In Arquimedes, the Price structure of a database (bill of quantities or price bank) includes the quantity, the price and amount of a series of concepts up to a specific decomposition level. When this price structure reaches the last level (unit items), we refer to it as a Complete price structure.
Until now, Arquimedes could only use one complete price structure in a price bank. In a bill of quantities, Arquimedes could use three complete price structures: Budget, Sale and Study price structures, but users could not view all three at once. The price calculation method option (Show > Configuration) indicated if the decomposition referred to the sale price or the study price.
As of the 2013.e version, Arquimedes includes three complete price structures in price banks and allows users to view them at the same time in bills of quantities and in price banks. The three complete price structures are:
- Budget (Quantity, Price and Amount)
- Sale (Sale quantity, Sale price and Sale amount)
- Study (Study quantity, Study price and Study amount)
The existence of these three structures implies several options of the program have been modified and others have been implemented. These changes are explained in detail below:
