[Doug McLean]

I can send anyone links to places on YouTube to learn PQ if they want.

[Doug McLean]

Here are two files that show how it all done. If you want to run the test, they’ll need to be placed in the same folder (as that’s how the PQ is written). This is a pretty small data set, but the speed for a larger one isn’t much different.
If you want to see the steps in the Query, click on the Data tab and then hit Queries and Connections. This will open a list of the left.
The sheet also has two macros that will break the Space column down into Tabs, and another one which saves the tabs a individual csv files so that we can upload those to our Estimating Software.

Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Bluebeam-to-Takeoff.xlsm 60 KB Excel Spreadsheet (Macro Enabled) - Click to view

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Markup-Summary.csv 4 KB CSV - Click to view

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Space,Work Category,Subject,Label,Quantity,Product,Length,Width,Height,Depth,Construction,Finish,Hardware,Options,Comments,Floor Multiplier,Front Type,Pull Option,Adjustable Shelf System,Quantity Adjustable Shelves,EB Tape Options,Quantity Door Locks,Quantity Drawer Locks,Recycle Bins,Quantity Finished Ends,Diewall Top Cap,Diewall Removable Panel,Quantity Diewall Removable Panels,French Cleats,Zed Clips,Page Label Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-2,821.33,205.33,205.33,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,BD-1,1162.77,224.75,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,0,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Base Drawers,PL-1 Casework,1,DB3,1263.55,275.15,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,,,,,3,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Wall,PL-1 Casework,1,W-1,1504.32,235.44,516.72,305,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_wall,,0,,,0,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-1,965.43,224.75,257.96,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 1,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-1,1460.26,409.84,320.29,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,0,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-2,821.33,205.33,205.33,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Sink,1,BFH-2_Sink,886.17,237.75,205.33,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Sink,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_sh_sys_not_incl,0,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,BD-1,1162.77,224.75,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,0,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Base Drawers,PL-1 Casework,1,DB3,1263.55,275.15,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,,,,,0,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Tall,PL-1 Casework - Tall,1,TFH-1,1703.95,273.77,578.21,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Tall,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_tall,,0,,,0,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 2,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-1,965.43,224.75,257.96,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL1-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 3,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Sink,1,BFH-2_Sink,886.17,237.75,205.33,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL2-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Sink,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_sh_sys_not_incl,0,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 3,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,BD-1,1162.77,224.75,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL2-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Drawerline,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,0,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 3,Base Bid,Casework - Base Drawers,PL-1 Casework,1,DB3,1263.55,275.15,356.63,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL2-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,,,,,1,,,,,,,,1 Level 1 Area 3,Base Bid,Casework - Base,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,BFH-1,965.43,224.75,257.96,600,MEL-PB-WHT,PL2-MDF,HRDWR1,,PL-1 Casework - Full Height,1,Front_type_choice,Pull_drilled,Adj_shelf_sys_choice,Qty_shelves_base,,0,,,,,,,,,1 Level 2 Area 4,Base Bid,Wall Paneling,WD-1 Wall Panels,1,Wall Panelling MDF,1814.44,337.86,569.36,19,MDF,WD1-MDF,HRDWR1,Chamfer_panel_edges=False;PreDrill_Panel_Holes=False,2.07 sf,1,,,,,E4s,,,,,,,,FALSE,TRUE,1 Level 2 Area 4,Base Bid,Wall Paneling,WD-1 Wall Panels,1,Wall Panelling MDF,1401.5,300.32,400.43,19,MDF,WD1-MDF,HRDWR1,Chamfer_panel_edges=False;PreDrill_Panel_Holes=False,1.29 sf,1,,,,,E4s,,,,,,,,FALSE,FALSE,1

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[Vince French]

Great stuff @Doug McLean !

My only problem with things like this is that I look back on something I did a year ago and think “How did I do that?!” – even when I am looking at the actually macros I can still get a bit confused! I guess that, once you’ve started, you need to do this sort of thing fairly regularly which unfortunately is not always possible due to time constraints.

[Doug McLean]

lol, yep.
Happens to me all the time. Especially in Power Automate.