Quantity items

The Quantity Items Register shows the list of quantity items imported from the Bluebeam source document. After the import is complete, you can apply quantity items to cost items in the Cost Item Record’s Quantity Items tab.

Quantity Item Register columns

The Quantity Item Register columns provide quantity item details brought over from Bluebeam’s take-off data, including crucial information to assure that your estimate is accurate and up-to-date. Information brought over includes Page Label, Data Source, Reference Number, Quantity Item Author, Last Updated, Last Updated By.

Quantity Items tab

You can apply the Bluebeam takeoff quantity items to a cost item in the Quantity tab.

Apply quantity items to cost items

  1. In the CBS, open a cost item to open the Cost Item Record, and then select the Quantity Items tab.

  2. Select the Include Quantity Items button to filter the quantity items you want to apply to the cost item.

  3. Select OK.

The Quantity Driver of Takeoff and Takeoff Driver field let the quantity items you apply to a cost item drive the cost item quantity. By default, Takeoff is used in the Quantity Driver field and Measurement is used in the Takeoff Driver field for the takeoff quantity. You can select any other quantity column with the Takeoff Driver to drive the cost item quantity, but the unit of measure type of that quantity column must align with the cost item unit of measure.

The Quantity Driver and Takeoff Driver fields must be set for quantities to roll up from the quantity items to the cost item quantity.

You can view all the markup items that make up the aggregate total of the cost item quantity.

The measurement total of your quantity items becomes the Forecast T/O quantity when the quantity driver is set to Takeoff. The quantity driver of Takeoff drives the quantity for each line item, summing the total to match Forecast T/O quantity.

Add additional cost items using Bid Wizard

When there is consistency in your jobs, you can easily import additional cost items to your estimate from another template job folder using the Bid Wizard’s functionality. The import automatically employs the same filter configuration used in your Bluebeam source job and automatically spreads quantity items to cost items using the same criteria. You can scale the predefined cost items and include the subordinate items and their applicable ratios.