stored in 100ths of Hrs 2.1 Random Access Mast & Table Fls 25.1" " Labor Stored in 100ths of Hrs 15.1 Random Access Files 2.1" " Locating Master Records 3.1 Rates/Mults Appld Automaticall 14.1" " Rate- Composite Calculation 14.2" " -MNO- Rates Applied Either Extd/Sum 14.2" " Rates- 4 labor Rates Supported 14.2" " MS/DOS Operating System 6.3 Rates for Scratch Pad Entries 11.2" " Maintenance and Startup Steps 31.1 Rates/Mults Applied in Summary 16.1" " Markup Percentage 2.1 Rates/Mults Indiv. by System 14.3" " Master File field 2.1 Rates/Mults Auto/Stored by Sys 9.2" " Master/SizeCD Recd Relationshp 19.1 Re-Runs of Bid in Summary Step 16.1" " Master File 19.1 Re-Use Bid Summary Data 16.2" " Menu Functions Ident. on Scrns 13.1 Re-apply Rates/Mults/Reuse Bid 16.2" " Mfg/Supply Code field 2.1 Re-estimate an Awarded Bid 17.2" " Misc. Parts with Primary Parts 15.1 Re-loading Back Up files 18.4" " Multipliers- Price and Labor 9.2 Record Lengths 6.2" " Multiple Bids in Process 9.2 Related Part Numbers in Subasm 8.1" " Multiple Floppy Back Up Prog 18.4 Related Parts field 2.1" " Name Key field 2.1 Relationship Master/SizeCd Rec 19.1" " Offset Dimen 2 field 2.1 Related Parts Auto Retrieved 15.1" " Offset Dimen 1 field 2.1 Reminder Items and Sub-Contrct 10.3" " Offset Dimen Computed 20.1 Reminder File Stores Std Opts 14.3" " Offset Dimensions 2.1 Reminders Appear in Summary 15.5" " Open Error Discussed 28 Reorg Program 3.1" " Options Entered in Remind Prog 14.3 Reorganizing the Data Base 4.1" " Options- Numerous in Summary 15.5 Revise Options Quickly 14.2" " Options Choices all Printed 14.3 Review/Revision Quick in Sum 16.1" " Options- 14.2 Routine Parts Master Recd Work 21.5" "PAGE.END" " EstiBid-Plus Detail Section Index" "" " -STU-" "" " SUBXTRAB File 10.2 Table Refresh Program 7.2" " SYSGEN Installing Syst on Disk 29 Take Off Sequence 11.1" " SZTABL 4.2 Take Off Program Useage 11.1" " SZTAB Program 4.2 Take Off Quantity Entries 7.1" " Scratch Pad File Extended 12.2 Three Size Cds in Master Recd 19.1" " Scratch Pad Entry of Odd Parts 11.2 Turbo Sub-Assemblies 8.2" " Selective Print During Detail 13.1 Two Ways of using Size Code 19.1" " Sequence of Tables 25.1 " " Sequence of System Files 25.1 -VWXYZ- " " Sequence of Master Recds 25.1 " " Sequence of Master File 5.1 Verification Repts for Take Of 13.3" " Sequence of Tables 25.1 Version Nos. for Index Files 17.2" " SheetMtl Fitgs Mast Recd WhSht 21.5 Version Nos. for Index Files 5.1" " SheetMtl Duct/Hang Mast Rec Wk 21.5 Weight field 2.1" " Sheet Metal Use of Size Code 19.1 What If Options in Summary 16.1" " Sheet Metal Computed in Print 15.4 Work Sheets for Each System 7.1" " Sheet Metal Use of Size Codes 20.1 Work Sheets for Quantities 11.1" " Similar (Copied) Systems 13.3 " " Similar (Copied) Systems 9.2 " " SizeCd Used to Descrb Fittings 19.1 " " Size Code Table File 19.1 " " Size Code field 2.1 " " Size Code Table 4.2 " " Sorting Table Files 25.1 " " Square Feet field 2.1 " " Start-up and Maintenance Steps 31.1 " " Status of System 9.2 " " Std Options on Remind File 14.2 " " Storage Requirements 6.3 " " Sub-assemblies Speed Up 8.1 " " Sub-assmbly Quant. at Take Off 12.3 " " Sub-contractor Entries 10.3 " " Sub-Totals 14.1 " " Sub-contractor entries 16.1 " " Sub-asmbs Indiv. Rate/Mult-Sum 16.1 " " Sub-assemblies Extended 15.3 " " Sub-Assemblies Using Turbo Sub 8.2 " " Summary Data Stored on Bid Ctl 14.1 " " Summary- Bid Program 15.5 " " Supress Rate/Mults Printing 16.2 " " System Install using SYS 29 " " System File Naming Convention 10.1 " " TESTREAD Program for Recovery 18.2 " " Table Sorting 6.4 " " Table Files 6.4 " " Table Finds Master Rec Random 25.1 " " Table File Naming 25.1 " " Table & Random Access Mast Fls 25.1 " " Table Program Controls Take Of 7.1 " " Table File Sorts 25.1 " "PAGE.END" " APPENDIX 1: Detail Description of Screen Control Functions" "" "Takeoff Screen" "" "All Sizes? Y/N = Allows you to choose cursor movement; either " " `All'- which moves the cursor horizontally" " through all 8 sizes or vertically down a " " selected size column. If you answer `N' you" " will be asked your choice of size cols 1-8." "" "E = Exit the screen" "" "C = Continue- will return cursor to top of screen." "" "M = More Parts- will retrieve next page of parts." " Note: The page will be limited to one series" " of sizes. The next page will be headed up with " " the new series of sizes." "" "P = Previous- will retrieve previous page of parts." "" "S = Sub-assemblies- will get the first page of pre-" " viously configured sub-assemblies." "" "SC = Scratch Pad- will exit the Take off screen and" " enter the Scratch Pad screen allowing you to " " enter special non-system parts. (Up to 18 per " " system)." "" "Flg col. hdg = Has multiple uses:" " Y=This part has been flagged for selective" " print option." " N=Un-flagged for selective print option." " R=Reverse your cursor direction choice. (See" " `All Sizes' above)." " 1-8=When you are moving the cursor vertically" " down a size col. and enter a quantity `99'-" " the cursor will skip to the `Flg' col.- and" " allow you to enter a `1-8'- skipping " " directly to that col. The 99 will not stay" " as a quantity. Should you ever need to " " enter 99 for a quantity- use two entries." "" "Qnt 99 = See above 1-8 paragraph." "" "Dupl:X = If not 0 indicates that the primary system" " recd on the screen will support that number" " of `Duplicate' or identical systems. Each" " quantity will be multiplied by the `Dupl'" " value shown. (Correcting entries will not" " be multiplied)." "PAGE.END" " APPENDIX 1: Detail Description of Screen Control Functions" "" "" "Copy:X = This primary system record will have X " " number of `Copied' or similar systems in " " the Take off- No impact on the quantity" " fields in this screen." "Copy:99 = Indicates this is a `copied' or similar" " system." "" "Temp:=X = This always displays the current quantity " " of the field the cursor occupies. Your " " entry is added to Temp:X as you move " " the cursor to the next field." "" "Scratch Pad Screen" "" "C = Continue- returns the cursor to the first" " field of the screen to enter quantity." "" "P = Previous- obtains the previous record." "" "M = More- optains the previous record" "" " Note: Any Scratch Pad record may be" " revised. It will be included in the" " Bid Extention in it's last form." "" "CA = Calculator- Exit the Scratch Pad screen" " and enter the Calculator Area/Volume " " screen. " "" "EX = Extend calculator results. Use this " " function after you have returned from the" " Calculator screen. It will then display " " another set of function choices:" "" " Extd Calc Sel" " F/Y/FH/YH --" "" " F=Apply rate to