Editing Components

Click the plus sign next to any Key in the Database tree in the left-hand side of the Edit Database dialog box to see whether the selected Key has Components, Descriptors or both grouped in it, then click the plus sign next to the Components icon to view the items belonging to the selected Key.

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To edit any of the Component records in the selected Database, highlight its name in the Database tree. The right-hand side of the dialog box will display the attributes of the highlighted component.

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Component type database records are identified by their Key-codes and Codes which appear in the second and third rows of the component attributes in the right-hand side of the dialog box. The component’s Code can be edited by typing the new number into the corresponding text field.

Components can be moved from one key to another using click-and-drag. You can drop the moved item either into the Components folder of the new key location if the key is open, or simply drop it into the Key folder. In the latter case, the moved component will automatically be placed in the Components folder of the key.

Edit the component‘s name directly in the Name text field, or by clicking on its name in the Database tree.

The bottom three rows of the component’s attribute controls allow you to define:

the Component Quantity 

the Unit used to calculate the component

the number of component units per Reference Quantity unit, e.g., eight pieces of tiles per square meter of a wall’s inside surface.

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For more information on Reference Quantity, see Components.

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