Global labour hours are defined for various production steps, including assembly, mounting hardware, glazing, cut, as well as for system-dependent articles such as door hardware, material packages, wall connections, add-on profiles, couplings and bottom configurations. These specifications provide the basis for recording the required labour hours for each production step and can be flexibly exported and imported.
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To use these functions, the "User labour hours" authorisation must be activated for the user in the user settings.
Edit labour hours
- On the home screen, click "Estimation" > "Labour hours":
- The system selection opens:
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Systems with bold text already contain defined labour hours.
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- Double-click "Standard" to define system-independent, standard labour hours for an element type. The following element types are available for standard labour hours:
- Aluminium-wood windows and doors
- Plastic windows and doors
- Steel windows and doors
- Wood windows and doors
- Aluminium windows and doors
- Lift and slide doors
- Curtain walls
- Double-click a system to define labour hours for this system. Depending on the system, the following element types are available for system-dependent labour hours:
- Aluminium-wood windows and doors
- Plastic windows and doors
- Steel windows and doors
- Wood windows and doors
- Aluminium windows and doors
- Lift and slide doors
- Curtain walls
- Position framework
- Pocket filler
- Roller shutter
- Fly screens
- Conservatory
- Double-click "Standard" to define system-independent, standard labour hours for an element type. The following element types are available for standard labour hours:
Note:
System-dependent labour hours overwrite already defined, system-independent labour hours.
- In the next window, you can define labour hours for the different areas. The areas displayed vary depending on the selected system and element type:
Define labour hours
- Click a field to define labour hours for the respective production step. The structure of the following window may vary depending on the selection:
| Displayed columns | Article | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piece article | If only this column is displayed, labour hours can only be entered for piece articles. | Corner connectors, T-connections, door hardware, curtain wall connections, material packages |
| 1 and 2 | Piece and/or length article | When these columns are displayed, labour hours for piece and/or length articles can be entered. | Add-on profiles, couplings, bottom configurations, wall connections, glass ventilator |
| 1, 2 and 3 | Piece, length and/or area article | When these columns are displayed, labour hours can be entered for piece, length, and/or area articles. | Sealing, insertion times for windows and doors in curtain walls |
Labour hours with conditions
If the labour time depends on length and area conditions, the following window opens:
Define basic labour hours
- Click "Add". The following window opens:
- Under "Quantity", enter how often this input should be applied.
- Under "Description", select the production step.
- Under "Min/m", enter the minutes per meter when calculating the labour hours by circumferential meters.
- Under "Min/Pc", enter the minutes per piece when calculating the labour hours per piece.
- Under "Min/m²", enter the minutes per square metre when calculating labour hours per square metres.
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Only fill in the field with the unit by which you want to calculate the labour hours. If you fill in more than one of the fields, the labour hours will be calculated based on each definition and then added together.
- Under "Comment", enter an info text (max. 20 characters) about your entries; e.g. the date of the definition.
- Click "OK".
Define additional labour hours and conditions
- Click "Add".
- Under "Quantity", enter how often this input should be applied.
- Under "Description", select the same production step as for the basic labour hours.
- Under "Min/m", "Min/pc" or "Min/m²", enter the labour hours in minutes that will be added to the basic labour hours with the conditions selected below.
- Define one or more conditions for the additional labour hours:
- Under "Width >= (m)", enter a minimum width of the article/position in meters as a condition.
- Under "Width < (m)", enter a maximum width of the article/position in meters as a condition.
- Under "Height >= (m)", enter a minimum height of the article/position in meters as a condition.
- Under "Height < (m)", enter a maximum height of the article/position in meters as a condition.
- Under "Area >=", enter a minimum area of the article/position in square meters as a condition.
- Under "Area <", enter a maximum area of the article/position in square meters as a condition.
- Under "Project variable", select the project variable and the value of the project variable as a condition. The defined labour hours are calculated when the selected project variable is defined in the project preferences.
- Under "Assembly place", select the assembly place as a condition. The defined labour hours are calculated when the selected assembly place is defined in the user database.
- Under "Material", select the material for which you want to account for labor time.
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The additional labour hours will only be calculated if each of the defined conditions is met.
- Under "Comment", enter an info text (max. 20 characters) about your entries; e.g. the date of the definition.
- Click "OK".