Calc-Tot-Ft display val." " Y= ` ` ` Calc-Tot-Yd ` ` ." " FH= ` ` ` Ft-Hrs ` ` ." " YH= ` ` ` Yd-Hrs ` ` ." "" " Following this entry choice you will be " " given opportunity to enter the rate." "" "E = Exit to the Take off screen you originally" " left for the Scratch Pad." "" "Cubic Ft/Square Ft Calculator Screen" "" "C/S C = Cubic Ft screen" " S=Square Ft screen" "PAGE.END" " APPENDIX 1: Detail Description of Screen Control Functions" "" "C = Continue- moves cursor to first dimension" " entry." "" "CA = Calculate the volume and volume/hours" " resulting from dimension entries." "" " Note: You may repeat the above functions" " up to 10 times- capturing various segments." " Each segment is automatically totalled." "" "CL = Clear stored values. Allows you to re-start" " if necessary." "" "DT = Decimal Table- displays a table with inches" " shown as hundredths of feet. Pressing " " RETURN redisplays the computed segments to " " that point." "" "E = Exit to the Scratch Pad. Your totalled" " segments will display for your rate " " application." "" "C/S C=Cubic Ft screen." " S = Square Ft screen." "" "Square Ft Screen" "" "CS = Continue Square/Rectangle dimension entry." "" "CT = Continue Triangular dimension entry. In " " both CS & CT the cursor is moved to the " " first dimension field." "" "Balance of screen functions are same as for above Cubic Ft " "screen." "PAGE.END" " APPENDIX 2: Duct/Fittings Labor & Pricing Based Upon Weight" "" "Ducting and Fittings may be stored on your Master file to support " "labor and pricing by weight or by lineal feet/piece. The way you " "store labor and price must conform with the code you store in the " "Duct/Fittgs field of the Master file. This code may be: N or " "blank- indicating a standard part (not ducting or fittings)- or " "DW/DL/FW/FL. In standard parts- labor entries are always assumed " "to represent hundredths of hours per lineal ft or part (piece)." "" "DL: This means the part is ducting. Labor and prices are stored " "just as the standard parts and are based upon lineal feet or " "piece. The weight field is assumed to represent the weight per " "square foot of the duct material. The square foot field is " "assumed to represent the square feet in one lineal foot of that " "size ducting." "" "FL: This means the part is a sheet metal fitting. The labor and " "prices are stored as above. The weight field similarly is assumed " "to represent the weight per square foot of fitting material.The " "square feet field stores the square feet of material in the " "fitting." "" "DW: This means the part is ducting. Labor is stored as hundredths " "of hours per pound of ducting used. Prices represent the $ per " "pound of ducting used. Weight is again stored as weight per " "square foot for that size duct. The square feet field stores the " "number of square feet per lineal foot of ducting." "" "FW: This means the part is a sheet metal fitting. The labor and " "prices are stored similar to the above DW paragraph. Labor is " "stored as hundredths of hours per pound of sheet metal used in " "the fitting and prices are $ per pound of material. The weight " "field stores the weight per square foot.The square feet field " "stores the square feet required for the fitting." "" "The EXTEND program combines the above values- based upon the codes " "it finds in the Duct/Fittgs field- computing values for the EXTOUT " "file reflecting the quantity entries for either lineal feet of " "ducting or numbers (pieces) of fittings. The weight and square " "feet extensions are also on this file. Then the PRINT program " "reads this EXTOUT detail file- prints the detail bid report by " "system and produces summary reports of the various sizes of " "ducting. These reports give total weight and square feet to help " "you confirm your bid's accuracy. " "" "The square feet totals- by duct size- will allow you to quickly " "estimate the amount to charge for various grades of insulation- " "entering this as a `reminder' entry in the Bid Summary." "" "Note: See `Steps to Get Started' page 31- 5a-f for additional " " detail regarding the special handling of sheet metal-" " setting up the file data etc." "PAGE.END" " EstiBid System Program Menus and Screens" "" "" "" " Estibid Prompt Program 2 " "" " Master File Update Screen 2" "" " Master file Pricing/Labor Update Screen 3" "" " Illustrating Special Size Code Use 4" "" " Master File Auxilliary Ducting Update Screen 5" " " " Table Update Program Function Menu 6" "" " Table Update Screen 6" "" " Bid Control File Update Screen 7 " "" " Take Off (Enter Bid Quantities) Screen 8" "" " Sub-assembly Take Off Screen 9" "" " Scratch Pad Entry Screen 9" "" " Cubic FT/Yds Calculation Screen 10" "" " Take Off Screen Illustrating Duct Fittings 11" "" " Extention Option Screen 12" "" " Bid Summary Program Function Menu 13" "" " Bid Summary System Review Screen 13" "" " Illustrating Labor Rate Change 14" "" " Bid Summary Reminder and Sub-contractor" " Entry Screen 15" "" " Bid Job Cost `Actuals' Screen- allows entry" " of 26 weeks material/labor costs by" " job breakdown. 16" "" " Turbo Sub-Assembly Update Function Menu 17" "" " Turbo Sub-Assembly Update Screen 17" "" " Re-Estimate Program Function Menu 18" "" " Re-Estimate Update Screen 18 " "PAGE.END" " ***********************EstiBid-Plus Screens*******************" "" " | - - - - - - - - - - - - <<<EstiBid>>> - - - - - - - - - - |" " | ---------------------Maintenance Programs----------------- |" " | |" " | EBRO=Syst Descr/Documnt ETAB=Syst Table Update |" " | EINT=Initialize Files ERFR=Refresh Table Files |" " | ESIZ=Size Table Update ESUB=Sub-Assembly Update |" " | EMST=Master File Update ETRB=Turbo Sub-Asmb Maint |" " | EPRM=Print Master File EREM=Reminder File Update |" " | |" " | ----------------System Production Programs---------------- |" " | |" " | EBID=Bid Control File Update ESMX=Extend Sheetmetal Prices|" " | EBLD=Build System Files EPRT=Print Sheetmetal Detail |" " | ESUB=Sub-Assembly Extract ESUM=Bid Summary Report |" " | EREM=Reminder Extr/Extd Optns EJOB=Job Cost Report |" " | ETAK=Bid Takeoff Entry ERES=Re-Est an Awarded Bid |" " | EEXD=Extend & Print Detail EERA=Erase System Files |" " | ------------------System Utility Programs----------------- |" " | |" " | EREO=Reorg Master File ECPY=Copy Master File |" " | ETST=Test-Read Master File EBAK=Backup Master File |" " | Enter Your 4 Character `Menu' Choice |" " |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |" "" "" " -----------------------------------------------------------" "" " Update Screen" "" " Part Number 2456--- Description 10x6 Duct Fittings--" "" " Size Code 3- Name Key 10x6----" "" " Ret from Cst Markup 1.2_ Effective Date 11/25/84 Month --" " Day --" " Catalogue No. F12345- Mfg/Supply Code ABC---- Year --" "" " Related Part No.1 0------ No.2 0------ No.3 0------" "" " Y=Price etc. Screen - E=Exit A=Aux.Scrn C=Continue -" "" " -----------------------------------------------------------" "Features:" "" "1. If pricing data is changed the currently entered system run date will" " replace the Effective date. This may be over-ridden by entry at the" " above date fields." "2. If you change the Name Key value the program automatically- generates" " a new Name Index record and flags the old index record for deletion" " at the next run of REORG maintenance program." "3. When adding new records- mandatory fields may not be bypassed. The " " program will insist on a value." "PAGE.END" "4. All data entry values are edited for proper value range- if possible." " When exceeded- an audible beep is heard and the error message" " with the tolerable range is displayed at the bottom of your screen-" " giving you an opportunity to re-enter the correct value." "5. Similarly- if there are specific values required- and you enter an" " illegal value a beep is heard and the error message displays at the" " bottom of the screen- showing a list of correct possibilities. Then" " you are given the opportunity to re-enter the data." "6. If you over-run a field length- a beep is heard and an error message" " displays at the bottom of the screen- warning you that this has " " happened and that the extra characters have been dropped. You may or " " may not be able to leave the field in that condition." "" " These editing conventions apply all through the EstiBid system." "" "" "" "----------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Pricing Update Screen" "" "Part No. 2456 COPPER TEE Misc Descr Tape------" "-----Size----- Ind-Cst Retail Act-Cst Labor S-Lab Wgt Sq-Ft Misc." "" "3/8----------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "5/8----------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "3/4----------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "1------------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "1 1/4--------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "1 1/2--------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "2------------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "3------------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" " Last pos. each line- B=Backup- U=Up & D=Down a line" " E=Exit C=Continue A=Aux. Ducting values -" "----------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Features:" "" "1. Above illustrates the conventional use of the primary size code to " " represent 8 different sizes. (See below for detail discussion of " " features.)" "PAGE.END" "----------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Pricing Update Screen" "" "Part No. 2456 10x6 Duct Fittings Misc Descr Tape------" "-----Size----- Ind-Cst Retail Act-Cst Labor S-Lab Wgt Sq-Ft Misc." "" "El------------ 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "TEE----------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "WYE----------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "FLEX---------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "RED EL-------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "RED TEE------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "RED WYE------- 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" "RED FLEX------ 2.08---- 1.92---- 1.6----- 0.1-- 0.2-- 2--- 3---- 0.1----- -" "" " Last pos. each line- B=Backup- U=Up & D=Down a line" " E=Exit C=Continue A=Aux. Ducting values -" "" "" "Features:" "" "1. This screen illustrates how the size code can describe 8 different" " parts of the same size. The size should be included in the part" " description. The Auxillary Ducting Values- Update Screen that " " follows expands on this concept." "2. Cursor movement may be speeded through the screen by entering B-U or" " D at the extreme right end of the line- Backing up to the left end" " to start over- moving Up a line at a time or moving down a line at" " a time." "3. The convenience of a Misc. part that accompanies the primary part is" " supported on this screen. You may enter the 10 character description " " and 8 different appropriate prices. No accompanying labor is " " supported. The opportunity to use a multiplier on the Misc. parts" " comes when running the PRINT program. Up to 10 misc. parts may be" " adjusted with a multiplier. You might choose to have the Misc. part" " stored as a `standard grade of the part' and then adjust the price" " and revise the description at PRINT time to reflect a different" " grade. The standard 3 price multipliers in the system do NOT apply" " to Misc. parts. Incidentally- this concept requires somewhat less " " processing overhead than using the `Related part No.' concept- but " " of course it is not as comprehensive- either." "PAGE.END" " Auxillary Ducting Values- Update Screen" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Part No. 2456--- 10x6 Duct Fittings--" " Duct-Fittgs-Labor? by Wt or Lf/Pc:N/DW/DL/FW/FL --" " Dimen. 1 SzCd 4- Dimen. 2 SzCD 5- Hanger Spg- ft 2.5" " Part ID (or Sz) Dimen. 1 Offset 1 Dimen. 2 Offset 2" " Size Code 3- -Inches- -Inches-" " EL------------ 6x4 26 Ga.----- 6- (1) 4x4 26 Ga.----- 0-" "" " TEE----------- 6x6 26 Ga.----- 6- (2) 6x4 26 Ga.----- 0-" "" " WYE----------- 8x4 22 Ga.----- 6- (3) 6x6 26 Ga.----- 0-" "" " FLEX---------- 8x6 22 Ga.----- 6- (4) 8x4 22 Ga.----- 0-" "" " RED EL-------- 8x8 20 Ga.----- 6- (5) 8x6 20 Ga.----- 0-" "" " RED TEE------- 10x6 20 Ga.---- 6- **(6)** 8x8 20 Ga.----- 6-" "" " RED WYE------- 10x8 18 Ga.---- 6- (7) 10x6 18 Ga.---- 6-" "" " RED FLEX------ 10x10 18 Ga.--- 6- (8) 10x8 18 Ga.---- 0-" "" " Duct1 & Duct2 Size Field (1-8) 6" "Only the size(s) flagged with `**( )**' is(are) the size(s) for this series" "of fittings. Dim2 SzCD furnishes the 2nd size (rt hand col.) for red. fitgs." "The two sets of 8 offset inches may apply to the 8 fittings of this`pair' of" "sizes. Two offsets are required for reducing fittings. Others need only one." " E=Exit C=Continue -" "------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1.This screen will have low useage. To make it as helpful as possible-" " it `re-paints' itself a couple times- taking extra time. We thought " " this a good time investment. However- because of this- it is easy to" " skip through the Duct1 & Duct2 Size Field. It is the 5th field you" " will hit after entering the the screen and is preceeded by a step " " that re-paints the screen.. So be careful to not hold down the " " `return' key to avoid jumping thru it!" "2. Any parts (or series of parts) that have 2 sets of dimensions must" " have an entry in the Duct1 & Duct2 Field. This tells the program " " that those 2 sizes are the 6th size (in the illustration it is the " " 6th) in both the Size Table records specified by Dimen. 