Fulcrum Materials is an expanding database of raw materials categorized by shape, type, grade, finish, and size. It replaces “legacy” items in your Bill of Materials, offering flexibility to use leftover materials from previous jobs and supports nesting (sheet and plate) for laser, plasma, and waterjet operations.

Each material variety includes a calculated weight per square or linear inch. When users activate materials, input current price estimates per pound or kilogram, and specify standard sizes, Fulcrum can estimate material costs for quotes and jobs.

Activate Your Materials

Navigation: **Items & Inventory** > Materials

1. Filter the database by form, material type, grade, or dimension.

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   Use the form icons to quickly identify shapes for materials

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2. Select the ****materials you need and set to Active. Check the box in the grid and activate.

3. Once you have activated them, add a vendor to them with a price per lb/kg, and a lead time. Ensure a Primary Vendor exists for the material

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   Be sure you have your raw material vendor information entered into the site before these next steps! You can add vendors under Purchasing > Vendors

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4. Finally, add any sizes that you would purchase. These will be the lengths or dimensions of the material you purchase (inches).

Material Dimension Guide

Sheet and Plate

Bar Stock

Tubing

Structural

Setting up Details for Activated Materials

Once you have activated your material, we will want to set your vendors and your standard purchased sizes.

1. Choose a vendor from which you purchase this material. Set your lead time and current price per pound/kg. This can be done in bulk by selecting the active materials then choosing “Add Vendor”
2. Next, create your standard sizes for this material. Depending on what material you are working with, you will be required to enter dimensions for the size of material you purchase. This can also be done in bulk by selecting your active materials then choosing “Add Sizing”

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Built into each material variety is the calculated weight per sq inch or linear inch. When a price per pound / kg is entered, Fulcrum is able to calculate an estimated material cost for the size of the piece being purchased or consumed to your jobs.

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Add sizing to your materials. In this case I selected all the active sheet and plate material to add sizing for.

You can add multiple sizes of all of these materials easily!