Room Materials

Architectural

Edit the room materials in the Room Materials dialog box. In the dialog box, you can define room-specific or wall-specific materials.

Room-specific materials - Define the materials for the floor, ceiling and/or walls of the room. All the walls will have the same materials. In the list box of the dialog box, the room-specific materials have been marked with a following label:

Add a row to the list box for each part of the room (floor, ceiling, walls).
Wall-specific materials - Define a material for a specific wall. Select the wall according to the wall number. You can see the wall numbers in the preview image of the dialog box. In the list box of the dialog box, the wall-specific materials have been marked with a following label:

The number refers to the wall number. Add a row to the list box for each wall.

When you have added a new row in the list box, click the field in the first column, and select the label of either the room-specific or wall-specific material from the list. Add a row to the list box by clicking the Add row button.

Dialog Box Options

Room

When you select the room to be edited, the program adds a number to the room, for example 001. The number is displayed in the Room field at the top of the dialog box.

Material Code

A material code, based on which the material is collected to the bill of materials. Pick the code from the material register in the following way:

Click the field in the Code column. The Material Register dialog box opens.
Do one of the following:
- Define search criteria in the dialog box. For example, you can search for all the codes starting with letter A by typing A* in the Code field and then clicking OK. You can define search criteria in any of the fields in the dialog box.
- Get all the codes in the material register by just clicking OK.
Select the material code from a list.

Type

Click the field in the Type column, and select the type from the list. Select one of the following:

CEILING - Ceiling area.
COLOR - Room color.
CORNERS - Total length of room corner heights.
FLOOR - Floor area.
FLOOR+TURN_UP2H - Floor area + turn up of floor to walls. Type the height of the turn up (H) in the Secondary type field.
OPNGAREA - Glass area of windows and doors.
PERIM - Perimeter of the room, for baseboards, for example.
PERIM@H - Perimeter of the room at height H. Type the height H in the Secondary type field. The length of the opening or the space divider walls is not calculated in the perimeter.
PERIM_OPENINGS - Total perimeter of the openings.
QTY - Components, or materials that can be measured by quantity.
VOLUME - Room volume. Type the room height in the Secondary type field.
WALL - Wall area. Type the room height in the Secondary type field.
WALL_GR - Wall area without openings. Type the room height in the Secondary type field.
WAREA - Window area.

The program calculates the area or perimeter based on the type in order to discover the required material quantities.

Quantity

Type a ratio (usually 1) in the Quantity field. The amount of material collected for the bill of materials will be multiplied by it. If, for example, the baseboard and the cornice molding are of the same material, you can define them on a single row in the list and set 2 as the ratio, in which case the material quantity will be double the number of linear meters based on the perimeter of the room.

You can also set the quantity to 0, in which case the material is not collected to the bill of materials.

Secondary type

Type the value in the Secondary type field.

Secondary types can be defined for following material types:

Type	Explanation	Secondary type
FLOOR+TURN_UP2H	Floor area + turn up of floor to walls.	Height of the turn up H.
PERIM@H	Perimeter of the room at height H.	Height H.
VOLUME	Room volume.	Room height.
WALL	Wall area.	Room height.
WALL_GR	Wall area without openings.	Room height.

Extra information: If a note text is necessary, click the field in the Extra information column. Type the text in the Add Text dialog box.; Add Text Dialog Box
Add row: By clicking the button you can add a row for each part of the room (floor, ceiling, walls) to the list box of the dialog box. Once you have added the row, select the type and the material data.
Delete row: By clicking the button you can delete the material data of a part of the room (floor, ceiling, walls). Activate a field on the row, and click the Delete row button.
Copy from room: By clicking the button you can copy the room-specific materials from a room to which you have already defined materials. Select the room label in the floor plan drawing.; Wall-specific materials are not copied.
Copy to walls: By clicking the button, you can copy a room-specific wall material to all walls. The program adds a row for each wall in the list box. After this, you can edit the material of each wall, if necessary.
Copy from wall: By clicking the button, you can copy the wall-specific material to all the walls of the room. Select the wall number from a list. The program deletes the wall-specific rows and adds a room-specific row in the list box.
Furniture inside room: If there are furniture or other macros with a material code in the room, you can collect them to the list box by clicking the Get furniture button.