Basic concepts
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Actual quantity: Real-time quantity; also known as built quantity
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Bill of quantities: Plan for quantities
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Borrow pit: A quantity that can be used to get material to fills, when there is a deficit of suitable material in cuts
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Bulking: An increase in volume of earthwork after excavation
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Coefficient: If value is set to 1, cut equals fill
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Crushing plant: A quantity that can be used to refine one material to another
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Disposal area: Dumping ground for excess landfill
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Intersection: Connects two locations. Intersections are needed to haul material across locations.
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Milestone: Restricts the available time span for tasks. A milestone marks the end of a piece of work or phase of the project. They are often fixed dates or important dates that you need to be aware of. Set a new milestone by setting Milestone as task type.
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Quantity: A distribution of material of some quantity type in some location
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Quantity type: A type of some material/other amount. Also, facilities (crushing plants, stockpiles, borrow pits, disposal areas) can have dedicated quantity types. Quantity types have suitabilities that define possible hauls between quantity types.
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Resource type: Defines the production rate for a quantity type (units/hour)
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Shrinkage: A decrease in volume of earthwork after deposition and compaction
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Stockpile: Can be used for temporary storing of material to be used in later landfills during a project. Stockpiles are needed if cuts and fills within internal mass haul are scheduled to occur during different periods of time. Stockpiles can either be separate quantities and tasks, or a local stockpile can be enabled on source/destination quantity.
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Usage break: Temporary road blocks that might occur on a construction site. Usage breaks are located on road lines and prevent hauls through them.
Keyboard shortcuts
MAGNET Project uses the following keyboard shortcuts:
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Copy | Ctrl+C |
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Redo | Ctrl+Y |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Find | Ctrl+F |
Calculate hauls | Ctrl+H |
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