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05 Items - the Building Blocks of Quick Bid Estimating

1	QB - 05.01 Master Items - Overview and Video An Item is anything related to Material or Labor or both. Thus, a piece of…
2	QB - 05.02 Identifying Where Items are Used Because Items can be (and often are) interrelated with other records in a database,…
3	QB - 05.03 How to Tell the Difference Between a Master and a Bid-Level Item Item "Levels" There are three "levels" of Items in Quick Bid: Database (Master)…
4	QB - 05.04 How to Create Items There are three main ways to create Items in a Database: Create the Item from…
5	QB - 05.05 Item Detail Dialog Box Overview The Item Detail dialog box contains all the information about a particular…
6	QB - 05.06 Item Details General Tab (Basic Item Information): Overview and Video In this and the next few articles, we cover each Tab in the Item Detail dialog…
7	QB - 05.06.01 Item Details General Tab: Chained Items What are Chained Items? A Chain is a group of related Items bound to a lead…
8	QB - 05.07 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Overview and Video The Calculation tab defines how Quick Bid converts Condition Quantity to Item…
9	QB - 05.07.01 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Calculation Method The Calculation Method determines what Condition Quantity you'll use and how…
10	QB - 05.07.02 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Formula Descriptions This section is just for informational purposes only to explain how the Standard…
11	QB - 05.07.03 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Condition Detail Default Entries When you add an Item into a Condition, there are some fields that need to be…
12	QB - 05.07.04 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Installation Method The Installation Method affects how the Standard Formula is applied during…
13	QB - 05.07.04 The Item Details Calculations Tab: On Center Exception Factors The Standard Formula isn't the only game in town when it comes to calculating…
14	QB - 05.08 The Item Details Sizing Tab: Overview and Video The Sizing tab defines how Quick Bid converts Item Quantity (based on the Calculation…
15	QB - 05.08.01 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Selecting a Sizing Method The Sizing Tab tells Quick Bid how to convert the Item quantity into something…
16	QB - 05.08.02 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Sizes The Size Method drop down provides options for describing the physical attributes…
17	QB - 05.08.03 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Styles Sizing a Material by Style works well for Materials that have a single size…
18	QB - 05.08.04 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Styles with Sizes The Styles with Sizes Sizing Method has the same default characteristics mentioned…
19	QB - 05.08.05 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Mixtures What are Mixtures? Mixtures allow you to enter specific material quantities…
20	QB - 05.09 The Item Details Material Cost Tab: Overview and Video Note Versions 4.97 and earlier called this the Material "Pricing" tab. The…

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