6.1 Creating Material Lists
Estimated Completion Time: 18 minutes
Description
This module covers how to use the Paragon Materials App to manage lists for Lumber, Connector Plate, and Hangers.
Objectives
Demonstrate how to create a Lumber List by selecting Species, Grade, Widths, Heights and Stock Lengths.
Describe the impact Stock Lengths have on splicing when designing components.
Create Plate Lists using specific plate manufacturers.
Create and manage a Hanger List from supported products.
User Paragon Design App Material Settings to define what material lists to use for projects and specific designs.
Use AnyPlate for maximum design flexibility.
Additional Resources
Learning Activity
Watch video and follow along within the Paragon Design App.
Video Transcript:
Welcome! In this video, we will go over creating different material lists using the Paragon Materials app and how to use those lists in Paragon Design.
Let’s get started!
Paragon Materials is a complimentary app to Paragon Design and Layout that allows you to create lumber list, Plate List, and Hanger List that can be used to design your projects. Certain material lists, like plates, may be unavailable to you depending on your plan; however, all the principles will apply. To Launch the Materials App, click on the User Menu and then click Materials icon from the bottom of the menu.
Let’s start by creating a lumber list. Click the Add New button next to the Lumber List header to name your new list. For this example let’s name it Roof Shop.
Lumber lists are comprised of any number of lumber sets. A lumber set is a group of lumber that matches a set of desired properties. We will create a lumber set by clicking the Add Lumber Set button to open the Lumber Set Editor. First, select the desired species for the set. Multiple species can be added to a list, but for this example we will choose Southern Pine. Scroll down until you see Southern Pine and then click to select it from the list. To accept the selection simply press the tab button or click outside of the box.
Next we need to specify the grades. Let’s assume the Roof Shop only uses Number 1, 2, 3 and Select Structural. Scroll down until these show, and then we can select these grades. To accept the selection press the tab key.
Next we need to select the Treatment type. We will leave our treatment type set to Untreated.
Next, we will specify the dimensions available for this set. We’re going to say our Roof Shop only uses two by fours but in 8, 10 and 12 foot lengths. We will enter the actual dimensions in the fields. So, let's enter 1.5 for the widths, and we will use 3.5 for the heights. For the Stock lengths each separated by a comma. So, we will enter 8 feet, 10 feet, and 12 feet. The stock lengths will influence auto splicing when designing components.
At this point, you should see the list get populated in the Lumber Preview. Confirm the data is correct and click the Save button.
You can create more sets and organize them as needed for your workflows, but for now we will settle with this single set. Before we move on, you will notice a few options at the top of the list. You can set any list as the default list for your organization. Any new project or component will default to this list. Additionally, you can rename, duplicate, and archive lists.
Next, we will create a plate list. To return back to the main menu, simply click the Paragon Materials icon in the upper left corner or click the word Home from the top menu string.
Here we will Click the add new plate lists button and give your list a name. For our example let’s go with Simpson Roof and press enter.
Let’s assume our roof shop only uses Simpson AS20 plates. Use the filters at the top of each column by entering Simpson under the Manufacturer column, and AS20 for the Type column to narrow down the options in the list. From here, we can pick specific sizes or we can select all visible options using the select all checkbox on the left side. We will select all and click save.
Great, we just created a plate list!
Select the Simpson Roof list again to open it back up. You will notice all plates are visible, even if they are not selected for this list. You can add more plates to the list or use the “Hide Unused Plates” to hide all plates not selected for the list.
Similar to the lumber list, you can set a default, rename, duplicate or archive the plate list.
Finally, we will create a hanger list. Return back home by clicking the Paragon Materials icon on the upper left corner or click Home from the string of text. Click the Add New button next to Hanger Lists, name the list and hit enter. We will go with Roof Hangers to finish out the lists for our example roof shop.
To add hangers to the list, select them in the right panel and click save. For our roof shop we are going to select all and save the list.
Great! We’ve made a lumber, plate, and hanger list for our roof shop. Now, lets hop over to Paragon Design and take a look at specifying these lists in the Material Settings.
These lists are accessible via the Material Settings for both projects and components. Let’s click the Project Settings button and select Material Settings. At the top of the Material Settings panel you will see selects for Lumber, Plate, and Hanger lists. Use these selects to change the lists to the ones we just created. If you want to specify certain materials for certain elements of a component you can also do that here.
Finally, let’s discuss the Paragon AnyPlate. You may have noticed “Any” as an option in the Plate Lists dropdown. This list represents a group of plates with aggregated design values such that the final product may be from a specified list of plate types. This list can be found on our website and in our documentation.
You can save these changes and apply them to all existing components or only apply them to newly created components. For this demonstration we will apply the settings to all existing components.
Great! We have created custom material lists and applied them to a project!
And that does it for Creating Materials List. Thanks for watching, and see you in the next one!
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