1 SzCD and " " Dimen. 2 SzCd. These two sizes will be visually identified on the " " screen by the `**( )**'- based on the Duct1 & Duct2 Size Field value." "" " You will need to deliberately establish sets of size code records " " that accomplish this special size alignment. If a part has 2 " " dimensions- it will likely also have 2 offset dimensions." "" " In this illustration- all 8 parts have a common 10x6 dimension and" " the reducing parts also have a 8x8 dimension. All have 1 offset of" " 6 inches and the reducing parts have another offset of 6 inches." "PAGE.END" " PROGRAM FUNCTION MENU" " -------------------------------" "" " 1=Create new table file" " 2=Browse- add- correct or delete data" " 3=Sort table records" " 4=Change table file name" " 5=Delete table file to re-enter data" " 6=Print work sheet for tallying system parts" " 7=Print listing of table" " E=Exit to end of job" " --------------------------------------------------------" " COPPER Table Update Screen" "" " Recd Part No. Seq No. Description Turbo " " (3 char req) Sub " " 2-- 1222--- 010 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x" " 3-- 4343--- 020 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " " 4-- 1000--- 030 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x" " 5-- 1001--- 040 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" " 6-- 1002--- 050 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" " 7-- 1003--- 060 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x" " 8-- 1004--- 070 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" " 9-- 1005--- 080 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" " P=Prev Page- M=More- C=Continue to top of screen & E=Exit E" " Is the last Sequence No. `ZZZ'? Y/N N " " ---------------------------------------------------------" " (If response is N you are returned to the function " " response above to see that `ZZZ' is entered in last " " record. If Y- you exit the screen.)" "" "" "Features:" "" "1. The sequence number must be 3 characters long to have successful" " sorting." "2. The last record in the Table file must have a Sequence No. of `ZZZ'." " Therefore- the screen Exit function always asks if this is true-" " to remind you to enter a value of `ZZZ' if your Table update " " entries has displaced the `ZZZ' that was in place." "3. We included the Program Function Menu ahead of this screen to show" " you how simple it is to effect a sort of the Table. You simply" " enter the Sequence numbers to force your Table into the desired" " ascending order- Exit to the Main Program Menu and enter Menu" " selection 3. This sorts the Table. You can look at the sorted " " Table with program function 2 and check the new sorted sequence." "PAGE.END" " Bid Control File Update Screen" "--------------------------------------------------------------------------" " System Record Update/Review Screen for Bid ID: BB" "" "5-- COPPER-- COPPER SYSTEM------------- Dupl 0- Copies 2- Status H Pause -" " Tabl COPPER-- Job 122- Mults:Ind 1--- Ret 1--- Cst 1--- Lab 1--- Shp 1---" "" "6-- COPPER-- COPPER SYSTEM------------- Dupl 0- Copies 99 Status I Pause -" " Tabl COPPER-- Job 122- Mults:Ind 1--- Ret 1--- Cst 1--- Lab 1--- Shp 1---" "" "7-- COPPER-- COPPER SYSTEM------------- Dupl 0- Copies 99 Status I Pause -" " Tabl COPPER-- Job 122- Mults:Ind 1--- Ret 1--- Cst 1--- Lab 1--- Shp 1---" "" "8-- GALVIR-- GALVANIZED IRON SYSTEM---- Dupl 0- Copies 0- Status I Pause -" " Tabl GALVIR-- Job 122- Mults:Ind 1--- Ret 1--- Cst 1--- Lab 1--- Shp 1---" "" "9-- SHTMTL-- SHEET METAL SYSTEM-------- Dupl 0- Copies 0- Status I Pause -" " Tabl SHTMTL-- Job 122- Mults:Ind 1--- Ret 1--- Cst 1--- Lab 1--- Shp 1---" "" " Pause=E to Exit" " Exit=E Continue=C Previous=P More=M -" " Status: R=Ready- I=Ignore- H=Hrs extended- D=Lab $ Extd" "--------------------------------------------------------------------------" "Features:" "" "1. Dupl=0 means the system has no exact duplicates. If Dupl=1 the each" " Takeoff quantity you enter will be automatically doubled- if 2 it " " will be tripled etc." "2. Copies=2 means that you want 2 similar systems records created when" " you have the Bid Control file copied from the original `Example'" " file. Then the copy function will generate 2 extra system records" " and put `99' in their `Copies' field. `99' indicates to the program" " that the system is a similar or copied system." "3. When the cursor comes to the Status field- the Status description line " " at the foot of the screen appears. Your ability to control the Status" " allows you to re-run the EXTEND program during the bidding exercise " " if you wish. If the system has been extended it will have a value of" " either- H or D and will not `re-extend'. If you enter a Status of I-" " that system will also be ignored or bypassed in the EXTEND step. " " This allows you to quickly de-activate a system record that is in " " your Example Bid Control file. " "4. The first screen in the program allows you to elect to only change the" " Status field to speed you thru a `de-activating' process." "5. The Pause field allows you to exit the screen from the end of any line." "6. You may assign Job number at the time of setting up the bid. You will " " get another opportunity in the final Bid Summary step." "7. All multipliers for 3 price and 2 labor structures are stored on each" " system record- allowing you total flexibility to have varying prices" " for different systems automatically during the EXTEND step if" " desired. In the illustration all multipliers are set at `1.0' and" " therefore have no impact." "PAGE.END" "Following is the conventional TAKEOFF Screen displaying sizes above the vert-" "ical columns." "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Takeoff Quantity/Flag Entry Screen for COPPER SYSTEM ID is: BB" "COPPBB1- Job:122- Dupl:0-" "All sizes? Y/N - Copy:2- (3)3/4----------- (6)1 1/2--------- Flg" "Enter 1-8 size (2)5/8----------- (5)1 1/4--------- (8)3------------- Ln" " Choice - (1)3/8----------- (4)1------------- (7)2------------- Temp:" " ==================== (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ====" " 1 COPPER TEE--------- 1---- 2---- 3---- 4---- 5---- 6---- 7---- 8---- - 0-" "" " 2 COPPER ELBOW------- 2---- 5---- 1---- 3---- 1---- 6---- 1---- 1---- - 0-" "" " 3 COPPER COUPLING---- 1---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 1---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 