Export GRIM

The Export GRIM button saves a text file in the format of AppliCad’s proprietary GRIM format. This provides a method of exporting every single bit of information about the job from material and labour costing to panel and trim cutting lists.

Use this button to delete a previously saved quote.
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When you click Notes, you next click the form report name you wish to attach a note to.
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For each of the standard CAD template forms, if it has a ###QQnote key-text-string, then the relevant note will appear on that CAD template form.
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When the note is formatted on the report, line breaks you typed in are ignored since the notes will span the “text width” value of the ###QQnote text entity.
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If you want to force a line break, you must use the ^ (carot) character in the note text.
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The standard notes are usually defined under Tools > Define Notes. However, you can also add/edit your standard notes from the Notes function within the Supply Only or Supply and Install dialog box – the same steps apply.
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You can save this quote by clicking Save, then entering a name for this quote. Then you can redo another quote if you wish.
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The job details are saved in the Quotation Register and listed by date and time. Refer to Quotation Register explanation in the next section.
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Note: If you define a text file called QuotePresets.dat you can pre-set a series of pre-defined quote names to ensure that the standard quote name is used or simply to speed up the process.
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Once defined, the available names are displayed when you select Save from the Nett Only, Supply Only or Supply and Install dialog box.
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You can load a quote you have previously saved for this job.

Here you can print to any predefined reports. You can select the reports you want to print on the select [Reports to Print] dialog box.
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The reports listed may include any extra report templates that you may have created.
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Refer to the section later in this manual for how we create report templates and add them to this list.
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After you click [OK], each report is prepared and then sent to your printer. Like the other reports, the order forms are first pre-processed, generating one or more individual orders for each supplier.
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The order number on the job details dialog box is used to uniquely identify each order form.
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Note the [Add/Edit] report button as per the Tools > More > Edit User Templates dialog so that reports can be created and edited as an inline process to reporting.
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This allows the operator to add a material item from any category in the material database.
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Select the material category, then select the required item to be added to the material list for this job only. The added items do not relate to the roof geometry at all.
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This adds a new field to the end of the list allowing you to enter any information into the Category, Supplier and Description fields.
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This has replaces the User fields seen in previous versions. This is used to add such things that are required on a job that cannot be quantified as a function of the roof geometry, such as site clean up, crane hire etc.