Introduction

Now that we explained the main functions of the detailed view, we can move to the calendar view.

The Calendar view is separated into 2 windows, the one on the left and the one on the right.

The left window is the calendar view, and the right window is the element list view of every table. The right side will be activated after you select a table from the left side, showing you in detail what elements are planned on this table.

Select the date that you want to be in and find your elements, as shown in the picture above.

The main functionality of the calendar view is the same as in the detailed view. However, there are a few more buttons that are explained below.

1. Setting the status of the table to Produced (after the concrete is poured - we will look into this later)

2. Move a whole cast 1 day ahead.

3. Select an empty table, and move all the casts behind in time.

4. Edit Cast... Same functionality as in the detailed view

5. Print reports for a cast

6. Open Drawings for a cast

7. Export machine files for mesh/bar bending machines.

8. Calendar View Settings

The Calendar View settings are very important for the visibility of our Calendar. Please ope the settings window and follow the proposed settings to be added on your Cast planner. The settings are saved locally on your computer.

Auto-Bed Management

Try and select a few elements and use the function "Auto-Bed Management". I have selected some of my sandwich walls again from the first floor that I have not put on tables yet. We should try and match the proposed production dates to the actual ones.

In the picture below I have grouped my elements by both the planned Production date and the Status. I want only elements that have status 20 and not the ones that are already planned production (Status 30).

The 6 elements I selected, were planned on 2 different days as they could not be fitted on one table on the same day!

Note: If you double click on one of the casts from the calendar view, then you will automatically be redirected to the detailed view.

IMPORTANT Note: If your actual production date is different than the planned one, then the planned production date will change to the actual one. The software will ask you if you want to update the rest of the dependencies and then it is up to you if you want the dates to follow the new production date or not. If you do not want to get the question every time, then you should change the main setting here.

Note: The dates on the Element Ids tab have also colours, which can be black, blue or red. Red dates means that our deadlines have been surpassed and the elements have not been produced yet. Blue dates means that our deadlines are within a working week and Black dates mean that we are on schedule.

Most Used Functionalities

The most common tools that we use when cast planning on the calendar view are the following:

• Move everything one day ahead

• Select a previous date and move everything back

• Edit a table (moving the whole table to another date/division)

• Drag and drop from one bed to another (used for moving 1 element only)

IMPORTANT Note: When dragging one element from the element view to the calendar, then there is only a specific place where you can drop the element, and that is the following line. If you drop it in the middle of the calendar bed, then nothing will happen.

Note: Remember that whenever we multi-select elements from the main model, then you can see how many are plannable through the following button. Also, the white space allows you to drag and drop them to a specific place.

Note: If you want to visualise how many elements have been planned for production, then please change the element colour from the “Home” tab to “Cast”

Print Reports

Now that you have some elements planned on tables, you can right-click on the calendar view and select to print out the Cast report as well as the Element Label report (one at a time).

They should both come up with QR codes as shown above. We will use that later for our mobile app (IMPACT GO).

Note: You can select multiple beds on multiple days and print out the reports. Reports include cast-in materials and reinforcement lists, as well as exports to specific machinery.

The last thing is to try and change the status of one table to produced.

See that the colour of the elements (colour set to “Status”) has changed automatically. That is why the Status type in the settings is important, as we do not manually set statuses but we perform an act in the software and the status change automatically.

Note. Make sure you change the status of the tables to produced when concrete is poured in real life. This is something that practically happens through the mobile app (IMPACT GO).

Continue to the next part of the training here.