6.2 Adding Prices for Materials
Estimated Completion Time: 9 minutes
Description
This module introduces adding Lumber, Plate, and Hanger prices in the Paragon Pricing App.
Objectives
Navigate between Lumber, Plates, and Hangers from within the Paragon Pricing App.
Explain how updates to pricing apply across the board.
Demonstrate how to view the price for a specific component.
Describe what it means when Total Price displays "N/A."
Additional Resources
Learning Activity
Watch video and follow along within the Paragon Design App.
Video Transcript:
Welcome! In this video, we will introduce some basics for adding lumber, plate, and hanger prices using the Paragon Pricing app.
Let’s get started!
Paragon Pricing is another companion app for Paragon Design. Prices added and updated here will automatically be updated for projects and components using these materials in Design. To launch the Pricing App, click on the user icon and then select Pricing from the lower part of the menu.
First, lets quickly go over the Pricing interface. At the top of the window you will see tabs for Lumber, Plates, and Hangers. Depending on your plan, some of these may not be accessible; however, the same principles apply. Clicking on a tab will display any existing prices in a grid. Prices can be filtered by any column. As you add new prices they will automatically populate in the grid. If a new price is created for an item that already has a price, the newer price will take precedence over the old.
Let’s start by clicking the lumber tab. We can create a new price using the data fields just under the items tabs. We will start by adding 2x4 Southern Pine with the No. 2 grade, untreated and 10 feet long. Let’s set the price at an even $500 per 1000 board feet. There is an additional field for notes should you need it, but for this example we will leave it blank. Click insert lumber price and you should see the price show up in the grid below. Once a price has been added, it can be edited in the list. Only the price and notes can be changed.
Let’s add a price for some Alpine plates. Click the Plates tab to access the plate price tools. Use the input fields to add Alpine 20H plates and set the price per pound to an even $2 for demo purposes. Just like lumber, there’s an optional notes field. Click the Insert Plate Price button. You should see the new price populate in the grid below. Remember, you can always filter the columns to narrow down the visible items.
Finally, let’s add a price for some hangers. Click the hangers tab and use the tools to select a hanger, HUS26 for this example, input a price of 3 dollars per unit and click Insert Hanger Price. The price will appear in the grid below confirming the insertion.
Great! We’ve added prices for all three material categories. Let’s quickly hop over to Paragon Design and see this information applied to a component. If you have a component using materials with specified pricing, you will see a price listed for that component in the Explorer Panel when the truss is highlighted. If the price field does not have a number but instead displays “N/A” this means the price is not available due to a material being used that does not have a specified price. You can scroll to the “Total Price” field in the component properties panel for more information.
And that wraps up this introduction to Paragon Pricing! Thanks for watching and we will see you in the next one!
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