With only 2 or 3 hours of training a smart techy estimator can do it. If you plan on using it just for take off purposes, you can start as soon as you buy it.īut if you plan on using it as an estimating tool, my suggestion is to give yourself at least 1 month so your most trusted estimator builds the assemblies (full time job). No software is perfect, but definitely Planswift makes easy taking off and estimating a job. It is more of a general GC type of software. We have used another estimating software for about 17 years, but no on screen take off abilities and very little flexibility in creating your own assemblies or unit prices. We are a medium size concrete and masonry subcontractor. I ran out of room to type so I must stop here.Įxcellent Value for the Money - Full take off AND estimating capabilities For all of our assemblies, we were able to link the "Cost Each" back to the original part's "Cost Each" through a file path. Price changes on parts are not reflected in current jobs unless you manually go in and change it. You have to use a $200 plugin that basically adds a search and replace function.
YOUTUBE PLANSWIFT 10 UPDATE
For instance, by default, if I update a price in the parts list it doesn't reflect that price update in any instance of the part used on an assembly. There is no automatic association between a part in a parts list and the same part in an assembly. We just can't be in the same job at the same time or it might get errors.
Again, we set up a cloud system using Google Drive local sync and it works well.
YOUTUBE PLANSWIFT 10 HOW TO
We ended up figuring out how to utilize a cloud platform to sync up all changes to our parts and assemblies across computers and it now works now. for a while we had to manually do this in each computer. If there is a change in pricing, adding parts, building assemblies, etc.
No built-in cloud syncing between computers. Way outdated: No 4K monitor support, very old looking interface, only available for Windows. They don't seem to know their software well either as we were able to figure out things that they said wasn't possible. Terrible customer service! I usually call and have to leave a message and someone might get back to me in 24-48 hours.
0 kommentar(er)
