OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Bill of Quantities Report

Creates a Bill of Quantities consisting of Item, Subtype and Quantity. It is also possible to include cable data.

You have added the drawing(s) for Bill of quantities report in Output Manager.

The Bill of Quantities reports are generated in Excel without needing to configure Excel application.
  1. Select Output Manager > Bill of Quantities report utility. The confirmation dialog appears.
    BBES Database Server Request
    Output cable data? [Yes] [No]
  2. Select Yes/No. Selecting Yes opens the Reports dialog.


    Reports available:
    • Bill of Quantities
    • Luminaires schedule
    • Transformer schedule
  3. Select Bill of Quantities and click > Excel. Create Bill of Quantities report in Excel.


    Bill of Quantities with cable data

    The Bill of Quantities report is generated as a standard .xls file, excluding the symbols in Drawing Legends.

Schedules

Selecting Luminaires schedule report type would generates a schedule as shown below:


Note: Symbols need to be equipped with Subtypes to appear in the Luminaire schedule.
Selecting Transformer schedule report type would generates a schedule for active rooms as shown below:


Transformer Schedule