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Arquimedes

Keynote reports for Revit®

Two new report templates have been implemented in Arquimedes. These templates can also be found in the new template type called “Revit”. The two new templates are:

  • Template 00 – Keynote Revit (pl_exp01.pla)
    Contains chapters and job items. They refer to the level immediately above them and to which they belong. It displays a list of job items classified by chapters as they appear in the bill of quantities.
  • Template 00 – Keynote Revit Materials (pl_exp02.pla)
    Contains chapters, job items and materials. They refer to the level immediately above them and to which they belong. It displays a list of materials classified by job items and chapters as they appear in the bill of quantities.

Generation of keynote files for Revit®

As of the 2015.f version, Arquimedes generates keynote files for Revit® (CAD-BIM program). To do so, the option: Generate keynote file for Revit (File > Export) has been generated. This option opens a dialogue box where users can choose between two export types:

  • Chapters and job items
    Creates a “txt” file containing the keynotes for Revit. The file contains a list of keynotes consisting of the value of the keynote and the text of the keynote for each chapter and job item of the database. Each chapter and job item concept have a reference to the immediate higher level on which they depend so that Revit can create the decomposition tree composed of chapters and job items.
  • Chapters, job items and materials
    Creates a “txt” file containing the keynotes for Revit. The file contains a list of keynotes consisting of the value of the keynote and the text of the keynote for each chapter, job item and material of the database. Each chapter, job item and material concept have a reference to the immediate higher level on which they depend so that Revit can create the decomposition tree composed of chapters, job items and materials.

    If materials are included in the decomposition of a job item of the bill of quantities, these will be displayed hung from the job item that is using them in the keynotes. There is one exception to this however. Since Revit does not allow for keynotes to be repeated, if the materials are used by more than one job item in the bill of quantities, i.e. they are repeated, in the keynote file, the first job item which contains them will display the keynote of these materials. The following job items which use the same material will appear without the materials but immediately following each job item will be a job item with their same reference with the word “_Material” added to it. The text of this duplicated job item only contains the codes or keys of the repeated materials. This way, Revit can display keynotes containing materials and can be located easily. Contained in the bottom part of the Revit keynotes window, is the complete text of the keynote. Users can copy the value of the keynote from this zone to the clipboard of the operating system to later use wherever it may be required.

The final use of the Revit keynote file is to be able to identify construction elements and measure and tag materials in construction details.

Quantity import from “ArchiCAD® 18 (64-bit)”

The 2015.e version of Arquimedes has been updated to adapt the quantity import from ArchiCAD for “ArchiCAD® 18 (64-bit)”.

Access to earlier version databases

When Arquimedes opens a database saved with an earlier program version, a dialogue box is displayed where users can choose to open the job in read only mode and create a compressed copy.

As of the 2015.a version, Arquimedes allows for these databases to be opened in read only mode, even if they require an update, and so will not appear modified when opened.

Improvement in the presentation of the calculation justification of type A charge repercussions

To improve the calculation presentation of the type A charge repercussions, the Details of the repercussion job items window has been improved. This window appears when a type A repercussion exists on a job item and the repercussion amount is double clicked on.

The repercussion expenses due to theoretical consumption (type A repercussions) are obtained in the following way: charges containing supplies whose amounts are to be shared proportionally amongst job items which contain the same type of supplies in their decomposition (direct expenses) should be assigned in chapters. The distribution is proportional to the theoretical quantity of the supply in the job item. The theoretical quantity is calculated as the product of its yield in the decomposition by the quantity executed in the job item.

If the affected job items have direct charges of the same type of supply, the distribution favours those which no not have these direct charges.

An example of this type of charge could be the case of a supply of concrete to be used on site, yet its exact quantity is unknown, and so the root chapter or the various chapters are directly charged, and so the program will share its quantity evenly amongst the job items containing this supply in their decomposition.

New charge summary tables

The amount executed of each job item in each phase (month) is obtained using the direct and repercussion charges classified in phases (months). In the 2015.a version of Arquimedes and Job Control, two new options have been added to the View option in the Job Control menu:

  • Summary of job charges
    This displays a table that includes the charged partial and accumulated amounts of the job in execution phases (months) in accordance with the closed certifications.
  • Summary of job item charges
    This displays a table that includes the charged partial amounts of each job item of the job in execution phases (months) in accordance with the closed certifications.

Financial control of the job by applying the Earned Value Management – EVM model

The Earned Value Management (EVM) method is a cost control standard which allows users to follow the expenses and deadlines of a project and provides the information required to make decisions. The model can be applied to a job item, a chapter or the complete job, from the point of view of the Project Management team or the Site Manager.