4 COPPER FLARE COUPLG 2---- 1---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 5 SHUT OFF VALVE----- 0---- 0---- 0---- 2---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 6 COPPER TUBING------ 25--- 33--- 12--- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 7 FASTENERS---------- 15--- 12--- 5---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " E=Exit- C=-Continue- M=More Parts- P=Previous- S=Sub-asmb- SC=Scr Pad --" " (Flg) R=Rev `all sizes' Funct- (Flg) 1-8=Size Choice Chg- Qnt 99=Exit Size" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" " " "Features:" "" "1. `All sizes Y/N --' If answer is Y your cursor will go from field to" " field horizontally and on to the next line." "2. If you stop on the `flag' field and enter an `R' it will `reverse'-" " taking the cursor back to `Enter 1-8 size Choice -' and you pick " " the size column you wish to move down vertically." "3. In either of above modes- you may enter a quantity of `99' in any" " field and it will be ignored as a quantity- but will jump you to" " the flag field allowing you to reverse the mode." "4. When moving horizontially- you may enter any line number in the last" " field and the cursor will jump to the start of that line." "5. The number following `Dupl:' tells you how many duplicate systems" " have been specified on the system Bid Control record. If the number" " is `1'- each quantity you enter will be automatically doubled. If" " it is `2'- each quantity will be tripled etc." "6. The number following `Copy:' tells you that there are that number of " " copied systems or similar systems specified on the system Bid " " Control record. Their quantities will be entered individually." "7. Function SC will take you to the `Scratch Pad' screen allowing you to" " enter any part that is not resident on your system. When you are in " " the Scratch Pad screen you may enter a function `CA' and you will " " be taken to the Calculate Cubic Ft/Yds Screen." "8. Function S will take you to the Sub-assembly screen to enter" " quantities of sub-assemblies." "9. When through with either of the above 3 screens- entering a function " " E will return you to the main Takeoff screen you started from." "PAGE.END" " ---------------------------------------------------------" " *****TAKE OFF SUB-ASSEMBLY MENU*****" " ***YOU ARE WORKING LAST PAGE***" " 1 =Bath room drainage sub-assemby Quantity 1 Job 123" " 2 = Quantity 0" " 3 = Quantity 0" " 4 = Quantity 0" " 5 = Quantity 0" " 6 = Quantity 0" " 7 = Quantity 0" " 8 = Quantity 0" " 9 = Quantity 0" " 10 = Quantity 0" " 11 = Quantity 0" " 12 = Quantity 0" " P=Prev page**M=More**E=Exit to material menu --" " ------------------------------------------------------------" " Enter your menu selection 1-" " Your selected sub-assembly is `Bath room drainage sub-assmby'" " If subtracting- then enter minus sign- then" " Enter quantity --" "" "Features:" "" "1. You will get the opportunity to enter the job ID." "" "" "" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Scratch Pad Recds for: COPPER SYSTEM ID is: BB" "" "Quant. --Part Description-- --Size Descr-- Supp-Cd Cat-Num" "" "---- -------------------- -------------- ------- -------" "" " -Price- -Labor- Shp-Lab Weight Sq-Ft Rec" "" " ------- ------- ------- ------ ----- --" "" " " " ---------Calculation Results for Extension---------" " Calc-Tot-Ft Calc-Tot-Yd Ft-Hrs Yd-Hrs Rate" "" " 0------- 0------ 0------ 0------" "" " C=Continue- P=Previous Recd- M=More- CA=Calculator- EX=Extd Calc- E=Exit --" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "Features:" "1. You may enter any part description you wish on the upper part of the" " screen. You may skip any of the fields." "2. If you enter function CA you will be taken to the screen to calculate" " cubic volumes. The result will be shipped back to the lower portion " " of this Scratch Pad screen and you can enter the rate for further- EX" " calculation. Then- this result will be entered in another scratch" " pad record. All scratch pad records get included in the bid extension" " step." "PAGE.END" "------------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Cubic Ft/Yds Calculation Screen" "" " ______________________________" " W .0------ L 0------ .|" " . . | (Optional)" " _______________________________ . | Cubic Ft per " " | | | Hour" " D1 | 0------ | | 0------" " | (Optional) | | (Optional) " " . 0------ D2| . Cubic Yd per " " Enter Dimens. using Ft . (Full Depth)| . Hour" " Expressed in decimals (000.00) . | 0------" "------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "CuFt Segmt CF CuYds FtHrs YdHrs CuFt Segmt CF CuYds FtHrs YdHrs" " 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------" " 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------" " 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------" " 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------" " 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------ 0------" " Totals: 0------- 0------- 0------- 0-------" "C=Continue- CA=Calculate- CL=Clear Stored- DT=Dec. Table- E=Exit to Scr Pad --" "------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. When you enter function C- the cursor moves from dimension to dimension" " in the picture. You may bypass the optional entry if a `wedge' shape" " doesn't apply. If optional `per hour' entries are made- you will get" " FtHrs and/or YdHrs results." "2. After entering above- a function entry of CA calculates the results and" " enters them in the first of up to 10 sets of results. A total line is" " always maintained. This total is shipped back to the Scratch Pad " " screen when you enter E to Exit. There you will be given the " " opportunity to enter a dollar rate for final cost calculation." "3. You may combine up to 10 volume segments into one Scratch Pad record." "4. If you get confused- entering function CL- clears all the segment" " results so you can start over safely." "5. Function DT immediately brings in a Decimal Table into the lower " " portion of your screen- overlaying the segment results. This table" " gives you the decimal equivalents of the inches- allowing you to" " enter all dimensions in feet. When you are through with the Decimal" " Table your segment results area is restored as you left it." "PAGE.END" "Following is illustration of a TAKEOFF Screen that has the primary size code" "representing 8 different parts of the same basic size." "" "------------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Takeoff Quantity/Flag Entry Screen for COPPER SYSTEM ID is: BB" "COPPBB1- Job:122- Dupl:0-" "All sizes? Y/N - Copy:2- (3)WYE----------- (6)RED TEE------- Flg" "Enter 1-8 size (2)TEE----------- (5)RED