a) From the Splash Screen Ribbon Bar select the Materials Manager button

b) Material Manager

• Select the material which requires a cost added to it

c) Select the Material to have a cost allocated

• Double left click the left hand column item to open the Material Properties page

d)  In a generic material only

• Add or amend the cost of the Default Cost to your buy price or rounded up (your choice)
• In this area you can also add extra 'Default Markup' to apply to this material if you wish it to price differently from the overall mark up of the total project.

e)  To add Vendors to Materials

• Select Material
• Double left click to open Material Properties

f)  Select the Vendors button

• Left click to open

g)  Select the Vendor from the list in the right hand box

• Left click the green arrow at the top of the box to add to the left hand box

g)  Add Data to left hand box (results from this process only available in Solid Advanced and Solid Ultimate)

• SKU will allow you to insert your Vendors product code (for ordering purposes)
• Cost is your buy or elected cost price which will be the basis for both quoting and backcosting
• Select Close at the bottom right hand of the Material Vendor Manager for that particular material

h)  Solid Advanced and Solid Ultimate users

• Go to Reports Tab
• Open Bid Centre
• Select Internal Mode
• Expand each line on the '+' button to reveal the amount of material required and the allocated cost associated to it

i)  Reports Tab

• Report Centre
• Select 'JIT-Material Order (Optimized) Landscape*'

j)  Material Report

• For ordering purposes, this report is populated by the SKU, Cost and Optimised totals of all materials required in this job that have been selected from the Material Manager