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05 Items - the Building Blocks of Quick Bid Estimating

1 Quick Bid - 05.01 Master Items - Overview and Video - QB

An Item is anything related to Material or Labor or both. Thus, a piece of…

2 Quick Bid - 05.02 Identifying Where Master Items are Used - QB

Because Items can be (and often are) interrelated with other records in a database,…

3 Quick Bid - 05.03 How to Tell the Difference Between a Master and a Bid-Level Item - QB

Item "Levels" There are three "levels" of Items in Quick Bid: Database-level…

4 Quick Bid - 05.04 How to Create Master Items - QB

There are three main ways to create Items in a Database: Create the Item from…

5 Quick Bid - 05.05 Item Detail Dialog Box Overview - QB

The Item Detail dialog box contains all the information about a particular…

6 Quick Bid - 05.06 Item Details General Tab (Basic Item Information): Overview and Video - QB

In this and the next few articles, we cover each Tab in the Item Detail dialog…

7 Quick Bid - 05.06.01 Item Details General Tab: Chained Items - QB

What are Chained Items? A Chain is a group of related Items bound to a lead…

8 Quick Bid - 05.07 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Overview and Video - QB

The Calculation tab defines how Quick Bid converts Condition Quantity to Item…

9 Quick Bid - 05.07.01 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Calculation Method - QB

The Calculation Method determines what Condition Quantity you'll use and how…

10 Quick Bid - 05.07.02 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Formula Descriptions - QB

This section is just for informational purposes only to explain how the Standard…

11 Quick Bid - 05.07.03 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Condition Detail Default Entries - QB

When you add an Item into a Condition, there are some fields that must be filled…

12 Quick Bid - 05.07.04 The Item Details Calculations Tab: Installation Method - QB

The Installation Method affects how the Standard Formula is applied during…

13 Quick Bid - 05.07.04 The Item Details Calculations Tab: On Center Exception Factors - QB

The Standard Formula isn't the only game in town when it comes to calculating…

14 Quick Bid - 05.08 The Item Details Sizing Tab: Overview and Video - QB

The Sizing tab defines how Quick Bid converts Item Quantity (based on the Calculation…

15 Quick Bid - 05.08.01 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Selecting a Sizing Method - QB

The Sizing tab tells Quick Bid how to convert the Item quantity into something…

16 Quick Bid - 05.08.02 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Sizes - QB

The Size Method drop down provides options for describing the physical attributes…

17 Quick Bid - 05.08.03 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Styles - QB

Sizing a Material by Style works well for Materials that have a single size…

18 Quick Bid - 05.08.04 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Styles with Sizes - QB

The Styles with Sizes Sizing Method has the same default characteristics mentioned…

19 Quick Bid - 05.08.05 The Item Detail Sizing Tab: Mixtures - QB

What are Mixtures? Mixtures allow you to enter specific material quantities…

20 Quick Bid - 05.09 The Item Details Material Cost Tab: Overview and Video - QB

Note Versions 4.97 and earlier called this the Material "Pricing" tab. The…

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