Machine types =================== .. index:: Machine types You can structure machine types by clicking the menu item **Start > Outline > Structure** using the following criteria: - Machine types -> Project - Project -> Machine types |image0| |image1| **Applications for the Machine Types view:** - Display of the project's demand for machine types. - Ressource allocation from the perspective of machine types. - Calculation of the usage for every single machine type. - Calculation of the total efforts and total costs of every single machine type. - Visualisation of the machine types allocation in activities. **You can use the Machine types view for the following:** - Assign selected activities to a machine type. - Analyse the a machine type usage by means of filter settings. - Change the timescale. - Quick access to the resource pool. **Context menu in the Machine types view** If you open the context menu in the **Machine types row**, the following commands appear: |image2| - **Show maximum usage per unit of the time** – The maximum required number of machine resources for each of the machine types / machine groups per day, week, etc. - **Show average usage per unit of the time** – The average required number of machine type resources per day, week, etc. - **Show effort per unit of the time** – Planned effort in employee hours (or days, respectively) per day, week, etc. If you open the context menu in the **Activity row**, the following commands are available: - **Share** - the selected activity shares the machine type together with other activities. - **Use exclusively** - the selected activity uses the machine type exclusively. .. |image0| image:: ../images/control_skill_structure.png .. |image1| image:: ../images/control_device.png :alt: Machine types .. |image2| image:: ../images/control_skill_menu.png :alt: