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version 6
What is new in this version?
View your project schedule together with site information in
one single chart: The
TIME-DISTANCE-DIAGRAM
Version 6 has over 100 significant enhancements for planning
and controlling linear projects. Existing features have been
improved, new have been developed based on the input of
over 1 000 users worldwide.
Linear project

Free formatting of each tasks independent from
library data supports direct planning on screen:
Ready formatted tasks or task groups can be
saved as template for re-usage.
Enhanced copy and batch edit functions reduce
your effort for creating and updating plans.
Enhance user interface, such as task tool-tips,
the context sensitive online-help or the new
explorer interface ease the start up of TILOS in
your organisation significant.
Distance profiles
Profiles reduce the number of tasks needed your schedule
extremely, as with a single task you can reflect changing
conditions in the field and parallel work can be
synchronised.
version 6
What is new in this version?
Easier to use and yet more powerful
Main focus on development was concentrated on
the user interface in order to reduce the learning
curve for getting started but also for returning to
TILOS after longer work break.
Distance profile are used to describe the site based on
stations numbers with associated texts or numeric data: list of
crossing streets or rivers, altitude or slope profiles, mass haul
quantities, rock classes.
Distance scale: You can generate individual scales showing
and describing important station points.
Grids: You can generate multiple grids based on the station
points including description.
Speed profile: You can modell non linear productivity rates in
different sections of the project (slope areas, wetlands, heavy
rock areas or simply a learning curve).
Graphs: You can generate distance related graphs, such as
altitude, slope diagrams or mass haul profiles showing cut and fill
sections. This is ideal base to optimize your schedule, e.g.
regarding transportation costs.
You can use the quantities stored inside the profiles directly in
the task calculation. Thus linear activities get enhanced to curves
showing exactly the progress in the field.
Data import based on Clipboard or via XML data exchange.

Project data can be shown and edited in a new
cell type: The Gantt Chart Cell. The direction of
time axis can be horizontal or vertical, if bar chart
should be printed along with time distance cell.
Free definable filter and sort options individually
for each cell allow to create flexible views to your
project.
Grouping allows to order you plan in a free way,
even with multiple bars on the same bar line to
show e.g. repetitive work in different area.
Enhanced progress models
show the as build situation
The new progress model shows exactly the as build
situation to compare it against the original contracted plan.
Changes can easily be identified and used for claim defence.
version 6
What is new in this version?
Bar charts and Time distance
diagramm in one view
The entire project can now be printed as time
distance diagram, as bar chart or as a combination
of both in a single view. Non linear work or
support services can now be monitored within the
same plan.
Different progress modells have been implemented in order to
have for each way of working the correct methods implemented:
External mode: This method was implemented for working in
combination with other project management systems: TILOS
imports actual start dates and progress values. The schedule gets
updated to the actual values and the task lines gets shaded until
progress point. No task splitt is done.
Internal mode: If you report progress directly inside TILOS, this
can be done in a much more flexible way. It covers changed
working directions, working with multiple crews in different
sections and work breaks. Progress information can be given in
distance data, which part has been worked out and which not.
Analysing progress, TILOS chops tasks based on given
progress in performed and not performed tasks, those gets
analysed in reschedule to calculate the expected project end
date.
For the rest work, several assumption are done: Set new work
rates based on past situation, change working direction from past
situation and relink CPM network.
Actuals collected in daily on site work reports can be collected
and analysed for the whole progress period to make a new plan
for the upcoming period.

You can show mass haul quantities as cut and fill
imported from CAD Systems and compare them with
planned or actual values to see progress and what is
left to do (sliced graphs).
You can show graphs with altitude or slope
profiles, speed diagrams, rock classes or whatever
you needed express in your project (station point
base graphs).
With resource usage profiles (filtered on finished
tasks) you show what has already been finished in
the project and what is left to do. It also shows, which
resources are needed in which section of the project
(special machines).
Time based diagrams
Time related diagrams monitor exactly what resources are
used inside the project and what is the cost impacts of
these. TILOS is no longer just a scheduling tools, it is a real
production planning software for linear projects.
version 6
What is new in this version?
Distance based diagrams
show site information
Distance based diagrams can be generated either form
schedule or from profile data. They can now be generated
directly inside TILOS without the need to import them as
ready pictures. As they update on flight, they support you
during planning phase significantly.
TILOS chart can now contain many single charts. This reduces
the number of cells needed to set up. A chart can be a scale, a
histogram as bar or line chart or a resource usage chart.
Stacking allows to put one value on top of the others to show
total consumption, still separated by colors defined for each
graph.
Grouping allows to compare e.g. expenditure against income
or cut against fill for mass haul tasks. Values can be shown side
by side or balanced.
Text line with values can directly be calculated and printed
along the time axis. Y-xxis scales free, but can be set by user as
well.
Data source can be cost data and resource data from planning
state or from actual data, but also existing profiles can be used.
Individual filters can be assigned to any graph line, showing
specific data from one or many sub projects.
Graph data can be exported for further usage into others
software. Export is done to clipboard for direct integration into
Excel.
Graphs can be generated free, but also connected with timedistance
diagrams or bar charts.

Calendar
New calendar interface showing a whole year. Exceptions can
easy be set just by clicking on the day and select the propriate
day type.
Graphic support
Enhanced editor for symbols allows more precise defintion of
symbols, that can also include text annotaions in same way as
for activities containing tokens.
Generate symbols in distance cells based on station point
tables with names of symbols, and distance coordinate, where
the symbol should be placed.
JPG files to import can now be imported, to show pictures or
scans. This will reduce file size extremely.
Distance axis definition
Free definition of distance units support both, metric and
imperial formats in the same project.
Equations support non linear distance axis definition, like gaps
in the distance axis. Also bypasses can be handled without
renumbering of station points.
version 6
What is new in this version?
View
The scale printed on top of the view shows the size of the
output. Sliders allow an easier change of the size of the rows and
the columns. The enhanced view organisation supports now
show and hide columns.
The improved cell management enables you to set cell
content and project data in a single tab.
The new view based text fields can be included in plan stamp,
so view independent borders can be created.
The new legend can be setup more flexible and allows also
free entries to make you own symbol legend.
Layer
Layers are now defined on file level, but you can switch them
on and off for each call or view individually.
Links assigned to a specific layer can be excluded from
reschedule.
Activities assigned to a specific layer can get their colours
from Layer definition.
Task functions
Duration can now be monitored in free definable working units
with decimals but also calendar based duration calculation is
available.
After you have created a task, you can direct edit the display
attributes to set shape type, colour and line styles.
You can copy attributes from other tasks, such as codes,
annotation and resource data.
For easier data input, a list of station points can be used to
select start and end coordinate for a task.
To document all decision and events related to a task, you can
enter notes for each task and view them in wider project context
to get an overview, what happened in the project.
Resource planning
You can create now accounts or cost centres in the library and
for assigning them to the task cost and resources records.
For permanent resources you can assign sub resources in the
library, that get also assigned with the main resource. The sub
resource are controlled by the master resource (e.g. Excavator,
gets extra assignment for operator and fuel consumption).
Linear project GmbH
G.-Braun-Str. 14 D-76187 Karlsruhe
info@TILOS.org www.TILOS.org