User Defined Concrete Mix Design Library Record

Note: There is a tutorial video that shows an example of defining your own custom concrete mix design. It can be found in the Help menu, click Help Topics, and click Online Video Tutorials near the bottom of the left panel, then click on video #13.

 

This dialog is launched when either the "Add" button or the "Edit" button is selected from the "User Defined Concrete Mix Design Library" dialog.

 

The "User Defined Concrete Mix Design Library Record" dialog provides the user with the opportunity to add, update and manage all of the details associated with a new or existing user defined concrete mix "recipes" that can be re-used in many assemblies across multiple projects.

A user defined concrete mix design is composed of a set of "raw" materials that have LCI data in the database and where "raw" material contributions to the user defined concrete mix design are specified in either the "% by Weight" field, the "% by Volume" field, or the "Unit Quantity Contribution to Calculated Density" field.

 

Instructions for Adding a new "User Defined Concrete Mix Design" record to the library:

1. Click the "Add" button to launch the "User Defined Concrete Mix Design Library Record" dialog.
2. Enter a meaningful name in the "Product Name" field.
3. Select "Concrete" in the "Product Type" selection box.
4. The "Ready Mix Concrete Plant Process" record is automatically added to the Components list.
5. If you want to manually set the final mix density, check the "Manually Override Calculated Density" checkbox.
6. Select the "Component Material Contribution Type" from the following list:
   1. By Unit Quantity
   2. By Percent Weight
   3. By Percent Volume
7. Manage the Component Materials that compose the "User Defined Concrete Mix Design" record.

 

Instructions for Adding "Component Materials" to the "User Defined Concrete Mix Design" record:

1. Click the "Add" button to launch the "Select a Material from the Database" dialog.
2. Enter the Component Material Contribution value.
3. Repeat

 

Constraints:

1. If the "Component Material Contribution Type" is "By Percent Weight", then the Component Material "% By Weight" values must sum to 100%.
2. If the "Component Material Contribution Type" is "By Percent Volume", then the Component Material "% By Volume" values must sum to 100%.
3. For all Component Material "Process" records, e.g., "Ready Mix Concrete Plant Process", the Contributon Type can only by "By Unit Quantity". For instance, 1 unit of "Ready Mix Concrete Plant Process" is used to manufacture 1 unit of a Ready Mix Concrete Mix Design.