The EMV model has been taken from chapter 7, Project Cost Management, of the Project Management Book of Knowledge guide (PMBOK) for the American code: ANSI / PMI 99-001-2004.

This model has been implemented in the 2015.a version of Arquimedes so the economic control can be performed by the Site Manager. In future versions, this model will be implemented so it can be applied from the point of view of the Project Management team.

To view the economic control by applying the “EMV” model from the point of view of the Site Manager with Arquimedes, a Gantt chart must be created at job item level to plan the job in phases (months). All these tasks must be linked to cost centres (job items) with updated quantity and study amounts in accordance with the job items in the decomposition tree.

The corresponding charges must be applied to the cost centres and the executed quantities of each job item must be introduced to obtain their execution prices in the corresponding phase designed in accordance with the plan of the project. Additionally, certifications must be closed at the dates corresponding to each planned phase to register both certified quantities and executed amounts. This way, all the information required to obtain the variables of the Earned Value Management EMV) model is obtained.

Export Gantt chart to XML format (work calendar)

As of the previous version (2014.l), users could export the Gantt chart to XML format. 

Now, with the 2014.m version, when the chart is exported to XML format, the work calendar is included. The duration of the working day can also be indicated.

Import quantities in CSV format

Since previous versions, Arquimedes allows users to import quantities from CAD programs: Allplan®, ArchiCAD® and +Extended® (AutoARQ). As of the 2014.m version, Arquimedes can also import quantities from CSV format files. The quantities of the job units generated by a CAD program would be provided in CSV format files directly by the program that generates them or using an intermediate tool.

Therefore, this new possibility allows Arquimedes to import the quantities from other CAD programs, not only from those mentioned previously.

The quantity lines from a CSV format file can be imported by selecting the CSV option from File > Import > Import quantities from CAD programs.

he quantity lines generated by the CAD programs include the chapter and job item codes to which they belong and a quantity line identifier (Id). The chapters and job items which the quantity lines, created in CAD programs, refer to must be included in the bill of quantities of Arquimedes to which the quantities are going to be imported. In any case, the quantity import process in CSV format to Arquimedes has options and tools which allow users to locate, in the reference database (price bank) or associated databases, job items which are not included in the bill of quantities of Arquimedes and have references in the quantity lines of the CSV file. Furthermore, Arquimedes will automatically generate a chapter: @CSV, where job items whose reference has not been found in any databases and are contained in the CSV file to be imported will be placed. This way, no quantity lines of the CSV file are lost.

Additionally, Arquimedes allows users to eliminate quantity lines with “CSV” origin before importing the quantities and indicate the destination of the import (Quantities, Certification or Execution).

When Arquimedes reads the quantities file in CSV format, it compares the contents with the existing quantities. For each line that is read in the CSV file, a check is carried out to see whether the “Id” of the element that has been measured is already included as a quantity line of the job item and if present, will ask how to proceed.

Once imported, Arquimedes displays a table in which the Status column indicates the state of the quantity line of the external file compared to the equivalent line in the database. If the line exists and is the same, a black equals sign is displayed. If the line exists, but some data has changed, a blue not equal sign is shown. If the line does not exist, a red plus sign is provided.

The import process of a quantity in CSV format is similar to the quantity import process generated by Allplan®. The online Arquimedes manual (currently available in Spanish), specifically in the section on “Connections with CAD programs” has detailed information on the import procedures of quantities generated by Allplan®, ArchiCAD® and +Extended®, and will shortly include a detailed section on the “Import of quantities in CSV format” (import process, comparison, and format of the quantity import CSV file).

Online Arquimedes and Job control manual

Arquimedes and Job control, and their connection with the Price generator, are programs which offer great possibilities for job management. With the aim to be able to exploit these possibilities successfully, CYPE has published an “online manual” which can be downloaded or viewed for sections dealing with specific tasks.

This version of the Online Arquimedes manual (currently available in Spanish) is updated to the 2014 version of the program and can be accessed since the 30th April 2014. 

As of the 2014.m version, the Online Arquimedes and Job control manual (in Spanish) can be accessed in the “Manuals” section of the main CYPE program menu (when the programs are installed in Spanish, Spanish for Argentina, Spanish for Mexico, Catalan and Galician.

Arquimedes

Correction of the DXF or DWG measurement which did not allow for the “Linear length” measurement or “Delete measurement” button to be used in specific cases with the previous version (2014.j).

Import quantities from Allplan 2014 (32-bit and 64-bit)

The 2014.e version of Arquimedes has been updated to adapt the Allplan quantity imports to its new version “Allplan 2014 (32-bit and 64-bit)”.

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