Thanks for the input.

Sounds like a similar flow to what I’m doing.

Try to do only unit types, but more and more projects are having so many unit types (almost no repeats per floor).

I have gone through doorways, but didn’t find much time savings. I am pretty fast at doing the takeoffs, but as my role expands at my current company, I am trying…

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It’s more on the side of the actual tracings that I would like to find a faster solution. A lot of the projects don’t have repetitive units, as shown in that screenshot (probably not the best screenshot to use). For instance, it will be 16 units per floor in a 6-story wood-frame building. 2-5 are the same layout, so that’s easy, but every…

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Hi All,

I handle a large volume of finish carpentry estimating—primarily doors, baseboard, and windowsills. My overall workflow is solid, but the baseboard portion continues to be a bottleneck.

Right now, I trace every area that requires base, and while I do use groups to copy/paste repeated unit layouts, the process is still very…

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Thanks, I forgot to mention that I had already sync’d the names between the 2 tables (just wasnt at my work computer for new screenshot).

I will look into pivoting the Columns. Lots to learn, trying to fit it into a busy schedule and still get the work done.

I appreciate the guidance.

Thanks for checking in Doug. I’m sorry for not getting back to you sooner. It’s been a deep rabbit hole, I also took on another project while trying to learn this. I have had to brush up on my VBA scripting for the other project.

I have got my data almost where I need it to be with power query. It is usable but I’m stuck on the…

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Thanks David,

Currently, everything is done in Excel. I have a decent template made up that once I had the data input into it with quantity link, it would populate all other pages with relevant data. All I would really need to do is update pricing for labor and materials.

After browsing a few things today. This is exactly what I was looking for (even though not quantity link, didn’t need to be) but now it seems like I have a lot of learning to do! Should make everything more streamlined.

After I get this figured out, I’ll look at ways to optimize my Revu counting/measuring. Hopefully find some more tips and tricks.

Thanks for the replies. I will be looking into PQ now!

Hi All,

I heard you guys might be able to help me or at least steer me in the right direction. I’ve never really looked into Excel scripting. I have been using Bluebeam Revu for about 6 months (career change due to injury), and I do mostly finish carpentry takeoffs with it. The small company I work for was old school before I got them…

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