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 3 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
Updated over a week ago

Items

What is an Item?

How items work to convert takeoff data into various costs

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

Add or Remove Items from a Takeoff

Instructions and what to know about adding items to a takeoff for more detailed reports and estimates; and how to remove them if needed.

Written by Matt Hayden
Updated over a week ago

Create, Edit, or Delete Custom Items

How to create or copy and customize items to easily incorporate unique project costs on reports and estimates; and how to delete if needed.

Written by Michelle Reeves
Updated over a week ago

Bulk Import Custom Items to STACK

How to mass upload new or updated custom items to STACK using the Item Import Template (CSV spreadsheet).

Written by Justin Ogilby
Updated over a week ago

Export Your Custom Items from STACK

How to Export your custom item information, including folder structure, to a CSV file for review or edit and mass update.

Written by Troy Newman
Updated over a week ago

Assemblies

What Is An Assembly?

Overview of an assembly

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

Add, Edit, or Remove an Assembly on a Takeoff

How to add an assembly to a takeoff to create more detailed reports and estimates; and how to edit or remove them if needed.

Written by Michelle Reeves
Updated over a week ago

How to Customize or Create an Assembly

Copy an existing STACK assembly or create your own

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

Working with Assembly Formulas

How to edit your item calculations on assemblies

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

Mastering Custom Formulas

Common conversions to use in your custom assembly formulas

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

Excel Functions in Formulas

Excel-based functions you can use in custom formulas

Written by Ryan Bender
Updated over a week ago

How to Build an Assembly

Building an assembly

Written by Troy Newman
Updated over a week ago