User guide · Part 03 of 13

Part 03 · Projects

Creating your first project

A project is one job. This chapter fills in every section of the form, tours the project page, and loads the drawing set into the vault.

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Steps

  1. Projects → New project. Leave Ref blank to continue your numbering; type the Project name.
  2. Client is a company record: start typing, then pick a match or Create … as a new client. Add the site Address.
  3. Choose the Market (required), the Stage, an Owner and a Due date.
  4. Database is the price database this job prices against. With one database it is chosen for you.
  5. Tick any Code & compliance flags, add Building code notes, then Create project.
  6. The project page has four blocks: Details, Estimates, Takeoffs and Vault. Drop the drawings on the vault, tag them Drawings, and click Upload.
Tag drawings as Drawings The takeoff tools only list PDFs tagged Drawings. A drawing set filed as Specs or Other will not appear in the digitiser's Plans rail.
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