Renumber Bid Item in Tree View
I found another undocumented feature in HeavyBid 2015. In Tree View you can right click on a bid item on the View side of the screen and renumber a bid item on the fly. Nice for when you are for example creating child items and…
Setup Biditems-Customized Tab
Be sure to check out the options in the Customized Tab for setting up biditems. Some of the options are new and undocumented in 2015. There is a taxable biditem option now where the entire biditem can be taxed. Go to Setup Biditems>Customized View. As…
Copy from Other Estimates – Version 2015
The new Copy function in HeavyBid Version 2015 is a big improvement over the the previous routine. In 2014 and previous versions if you copied from another estimate with different labor and equipment codes it would bring those resources over with their costs. The issue is…
Trapping Errors – Detect Changes to Activities
In Version 2015 the activity “Unreviewed” box preference is estimate specific (See my previous blog detailing this revision LINK). This is a very significant change since previously it could be changed only for all estimates (system preference). So this is how it can work for…
New Basis for Addons HeavyBid Version 2015
There are four new basis calculations in the Summary>Addons in HeavyBid 2015. These are undocumented but fairly easy to follow. Background: There are two types of calculations in the basis of Addons. The first is the simple % calculation where a total is provided and…
Location HeavyBid Videos – V2015
You will notice that all the help video links inside HeavyBid has disappeared in Version 2015. I think this is in anticipation of moving towards a web linked help system that in the future you will have the option to see applicable YouTube videos. It…
Customize Columns Change Activity Data – New Feature V2015
I am finding in Version 2015 improvements that HCSS don’t call out in their list of new features. Some are just tweaks in screens but others are revisions that you should be aware of. One is in the EDIT>CHANGE ACTIVITY DATA. In previous versions you could…
Version 2015 – New Color Settings
If you just upgraded to Version 2015 set your resource colors so they show up in the Tree View. A new way to get to this user setting is through the Tree View itself. Go to Display Options and then bottom left “User Color Preferences”….
What are CSI Codes?
One of the new features of Version 2014 is that you can set up bid items with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Of course this could be your own WBS or an agencies but CSI codes are a form of a WBS. Lately I have…
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