EL-------- (8)RED FLEX------ Ln" " Choice - (1)EL------------ (4)FLEX---------- (7)RED WYE------- Temp:" " ==================== (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ====" " 1 6x4 Duct Fittings-- 1---- 2---- 3---- 4---- 5---- 6---- 7---- 8---- - 0-" "" " 2 6x6 Duct Fittings-- 2---- 5---- 1---- 3---- 1---- 6---- 1---- 1---- - 0-" "" " 3 8x4 Duct Fittings-- 1---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 1---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 4 8x6 Duct Fittings-- 2---- 1---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 5 8x8 Duct Fittings-- 0---- 0---- 0---- 2---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 6 10x6 Duct Fittings- 25--- 33--- 12--- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " 7 10x8 Duct Fittings- 15--- 12--- 5---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- 0---- - 0-" "" " E=Exit- C=-Continue- M=More Parts- P=Previous- S=Sub-asmb- SC=Scr Pad --" " (Flg) R=Rev `all sizes' Funct- (Flg) 1-8=Size Choice Chg- Qnt 99=Exit Size" "---------------------------------------------------------------------------- " "Features:" "1. `All sizes Y/N --' If answer is Y your cursor will go from field to" " field horizontally and on to the next line." "2. If you stop on the `flag' field and enter an `R' it will `reverse'-" " taking the cursor back to `Enter 1-8 size Choice -' and you pick " " the size column you wish to move down vertically." "3. In either of above modes- you may enter a quantity of `99' in any" " field and it will be ignored as a quantity- but will jump you to" " the flag field allowing you to reverse the mode." "4. When moving horizontially- you may enter any line number in the last" " field and the cursor will jump to the start of that line." "5. The number following `Dupl:' tells you how many duplicate systems" " have been specified on the system Bid Control record. If the number" " is `1'- each quantity you enter will be automatically doubled. If" " it is `2'- each quantity will be tripled etc." "6. The number following `Copy:' tells you that there are that number of " " copied systems or similar systems specified on the system Bid " " Control record. Their quantities will be entered individually." "7. Function SC will take you to the `Scratch Pad' screen allowing you to" " enter any part that is not resident on your system. When you are in " " the Scratch Pad screen you may enter a function `CA' and you will " " be taken to the Calculate Cubic Ft/Yds Screen." "8. Function S will take you to the Sub-assembly screen to enter" " quantities of sub-assemblies." "9. When through with either of the above 3 screens- entering a function " " E will return you to the main Takeoff screen you started from." "PAGE.END" " Extention Option Screen- program REMIND and EXTEND" "" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "The many options you have available in EXTEND and in SUM are all shown on" "this screen. Each option requires a Y/N or RETURN response. You may be asked" "for RATES- PERCENTAGES and MULTIPLIER entries based upon your responses." "-----------------------------------------------------------Labor Rate----------" "Do you want labor priced out during EXTEND? Y rate 1? 10--- % ? 50---" "Use the same labor rate for all systems? N 2? 12--- % ? 50---" "Hard copy detail estimate? N 3? ----- % ? -----" "Print only the flagged items? N 4? ----- % ? -----" "Print material list w/o prices? N Composite labor rate 11------ OK? Y" "Use the price MULT stored on each syst recd? N -----Shop Labor Rate---" "Which price structure? Ind Cost? Y Retail? N Act. Cost? N" " Want to enter PR MULT as each syst extends? N rate 1? 9---- % ? 100--" "Use this price MULTIPLIER on the entire bid? 1.1 2? ----- % ? -----" "Use the labor MULT stored on each syst recd? N 3? ----- % ? -----" " Want to enter LAB MULTS as each syst extends? N 4? ----- % ? -----" " Composite shop labor rate 9---- OK? Y" "Use this labor MULTIPLER on the entire bid. 1.2-" "Use this shop labor MULT on the entire bid. 1---" "Using sub-assemblies? Y Note: Above options apply." "Mounting different disks during the run? N" "Single line report? Y Double line? N " "Is your printer ready? Y Satisfied with options? Y Print Rates/Mults? Y" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. This screen is a function of the REMIND program- allowing you to " " establish the options in advance of running EXTEND. The screen is " " stored permanently and is displayed in the first steps of EXTEND " " program. Then you merely modify the responses for that particular " " bid." "2. Some responses will cause the screen to skip other options which would" " be obvious contradictions to the first option." "3. When the EXTEND program obtains your approval with all the options- it" " allows you to enter a 4 character `option ID' and then prints the " " entire option screen as the first part of the Detail Bid Report." "4. The options that effect the PRINT and SUM program are passed along to" " these programs automatically." "5. The labor rate entries that are combined into a composite labor rate" " are edited. The component percentages must total 100%." "6. Only 1 price structure selection is allowed. " "PAGE.END" " SUM program function menu followed by Summary System Review screens" "" " -----------------------------------------------------------" " Summary Program Function Menu" "" " 1=Print Summary using totals from the EXTEND program." "" " 2=Same as above with ability to enter System Comments." "" " 3=Review each System from the EXTEND program- optionally" " re-summarizing and adding System Comments." "" " All the above selections will lead you thru the standard Re-" " minders to conclude the bid." "" " E=Exit" " ------------------------------------------------------------" " Enter menu selection 3" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "===============================================================================" "Values from the PRINT program for system: COPPER SYSTEM" "" " This primary syst will be followed by: 2 similar syst(s)." " Ind Cost Mult Retail Mult Cost Mult Labor Rate 11---- Shop Rt 9-----" " Dollars Mult Dollars Mult" " 86.02---- 1.1- 67.93---- 1--- 56.57---- 1--- 83.7----- 1--- 31.32---- 1---" "" " Enter or modify Job ID as desired: 122" "===============================================================================" "=====You may modify the following values to reflect your final bid summary=====" "===============================================================================" "" " Ind Cost Mult Retail Mult Cost Mult Labor Rate 11---- Shop Rt 9-----" " Dollars Mult Dollars Mult" " 86.02---- 1.1- 67.93---- 1--- 