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Capturing Hail Damage Using the Karosseriebeirat Formula

When capturing hail damage, you have two options, (1) enter details of the hail damage and allow the system to calculate the number of work units for you or (2) manually define work units or a fixed price for the work.

When capturing hail damage, you can use the calculator pad to enter values. Click to open the calculator pad. You can read more about the calculator and keyboard pad by clicking here.

1. Navigate to the desired vehicle zone.
2. Click a part to select it.
3. Click repair method D. The Hail Formula dialog box displays.

Option 1

1. Select the Number of dents option button and enter the number of dents.

   ➀ The system calculates the number of work units required based on system stored values and displays them in the WUs field.

2. Click Compare to compare the costs of repair using the Karosseriebeirat formula against the costs of pre-pressing and painting the dents.

   ➀ This button will be greyed-out if the Dents and % of dents > 20 fields are empty. Remember that this information is required to compare repair costs. See Entering the Number of Dents for Comparison.
   ➁ In the bottom-half of the dialog box, the system displays the number of work units and cost using the Karosseriebeirat formula, Pre-pressing and Painting (Manufacturer or AZT) and Replacing and Painting (Manufacturer or AZT). Painting costs will vary according to the chosen paint method, manufacturer or AZT.

3. Click:

   - Press to accept the work units and costs using the Karosseriebeirat formula. This will apply repair method D.

   - Pre-Press to accept the number of work units and costs associated with pre-pressing the dents and painting. This will apply repair method D and a paint method. The paint method applied will depend on the extent of the damage and surface area to be painted.

   ➀ This button is only available if you used the Compare button to compare repair costs.

   - Replace to accept the number of work units and costs associated with replacing the part and painting. This will apply repair method D and a paint method. The paint method applied will depend on, for example, whether the part is pre-painted or not.

   - Delete Position to remove the part from the list of captured positions.

Option 2

If following this option, you can define either the number of the work units or a fixed price.

1. To define work units, select the Select WU option button and enter the number of work units in the field provided.
2. To define a fixed price, select the Select Price option button and enter a price in the field provided.
3. Click:

   - Press to apply repair method D.

   - Replace to change the repair method to E (replace/renew).

   - Delete Position to remove the part from the list of captured positions.