Design outputs
Review your Fiber Design, then create the outputs you need: bill of materials, service areas, splice tables, construction prints, exports and reports.
Once your design is complete and up to date, the Artifacts and Reports steps open. This article covers each output and where to find out more.
Review the design
Before creating outputs, check the design itself:
- Use the legend to look at one tier at a time.
- Click hubs and cables to see their details.
- Use the features table to find outliers.
More information: Inspecting the design
Outputs at a glance
| Output | Where | What it’s for | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill of materials | Artifacts › Bill of materials | Materials, quantities and costs, with charts | Bill of materials |
| Cost to Serve | Legend | How the cost of connecting each address varies across your area | What is Cost to Serve? |
| Service areas | Artifacts › Service Area › Generate service areas | Boundary polygons for each hub’s service area | |
| Splicing view | Artifacts › Splicing view | An interactive diagram of every splice, linked to the map | Splice tables |
| Construction prints | Artifacts › Construction prints | PDF and DXF sheets for review, permitting and the field | Construction prints |
| Export | Project › Export | Design layers, BOM.csv, splice tables and construction prints, for your GIS and CAD tools | Export a project |
| Financial report | Reports › Configure report | A business case built on your design | Generating your first report |
Create a financial report
- In the Reports step, click Configure report.
- Work through the report settings, then generate the report.
Reports need a complete, up-to-date design, a configured BOM and a completed Demand Model. Each report has Overview, Cost, Revenue and Settings tabs. Existing reports for this version are listed in the Reports step.
More information: Minimum report requirements
Outputs reflect your last design
Outputs are created from your design as it was when you generated or updated it. After making changes, click Update design, then recreate any prints or exports you need.