amples Of Some Formulas

Intro
This will give you some examples of
formulas that can be used.
Steps
Have a "Job" openGo into "Advanced
Properties" on a item you want the
formula on

Will create the current date when the item

[!Date]
wascreated.
Will create the current time when the item
[!Time]
wascreated
[\Job\Name] Will give youthe Job's Name
Will get the parent items property
[..\PropertyName] name.Example: [..\Qty] will give you the parent
item's[Qty] property
Will give you the [Name] property of the parent
[..\..\Name]
ofthe parentitem.
Will get the parent's property with the
[..]
sameproperty name.
Works as well if you needthe grandparent's
[..\..]
same propertyname.

Gives you the parent items Takeoff

propertyUnits. So you can specify the parent
item !Units of ('PropertyName') Example [..\!
Units('Takeoff')] will give you SQ FT if the parent
[..\!Units('Takeoff')]
item is a Area. If the parent item is aLinear then
theresult would be FT.For Labels must be [..\..\!
Units('Takeoff')] . They are childrens of sections,
which do not have Units('Takeoff') specified

Gives you the path to the folder theitem

[!FolderLocation]
islocated in.

[!ExePath] Gives you the path of the planswift.exe file.

[\Settings\User] Gives you the Planswift User

Gives you a sum of all sub item or children

itemsunder that parent item like [!sum(Price
Name[!Sum(PropertyName)] Total)] willgive you the sum of all sub items
under that item.Good for Assemblies to have
sum of thatproperty in () on all sub parts
 Will pick a random color each time you create a
[!RandomColor]
new item.

Returns a value of 3.1415926535897932385

Pi Example:Pi*Sqr([Diameter]/2)This example
could be used to find the area of acircle.

Will return the Hypotenuse of a right

angle.Sqr(Number) or X^2Returns a number
Hypot(Number1, Number2) squared. This numeric valueto be
squared.Example:Sqr(2) will return 4Sqr(4) will
return 16Sqr(5) will return 25

Returns the square root of a number. This is

anumeric value to find square root value
Sqrt(Number)
of.Example:Sqrt(25) will return 5Sqrt(64) will
return 8Sqrt(144) will return 12

Returns e (the base of natural logarithms)

raisedto a power. This is a numeric value to be
Exp(Number) raisedto e.Example:Exp(1) will return
2.72Exp(2) will return 7.39Exp(3) will return
20.09

Returns a number of the value rounded to

thenearest whole number. If X is exactly
halfwaybetween two whole numbers (X.5), the
result isalways the even number. This method
Round(Expression)
of rounding is often called "Bankers Rounding".
(Expression) This is a value to be
rounded.Example:0.5 will round to 00.75 will
round to 11.5 will round to 2

Will round to the nearest

Round(([Property]*2) +0.5)/2 half.Example:Round(([Takeoff]*2) +0.5)/2If
[Takeoff] was 1.3result would be 1.5

Returns a number of the value rounded up to

thenearest whole number. This method of
roundingis called "Round Up"(Expression) This
Ceil(Expression)
is a value to round up to thenearest whole
number.Example:Ceil(1.3) will round to
2Ceil(1.5) will round to 2Ceil(2.1) will round to 3
 Returns a number of the value rounded down
tothe nearest whole number. This method of
Floor(Expression) rounding is called "Round Down"(Expression)
This is a value to round down to thenearest
whole number.Example:Ceil(1.3) will round to
1Ceil(1.5) will round to 1Ceil(2.1) will round to 2

Returns the lesser of two numeric

values.Expression1 This is a value to be used in
theevaluation of finding which value is
Min(Expression1, Expression2) smaller.Expression2 This is a value to be used
in theevaluation of finding which value is
smaller.Example:Min(2, 4) will return 2 Min(10,
5) will return 5

If ('[Stud Length]' = '8') then result:= '8

eturns a value based off what another
foot stud 26PC' ElseIf ('[Stud Lenght]' =
propertyis set to. Then at the end If no value is
'10') thenresult := '10 foot stud 2610'
set in[Stud Length] it will result in a 0
ElseResult := 0

If ('[PropertyName]'<= '8') thenresult :=

Is a "If Expression" using < Greater or less then
8 ElseIf ('[PropertyName]'>= '10')
>signs.Example:if # is 9 if expression will
thenresult := 10 ElseResult := 0
return 10if # is 6 if expression will return 8

Nested formula. see theHow To - Create

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