56.57---- 1--- 83.7----- 1--- 31.32---- 1---" "" " R=Revise Labor Rates M=Revise Multipliers M" " X=eXtend hrs- apply mults & go A=Apply mults & go E=Exit- no action" "===============================================================================" " Mult on Pricing- Labor or Both? P/L/B B" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. The EXTEND program has extended all 3 price structures and both labor " " structures storing the resulting summary values on individual" " Bid Control System records. These records are read- one at a time" " by SUM and displayed on the upper portion of this screen and " " initially re-displayed on the lower portion too. Then the screen " " functon allows you to apply `what if' questions by revising the" " labor rates and price and labor multipliers. (See following screen " " which illustrates changed values.)" "PAGE.END" "2. If labor rates were applied in the EXTEND step- you will be blocked" " with error messages from changing labor rates at this screen." "3. If labor rates were applied during the EXTEND step- the labor will be" " labeled `Dollars'. If not they will be labeled `Hours'." "4. When you enter screen function X or A to apply multipliers and rates" " and `go'- the pricing and labor values that are displayed- are " " re-computed and displayed on the lower portion of the screen. The " " cursor then allows you to enter a 60 char. comment if desired before " " bringing in the next system summary for review." "5. If you wish to repeat the previous system's comment- entering an `R'" " in the first comment position accomplishes this automatically." "" " " "" "" "" " System Review Screen illustrating labor rate change" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "===============================================================================" "Values from the PRINT program for system: SHEET METAL SYSTEM" "" " This primary syst will be followed by: 2 similar syst(s)." " Ind Cost Mult Retail Mult Cost Mult Labor Rate 1O.2-- Shop Rt 9-----" " Hours Mult Hours Mult" " 381.12--- 1--- 344.14--- 1--- 297.98--- 1--- 8.08----- 1--- 0-------- 1---" "" " Enter or modify Job ID as desired: 122" "===============================================================================" "=====You may modify the following values to reflect your final bid summary=====" "===============================================================================" "" " Ind Cost Mult Retail Mult Cost Mult Labor Rate 15---- Shop Rt 11----" " Dollars Mult Dollars Mult" " 381.12--- 1--- 344.14--- 1--- 297.98--- 1--- 121.2---- 1--- 0-------- 1---" "" " R=Revise Labor Rates M=Revise Multipliers X" " X=eXtend hrs- apply mults & go A=Apply mults & go E=Exit- no action" "===============================================================================" "You have the option of entering any comment (60 chars.) defining this syst." " Enter `R' in comment to Repeat the previous comment." " Comment: We raised the labor rate to accomodate overtime required.----" "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------" "PAGE.END" " Reminder Screen in--------------------------------------" "PAGE.END" " Reminder Screen in SUM program" "" " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------" " Revise Reminders- Job ID and Estimates. Enter Subs as appropriate." " If Job ID is blank- it will be included in Misc Job Total" " Job Amount" " Construction site office rent-------------------------------- 444 333-----" " Super's travel----------------------------------------------- 100 500-----" " Site utilities----------------------------------------------- 100 45------" " Long distance telephone-------------------------------------- 100 50------" " Equipment transportation------------------------------------- 444 150-----" " Sub contract for concrete work- ABC Builders----------------- 500 1675----" " ------------------------------------------------------------- --- --------" " ------------------------------------------------------------- --- --------" " C=Continue M=More P=Previous E=Exit" " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "" "" "" "Features:" "" "1. The REMIND program allows you to set up a permanent set of reminders" " that are displayed on every bid summary step. The estimator bypasses" " those that don't apply by entering zero dollars. He may optionally " " assign a job number." "2. Blank reminder records are available to use for any additional costs" " that are required for that bid. This serves ideally for the place to " " enter sub-contractor bid amounts. A total of 99 entries are " " accomodated." "PAGE.END" " Job Cost Data Entry Screen" " ---------------------------------------------------------" " ----------------Enter Actuals Screen-----------------" "" " ABC Supermarket Bid ID: BB" "" " Job# 123 Description Test Job 1----------" " Labor rate: 19.5- Shop rate: 17.5- MatrlTot ---------" " LabTot --------- ShpTot --------- NonMatTot ---------" "" " MM/DD Materl Labor ShpLab Non-Matr % Compl" " Dollars Hrs Hrs Dollars to Date" "" " 1/23 120--- 11---- 21---- 0----- 10--" "" " 1/30 111--- 1----- 1----- 22---- 11--" "" " 2/7 122--- 2----- 2----- 0----- 12--" "" " 2/14 100--- 12---- 2----- 0----- 14--" "" " 2/21 111--- 11---- 1----- 0----- 16--" "" " E=Exit C=Continue P=Previous M=More N=Next Job Recd -" " ---------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. Job file created automatically with Bid Summary program. " " Stores estimated job totals and labor rates and are " " displayed for revision if necessary. Accomodates 26" " weeks of actual costs." "2. This data entry program takes you automatically to the " " first vacant week for entry of material/labor and " " estimated % completed." "3. The program allows you to add jobs to the file if needed" " and existing totals may be revised if work is assigned" " to different job breakdown after bid estimate." "4. Program prints Job Cost report computing actual per- " " centages to date by job and bid total. The report " " may be all weeks detailed to date or current week " " total cumulative to date." "PAGE.END" " --------------------------------------------------------" "" " ----EstiBid System- Turbo Sub-assembly Function Menu----" "" " 1=Create Turbo Sub-assembly File for use in all bids." "" " 2=Add or Change various Turbo sub-assembly component" " records- updating primary Master record." "" " 3=Re-compute all Turbo sub-assembly prices and labor-" " optional hard copy breakdown of all sub-assemblies. " " Update prices and labor on primary Master record." "" " 4=Print Turbo sub-assembly material list for a bid-" " reading ALL system files used in the bid." "" " 5=Print Turbo sub-assembly material