Using this Construction Estimating Manual
Please go through the first three sections
of this manual in order. If you are an experienced computer user, you should be able to skip over
many of the detailed instructions.
* This Introduction will give you some background information about the MacNail construction estimating software.
* Getting Started gives you instructions for loading the program onto your hard disk, and for starting
your first estimate.
* The Tutorial lets you go through a sample project so you can see how MacNail construction estimating software works.
* The MacNail Estimating Worksheets and Estimating Manager sections contain instructions about the menus and
worksheets that run MacNail.
* The Customizing, Linking, and Reference sections cover specific MacNail functions in greater detail
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There is also a complete Glossary. If you don't recognize a computer or construction term--you can look
it up!
We suggest that you use MacNail on one or two finished projects (or projects that you have
already estimated by other means), before you tackle actual bids. This gives you the information you need to
adjust MacNail
so it will perform accurately under your particular conditions.
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