The
Roof Calculator extends the drawing options
of Conservatory Designer to provide detailed
manufacturing instructions.When added to
Conservatory Designer it automatically accommodates
the following features:-
Conservatories
designed with the Conservatory Designer
are automatically calculated and priced
based on the roof setup.
A
complete parts and manufacturing list is
provided showing sizes and angles of each
item used.
Roof
costings can be produced by using the standard
component costs and labour times.
Roof
selling prices can be marked up from the
component costing or drawn from a roof matrix.
Warnings
are displayed when deflections exceed the
recommendations (based on post code), highly
important when testing snow loadings.
When
exceeding the deflection limit Roof calculator
allows the users to automatically reduce
the rafter spacing on the roof or select
stronger type of rafter that will increase
the deflection limit.
Optimisation
of roof bars is automatic with a summary
showing what bar lengths should be ordered
(i.e. 2500mm, 6000mm etc).
Plan
layouts provide a detailed drawing of the
roof showing the position of every component.
Scaled
drawings for each piece of polycarbonate
are provided showing sizes with all of the
angles.
All
printouts can be viewed and checked on screen.
Most
roofing systems are supported due to generic
data entry.