list for a bid-" " reading SELECTED system files used in the bid." "" " 6=Delete Turbo sub-assembly Recd- updating the primary " " Master record." "" " E=Exit" "" "Enter your menu selection. _ " " -------------------------------------------------------" "---------------------------------------------------------------------------" "-----------------Turbo Sub-Assembly Component Update Screen----------------" " " "Sub Master Part # 1190___ Name SwBoxLeg Std I Plas(1-8) -Size Descrpt- Qnt" "" " Component Part # 1110___ Boxes Galv_________ 1 StdFlPlastMnt_ 1__" " 1090___ EMT Connector______ 1 1/2___________ 1__" " 1140___ Wall Switch________ 1 SPST Ivory____ 1__" " 1270___ MakupWirePlasInsul 1 #14 2ft_______ 1__" " _______" " _______" " _______" " _______" " _______" " _______" " L=Locate Existg Sub- C=Chg- A=Add New Sub- E=Exit _" " Master Part Number _______ " "---------------------------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. Entering the Part # causes the program to locate the Master recd-" " displaying the 20 char description of the primary Master recd." "2. Entering each component Part # causes the program to locate the" " Master recd and display the description." "3. Entering the 1-8 size designation causes the size description to " " display." "4. Now you enter the component quantity." "5. When all component entries are complete- the sub-assembly detail" " is stored on the Turbosub file. " "PAGE.END" "----------------------------------------------------" "----EstiBid System- Re-estimate Program Function----" "" "1=Re-enter bid quantities and/or Master file prices-" " reading ALL system files used in the bid." "" "2=Re-enter bid quantities and/or Master file prices-" " reading SELECTED system files used in the bid." "" "E=Exit" "" "-----------------------------------------------------" "Enter your menu choice _" "" "" "-----------------------------------------------------" " Turbo Sub-assembly Record Review/Update Screen" " Part #: _______ Recd No. ___" " Description: ____________________ Quant: ____" "" "Part Descript: ____________________ Part #: _______" "Size Descript Quant Ind Cst Retail Act Cost" "" "............. ______ ________ ________ ________" "" " C=Change Prices E=Exit ES=Exit System __" "" "-------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. As the program reads through the System file- it automatically" " furnishes the above screen if the record is a Turbo" " Sub-assembly primary Master recd. It also gets all the com-" " ponent recds- one at a time- allowing you to revise the Turbo" " Sub quantity or component quantity and/or pricing." "2. When all components are reviewed- quantities and total pricing " " are written into the primary Master recd." "PAGE.END" "____________________________________________________" "" " System Record Review/Update Screen- Recd No. ___" "" " Description: Lumber 2 in_________ Part #: _______" "" "Size Descript Quant Ind Cst Retail Act Cost" "" "2x4x8....... ______ ________ ________ ________" "2x4x10...... ______ ________ ________ ________" "2x4x12...... ______ ________ ________ ________" "" "C=Change Quantity and/or Prices E=Exit ES=Exit Sys __" "" "-------------------------------------------------------" "" "Features:" "" "1. As the program reads through the System file- it automatically" " furnishes the above screen if the record is a normal Master " " recd. It also displays all the sizes for the part with the" " pricing and quantities in effect for the bid." "2. You review and change any quantities or prices." "3. When you exit the screen the next recd in the System file is " " read- repeating either this screen or the above Turbo Sub" " screen." "4. After reviewing/revising all the Systems- you are ready to" " run the Extend and Summary program steps." "END.OF.FILE" " Table of Contents" "" " Detailed Description- How You Set It Up &" " How You Use It 2" "" " Random Access Master File Stores All Parts 2" "" " Initializing Random Access Files 3" "" " Reorganizing the Data Base Files 4" "" " Building the Size Code Table 4" "" " Master File Updating 5" "" " Printing the Master File 6" "" " System Record Lengths 6" "" " System Storage Requirements 6" "" " Customized System Files Using the Table Program 6" "" " Tally Work Sheets for Each System 7" "" " Table Refresh Program 7" "" " Sub Assemblies to Speed Up the Bidding 8" "" " Turbo Sub is a Great Approach to Sub-Assemblies 8" "" " Non Material Reminder Items and Sub-Contractor 9" "" " Bid Control File 9" "" " Build the Bid System Files 10" "" " Extract the Bid's Sub-assembly File 10" "" " Extract the Bid's Reminder File 10" "" " Using the Bid Take Off Program 11" "" " Scratch Pad Function in the Take Off Program 11" "PAGE.END" " Table of Contents cont." "" " Calculate Cubic Volumes or Surface Areas 12" "" " Cubes- Wedges- Rectangles & Triangles Pictured" " for Easy Dimension Entry 12" "" " Easily Exit to Enter Sub-assembly Quantities 12" "" " Flagging Parts for Selective Printing on Detail " " Bid 13" "" " Handling a Partially Completed System Take Off 13" "" " Handling Identical and Similar Systems 13" "" " The Bid Extension Program 14" " " " Wide Variety of Bid Options Stored on Reminder" " File 14" "" " Quick Revision of All Standard Options 14" "" " Automatically Retrieves and Extends All Related" " Parts 15" "" " Misc. Description and Quantities 15" "" " Sub-assemblies Extended 15" "" " Sheet Metal Extend and Detail Bid Print Program 15" "" " The Bid Summary Program 16" "" " Many `What If' Options for Quick Bid Review/" " Revision 16" "" " Suppress Printing of Labor Rates and Multipliers" " If Desired 16" "" " Thw Job Cost Accounting Module 17" "" " The Re-Estimate Program 17" "" " The Erase Bid Utility Program 18" "" " The TESTREAD and COPYMST Utility Programs 18" "" " BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP!! 18" "" " The BAKUP Program for Multiple Floppies 18" "" " EstiBid Master Record/Size Code Table Record" " Relationships 19" "PAGE.END" " Table of Contents cont." "" " Special Use of the Size Code Table for Sheet " " Metal 20" "" " Sheet Metal Labor by Lineal/Ft or Weight SqFt 21" "" " Summary Reports by Duct Size 21" "" " Duct Hangers Handled as 1st Related Part 21" "" " Three Example Work Sheets to control entry 21" "" " Work Sheets with illustrations 22-24" "" " More on Random Access Master and Table Files 25" "" " Getting Started 27" "" " Back Up your Original EstiBid System Diskettes 30" "" " Steps to Get Started with EstiBid 31" "" " Bid Execution Steps 33" "" " Detail Index 35" "" " Appendix 1 Detail Screen Control Functions 38" "" " Appendix 2 Duct/Fittings Labor & Pricing Based" " Upon Weight 41" "" "END.OF.TABLE.CONTENTS"