Quantities and cost

See the takeoff

Choose View › Inspector › Quantities (⌘5). The tab lists the model on view in rows by Group by: Class, Type, Material or Storey, each with its Count, Length, net Area and Volume in feet, square feet and cubic feet.

• Hover a row to see how it was measured.
• Click a row to select its elements. The rows of what is selected light up.
• The tab updates after every edit, yours or the agent's.

When an agent's turn changes areas, its card says how the net area moved by material ("+42 SF Stucco").

Export the takeoff

Click Export CSV or Export XLSX and pick where to save. The grouping on view is written.

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See a rough cost

Choose View › Inspector › Cost (⌘6). The tab is a rough order-of-magnitude estimate of the model on view, and says so.

Its lines are:

• the floor area at a cost per square foot for the Building type;
• each door and window type at a unit cost, as the door and window schedule groups them;
• each typed wall's net area at a cost per square foot;
• all times one Regional factor.

The Source column says which costs you typed and which are illustrative defaults. Type your own unit costs to replace the defaults; they are kept with the project.

Limit. Not for bids or contracts. The default costs are illustrative and have no published source. The floor area needs a lot: without one the tab has nothing to price.

Export cost CSV writes the lines shown (item, quantity, unit, unit cost, total). The agent reads the same estimate, and gives each configuration's total when you compare options.