The MacNail Customizing module maintains construction unit
costs, allows modifications to the MacNail construction estimating software templates, and feeds
back project cost data from job costing results in MacNail Accounting.
NOTE-- The MacNail construction project management software is still available for those who
really love working with Excel spreadsheets, although most people will be happier with
our newer Goldenseal program.
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We provide the online manual as a service to die-hard MacNail users.
Other MacNail manuals-- Estimating, Accounting, Scheduling, Spec
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Customizing Basics
Welcome
What is MacNail Customizing?
Before you Begin
System Requrements
Installing Customizing for Macintosh (Windows)
Folder Setup (Macintosh, Windows )
Backing Up
Using this Manual
Getting Help
Technical Support
MacNail Overview
Customizing Files
Creating Construction Estimator Files
Basics (What Customizing can do)
Construction Estimating Basics (cost categories, category
sheet, subcategories, multiple categories)
Construction Estimator structure
New Estimator (from an estimator, from
a category sheet, setup, creating)
Construction Cost Categories (adding, no
subcategories, with subcategories)
Cost Subcategories (adding)
Estimating Soft Costs
Deleting Cost Categories (subcategories)
Renaming Cost Categories
Estimator Line Items (basics, adding, deleting, clearing, entering, typing
in, changing)
Copying Estimator Line Items (sufficient memory, low
memory, low memory, move prices)
Estimator Style Sheets (using)
Estimator Formulas (finding definitions, using, changing, dimensions, specs, line
items, using, assemblies, clearinghouse, summation, soft
costs)
Updating Construction Unit Costs
Unit Cost Basics (what are unit costs?, estimating
with, labor, materials)
Creating Unit Costs (basics, units
per time, rules of thumb, subcontractors, subcontractor
bids)
Storing Unit Costs (estimator, estimators, price
master, price masters)
Storing Material Costs (details)
Moving Construction Unit Costs (from estimates, to
price master, to estimators, updating estimators)
Updating Construction Material Costs (vendor
prices, bulk, price requests, entering, adjusting, updating, moving)
Using Unit Cost for Estimating (setup, details, creating, subcontracts, complex
assemblies, partial costs, job types)
Labor & Material Modifiers (estimators, price
master)
Material Assemblies (basics, creating, new
materials, changing, using, moving)
Job Costing Feedback (setup, data, manual, automatic, options, setup
options, preparing, prompted, prompted, unprompted, using
adjusted costs)
Customizing Utilities
Basics
Labor Formulas
Cleaning Estimates
Duplicate Codes
Construction Categories (how many, designing, using, category
systems, cost categories, checking,
linking)
Category Systems (using, converting)
Item Codes (converting)
Material Codes (converting)
Customizing Worksheets
Basics
Construction Estimators (structure, specifications, using
specs, specs structure)
Category Sheet (creating, structure,
using)
Estimator Blanks
(opening, changing)
Estimating Style Sheets
Estimating Price Masters (structure, wages, adjustments, using)
Material Price Sheets (adding materials, changing
materials)
Material Price Comparisons (pricing, adding
materials, changing)
Assembly Sheets
Unit Cost Files
Material Price Requests
Material Takeoff Master
Code Masters
Worksheet Criteria (using, special)
Customizing Menu Commands
Basics
Customizing Manager (menu commands, using, long
macros,
using macros)
Using Protected Documents
File menu (new files, opening
files, price requests, printing)
Edit menu (adding rows, deleting
rows, include in bid)
Formula menu (specs, comparisons, flagging, flagging
price master, removing flags, checking duplicates)
Format menu (styles)
Data menu (sorting, update
prices, moving prices, job costing)
Options menu (macnail, customizing, feedback)
MacNail menu (files, navigating, transfers)
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