Master items

Master items are the priced building blocks in your database. Every takeoff and estimate pulls its items from here.

General

• Item Setup: Material, Labor, or Material and Labor

• Item type, cost code, and manufacturer

• Chained items: items added automatically to a component whenever this item is added (e.g. trim with ceiling grid)

Calculation

• Set how the quantity is calculated from your takeoff, e.g. by length, area, count, or height

• Choose an installation method. Fields the calculation doesn’t use are greyed out.

Sizing

• Size method: No size, Sizes, Styles, Styles with sizes, or Mixture

• Each size or style can carry its own product number, length, units per container, and weight

• Item container: how the item is bought, e.g. by the piece, box, or bundle

Material Pricing

• Set the cost per unit, piece, style, or container

• The date shows when each price was last updated

• Accepted vendor quotes can update prices in the estimate only, or in the database too

Labor Pricing

• Set the production rate and the payroll classes and wage types used to price labor