Using Items, Assemblies & Catalogs

Create bill of materials and calculate labor needs by adding material, labor, equipment, and/or subcontracting costs directly to your takeoffs with prebuilt or custom items and assemblies in STACK.

13 articles in this collection
Written by Justin Ogilby, Troy Newman, Ryan Bender and 2 others

How to Manage Items and Assemblies

Learn how to create custom items and assemblies to add greater detail to your reports and estimates.

Written by Katie Blue
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Items

What is an Item?

How items work to convert takeoff data into various costs

Written by Ryan Bender
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Import Items Into Your STACK Item Database

Bulk import items from a CSV spreadsheet into your item library!

Written by Justin Ogilby
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How to Attach an Item to a Takeoff

Attaching a material or labor item

Written by Matt Hayden
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How to Export Custom Items to Excel

Export all your items and folder structure into an Excel worksheet or Apple Numbers

Written by Troy Newman
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Assemblies

What Is An Assembly?

Overview of an assembly

Written by Ryan Bender
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How to Customize or Create an Assembly

Copy an existing STACK assembly or create your own

Written by Ryan Bender
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Working with Assembly Formulas

How to edit your item calculations on assemblies

Written by Ryan Bender
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Mastering Custom Formulas

Common conversions to use in your custom assembly formulas

Written by Ryan Bender
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Excel Functions in Formulas

Excel-based functions you can use in custom formulas

Written by Ryan Bender
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How to Attach an Assembly - Screen Shot

How to add a materials assembly

Written by Matt Hayden
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How to Edit an Assembly - Screen Shot

How to quickly change the values of an assembly

Written by Matt Hayden
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How to Build an Assembly

Building an assembly

Written by Troy Newman
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