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Example: An additive needs to be added as a percentage of the finished blend (such as 2 Qts per ton of the blend) or as a quantity per a given quantity of a product (such as 2 Qts per ton of Urea).  The Insert Custom Column feature in form-U-net ...

Q.  How can a new Material Group be added to form-U-net? A.  On the Formulation window, select Material Groups / Material Group Setup / Create a new Material Group . The Create A Material Group window will appear. Enter a name for the new Ma...

Q.  Is there a way to have form-U-net use a minimum quantity of an item in every blend? For example, floor sweepings need moved, and every dry blend should get 50 lbs of sweeps. A.  In this case, add an item to form-U-net for sweeps. Add the i...

Q.  When making a dry fertilizer grade of 13-13-13, form-U-net is adding Filler. Why is it using Filler and can another product be used? A.  In this example, a one ton blend using a standard dry Material Group containing 18-46-0, 0-0-60, and 46-0...

Q.  Can a formulation in form-U-net be setup to meet a given nutrient request by supplying equal weights of two different products? A.  Navigate to Material Groups / Edit Selected Material Groups / Edit Data . In the following example, a reques...

The form-U-net program is a powerful formulation program to create dry or liquid fertilizer, chemical, suspension, horticultural, seed, and feed blends. Blends may be generated to fill a requested analysis, such as nutrient recommendations; by direc...

Q.  When loading water out of the facility, it is metered out by the gallon. However, the default water item’s mixing units cannot be edited in Item Information . Also, the mix in mixing units are selected on the Material Group. A.  The defaul...

Q.  Can form-U-net be setup to blend seed or other non-fertilizer items? A.  Seed blending can be completed using custom columns in a Material Group. For example, a lawn and garden supplier wants to create different seed blends using bluegrass,...

Q.  When requesting a liquid blend in form-U-net, the products and quantities reported in the Mix Results grid do not calculate to the grade requested. In addition, the Formulation Results show a dollar quantity in the  Other category that s...

When running a formulation, the results are incorrect.  This may happen if the settings in Material Group / Edit Selected Material Group have been incorrectly edited. Follow the steps below to verify the settings. Edit Data Verify the Produ...

Q.  When an additive is used on 46% Urea, the blend shows an analysis of 45% Nitrogen. How can form-U-net be setup so the additive does not impact the fertilizer analysis? A.  In this case, adding any non-analysis item’s weight to an item that ...

Q.  A chelated micronutrient claims to have a 4:1 efficiency factor. How can a per acre request for 1 lb of nutrient factor in the efficiency for the result? A.  This scenario can be handled by an adjustment to the Item Information .  Note: ...

Q.  AMS (21-0-0-24S) was added to the Material Group, but why is the blend using AMS instead of Urea for the Nitrogen  source? A.  Least cost formulation is used in form-U-net when calculating items to use in fulfilling the nutrients requested...

Q.  On the Formulation  page, a chemical needs specified as Qts/ac, however, it needs to print in Gallons on the Mix Sheet. How should this be setup? A.  The units displayed on the Formulation  window are the Request Units  setup on the Ite...

Q.  Is there a way to temporarily stop an item from being used in blends in form-U-net? For example, occasionally, a fertilizer item is out of stock and, therefore, should not be included in a blend.  A.  There are multiple ways in form-U-net t...

Q.  When attempting to print a form-U-net Mixing Sheet, a save window opens instead of automatically previewing the report. How is the Mixing Sheet previewed? A.  The form-U-net program automatically saves up to 101 Mixing Sheets in the Downlo...

Q.  s there a way to create and remember blends so they don’t have to be entered from scratch each time? A.  To remember blends in form-U-net, one new Material Group per stored formula needs to be added.  An example of creating a dry blend gra...

Q.  How can Chrome be set as the default browser to open form-U-net documents directly instead of using Adobe Acrobat Reader? A.  The Chrome browser may be setup as the default to open form-U-net documents using the Plug-ins in Chrome. To view ...

The  Calculate Prices utility is used to establish different price levels in form-U-net. It may be used to offer discounts or markups on  Item Types , such as Fertilizers, Chemicals, etc. This utility calculates the prices for all products in the...

Q.  As a form-U-net user with a liquid group set to Volumetric and the Mixer Units set to Gallons on the  Material Groups / Edit Selected Material Group / Edit Information window, the item quantities in the Mixed Item Results and Non-Mi...

Q.  How is form-U-net used to create bagged fertilizer blends? A.  To create bagged fertilizer blends in form-U-net, add an item for the empty bags in the appropriate size by navigating to Item Information / Add New Item . In this example, the...

Q.  When requesting a blend, how can a specific product amount be requested regardless of Least Cost Formulation or additional nutrient contributors supplied by the product that are not requested? A.  The Nutrient From  feature in form-U-net c...

Q.  Why are d ocuments not displaying when selected to view or print in form-U-net?   A.   This may be a browser issue concerning the browser pop-up blocker settings. Follow the instructions below for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, o...

Q.  How is form-U-net set up to display blend prices by the pound without changing how the items’ units are set up?  A.  To display blend prices in pounds, navigate to Material Groups / Edit Selected Material Groups / Edit Information , and se...

Formulations created in form-U-net may be exported to Agvance Blending after setup is complete. Setup Agvance API Setup The first step is the Agvance API setup found in form-U-net on the Settings / Agvance API tab.  Agvance API URL – En...