NOTE-- We
retired the MacNail construction software package in
2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal construction
software.
Goldenseal is a complete computer software package for
builders and remodelers, providing accounting, estimating,
and project scheduling features.
There is a simple time-line construction schedule built
into every Goldeneal Estimate record. Exporting a Schedule to MacProject II
Linking the MacNail construction scheduling software to
MacProject II is a two step process. First you will export schedule information from MacNail, then
you will import it into MacProject.
To export a schedule from MacNail:
1. Create a schedule in MacNail Scheduling, using the *New
Schedule command. You can use either a MacNail estimate or a project
list as a source.
2. Pay particular attention to the project start date and the crew sizes for each item. Enter the most reasonable values
that you have available. When figuring crew sizes, include only those workers who will be actually assigned to the listed
task.
NOTE: This is different from the way you would normally handle a MacNail schedule.
3. Don't worry about the actual dates that appear in the MacNail schedule, or about the delay factor, parallel items,
date formulas, new schedule items, lead times, or fixed dates. MacProject will figure its own time sequence, in a much more
sophisticated manner than is possible in the MacNail
project management software.
4. When the MacNail schedule is completed, choose *Export Schedule from the Data menu.
5. Click on the MacProject button, then click OK.
6. If a schedule is currently the active document, it will be used to make the export. If a schedule is not active, you will
be asked to choose a schedule to use as a source.
7. The MacNail
project management software will take anywhere from 3 to 24 minutes to process the schedule-- depending on the
number of items in the
schedule, and the speed of your computer.
8. The file will be automatically saved under the project name. If you exported the Smith Schedule, the export file will
be called Smith MacProject Export.
9. You are now finished with the MacNail portion of the link. |
