Sprays Facilities
Steel Types - Angles, Channels, Circular, Flats, Rectangular, Square, Tees, Universal Beam, Universal Columns, Wind Braced, Composite Floors, Partials, Specials, Plate Girders, Joists, Cellular Beams and Ovals.
Steel Sizes - There are over 2,600 different steel sizes available. (British, American, European and Australian)
Multi System Licence - With a Multi System Licence, you are able to copy data from one product type to another. For example, if you have created a Sprays project and you wish to see what Intumescent products you could use as an alternative, you can copy all of your steel sections and paste them into a Board project.
Project Creation
Project Types Produce projects in m² by kilograms. Produce projects in Items and Length by kilograms.
Create New Projects You are able to select individual products or let Steelcalc pick all available products for you.
Project Templates - Rather than selecting products each time when creating a new project, this allows you to save your most used products to a reusable template.
Replace - This facility enables you to update any record that is currently active in your project grid. You can alter a single Zone, or, if you have Marked Records, you can change all those selected.
Cost Centre
Cost Centre - Steelcalc enables you to store your cost prices for all available Sprays. The Cost Centre prices are transferred into your project on its creation. You can then use the Cost Adjuster facility to amend the prices as required.
Specials
Shelf Angles - 1x or 2x Shelf Angles and even Edge Beams with an angle can be selected. Add the slab depth for fast calculations.
Specials - Steelcalc gives you the option to enter any steel sizes even if they are not available in a standard size. Additionally, if one of the available steel sizes are being used in a special way, then you can use the Specials Calculator to help you calculate a new A/V and Girth. Depending on which steel section you use, you can create Edge Beams, Shelf Angles and Integrated Plates.
More Facilities
Totals and Reports Builder
This facility enbles you to create your reports. You have the ability to select which products you wish to use from your currently opened project. You can create project Notes and also a Disclaimer to add to your report. You also have the ability to have your own company logo show on all reports.
Cost Adjuster
This facility enables you to amend, delete and insert overheads and change costs for any inputted products. You are able to enter a unit price and a percentage to any value. You can also create a costing model - this will store all of your entered overheads into a special file, which can be recalled back into any other project you create.
Enhanced Copy, Cut and Paste
Steelcalc offers several different methods of copying and pasting data. You can simply select a whole range of records without the need of selecting each individual record. You can copy by Zone, by Uncoverable records, by steel type and by steel size. You can even select just Composite Floors or Wind Braced sections.
Estimators Assistant
Estimators Assistant - The Estimators Assistant enables you to compare different product information from your selected steel sections.
Top Ranking by Cost - This allows you to find the Top 5 Products based on a unit cost price.
Top Ranking by Quantity Required - This allows you to find the Top 5 Products based on its quantity required data.
Best Fit by Quantity Required - This option will automatically find the lowest quantity required available from all your selected products.
Best Fit by Supplier by Quantity Required - This option will automatically find the lowest quantity required available from all your selected products in Supplier order.
You are able to select more than one products' steel sections at a time in order to compare it with all other products. For example, if you have a project consisting of two products, where one is covering Beams and the other is covering Hollow Sections or Columns, then you can select both of these products and compare them against one or more others that are also capable of covering Beams, Hollow Sections and Columns.
If you use the Best Fit options then you are now able to create a new project directly from Estimators Assistants using the results.
Products See the available Products that are built into the Steelcalc software.