Further to another recent post I thought I’d show the power and flexibility of now being able to create your own materials in PlusSpec.
The attachment shows a 310UB46 Steel Beam I created for a current project. This beam is now a fully editable PlusSpec object that I can select for use with the flooring, wall tools etc and use in reports via the Take Off tool as per any other PlusSpec library material. Alternatively I can just take my single master beam form my Sketchup Model Library, place it in to any model, “extrude” it to any length and then generate accurate quantity and price/cost via the Take Off tool.
Great work Darryl, it is fantastic to see you getting into the quantifiable side, many overlook the power. There is a new release coming out that will help you with a lot with this yet your method is great. Creating custom materials that can be quantified is great for many things. You will also find the BIM tool :bim-tool: invaluable for creating jobs specific items. We use it in AAD Build for adding allowances into a job, right down to drafting costs, council fees and more. It is easy and we will be refining the system in the future to allow you to automate the process.
Hey guys I just smashed this video out, youtube.com/watch?v=DMhTqfO4Nn8
This will save you a heap of time and gives so much more functionality. I iwll do more as soon as I get a minute.
We also have some other really cool tools.
