Metal Pay Rates – Variable

This command displays the Installer Pay Rates for Metal roofing box, allowing you to set or change various labour rates associated with the installation of metal roofing.
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You select a pay-schedule for a job on the Cover > Select-metal dialog box.
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The maximum number of different labour rate tables is 50.
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Name
This is the name of this pay schedule.
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Storey
This is the storey to which the following rates apply. A schedule can have up to 10 storeys.
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Pitch Intervals
These are the pitch intervals you want to set for the job. You set them by clicking the Intervals button at the foot of the dialog. To edit a column of values, click on the interval value.
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Line items
For each line item, enter the rate per unit area or length for that line item. For roof removal and gutter removal, only the first rate is actually read when the Reporting is performed.
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Select
Lists the existing schedules. Select the one you want to edit. After selecting a schedule, the Update button appears so you can update the schedule.
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Delete
Deletes the currently selected schedule.
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Add
Adds the current schedule (schedules must have unique names).
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Update
Updates the currently selected table with changes.
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Add-User
Allows you to add any sort of labour charge that applies to walls. Each new item is given a unique index number. The example below shows a new rate for ‘Special Gutters’.
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Delete User
Allows you to delete a user-defined charge. You will be prompted for the index number of the item to delete.
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Next/Previous Page
Allows you to toggle between the two available pages.
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[Cancel]
Closes the dialog box without saving the changes you have made.
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Intervals
Lets you define the pitch intervals you want to use — see Interval Labels below.
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[OK]
Closes and saves the changes you have made.
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The example below shows a new rate for ‘Special Gutters’.
​Del-User deletes the new rate.
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Customers utilising the GRIM output feature of AppliCad to link the estimation process to downstream systems have often had to create duplicate mappings of labour rates due to the output of variable labour rates in the Roof Wizard software.
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Outputs such as Ridge (1, 22.5) where:

…have required multiple mappings for each pitch gradient in 0.1 degree increments.
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In 8.2, each pitch interval can be given a label (e.g. A, B, C as can be seen in the attached image), with the output therefore being Ridge (1, A), or Ridge (1, B), etc.
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This greatly reduced the number of mappings required, reducing workload and speeding up the interface between systems.
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When you click [OK], the rates you defined are saved for future use.
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You may set up as many different files as you have different pricing for different profiles or wall systems.
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