What happens when a Set is expanded?
Using sets – rather than having to redefine the same crews and “assemblies” every time they are required to price an operation – saves time and avoids mistakes of omission. This capability should be used to “automate” the production of tenders as much as possible. If you have a number of sets differing from each other only slightly (e.g., pipe laying crews varying only by the size of the excavator) they can be created very quickly by cloning records and editing. However, there are times when a set needs to be used – but its makeup changed slightly – just for one particular operation or item. If a set is entered in a code field in the operation pricing screen, you can “expand” or “explode” that set into its constituent resources, sets, and subcontractors, with [Alt][E]xpand. The set code is replaced by the first element of the set, and so on progressively down the screen. If a set quantity has been specified, the element quantities etc., are computed using the set quantity and the eleme
