Copying from other estimates is a huge feature in HeavyBid but if you are not aware there have been some recent changes. I highly recommend that you take the time and review the changes over the last 6 or so updates and make sure that you are taking advantage of the settings that have been improved or added. You can find these in Estimate Preferences>Estimate Entry. For example, having the source estimate in the activity note – no brainer.

Each one of the options should be carefully considered if to check the box or not. Make sure everyone knows what happens for example when a material resource is copied in with an activity that doesn’t exist in the local or system wide codebook. If the box “Use Source Material Rates” is not check then the resource will be brought in as zero cost. And the most recent option I think is the “Copy Folder Value of Resources”.