Understand Mass Areas
A mass area defines an area (location) that is connected with a special material: Quantity and kind of material. For example, cut area, fill area, borrow pit, or deposit. For details, see the Editing Mass Areas help topic.
Ways to access
In the Tilos Explorer, expand Library > Other Libraries > Mass Types.Â
Exchanging Data with other Programs
Use your computer's clipboard to exchange data types from this list with other programs and vice versa. For more information, see the Export via the Clipboard and Import via the Clipboard help topics.
Import/export using the clipboard
Click either:
Export to Clipboard - Use this to copy all of the data in the list to your computer's clipboard to make it available to paste into other programs, such as Microsoft Excel for MS Project, Asta Powerproject, and Primavera:
First, click Export to Clipboard, check/uncheck boxes for all of the fields you want to include/exclude in the Fields for Clipboard Import/Export dialog, and change the Column Numbers and Column Letters to re-arrange the order of the exported columns.
Review the Clipboard preview at the bottom of the pane to see the order and fields that are ready for export and click OK.
Finally, paste from the clipboard into MS Excel or a similar tabular program by clicking in a cell and pressing Control + V.
Import from Clipboard - Use this to copy all of the data on your computer's clipboard to the open Tilos list.
First, copy from MS Excel or a similar tabular program to the clipboard by selecting the data types you need in Tilos and pressing Control + C.
With one of the Project Data or Library lists open in Tilos, click Import from Clipboard, check/uncheck boxes for all of the fields you want to include/exclude in the import in the Fields for Clipboard Import/Export dialog, and change the Column Numbers or Column Letters to re-arrange the order of the imported columns.
Review the Clipboard preview at the bottom of the pane to see the order and fields that are ready for import and click OK. The data is pasted into your open Tilos list.
Fields that can be exported/imported
Name, Mass Area ID*, subproject, Filter Character, Description, Mass Type, Start (distance), End (distance), Mass Balance Point, Overhaul distance, Area Quantity, Level, Haul quantity, Scheduled quantity, Actual quantity, Haul Quantity (remaining), Scheduled Quantity (remaining), Actual Quantity (remaining), Reported quantity, Reported Quantity (remaining), Import action, and Import run number