Cost Plus Bid Center

Estimate Sheets of Material

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Episode 069 of A Cabinet Vision Minute is about setting the Estimate Sheets of Material flag in the Bid Center.  

If you use the Cost-Plus Bid Center or even if you don't use the Cost-Plus Bid Center and you're not using "Catalog Prices" for estimating your cabinet jobs, then watch this video.  This could save you make you thousands of dollars on your next job.

Estimate Sheets of Material

CV Minute Update for April 29, 2024

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This is the first A Cabinet Vision Minute Update....kinda like A Cabinet Vision Minute vlog.   This is published on April 29, 2024.

These "vlog class" of videos are designed, hopefully, to fill the time gap between releases A Cabinet Vision Minute videos.  Currently, for example, I'm working on a 6 part series of videos on the Door Manager.  I've completed two of them and the 3 in the series about buyout doors is in progress and very nearly complete.  

So, here's what's on my plate today...

Estimating refacing jobs with Cabinet Vision

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A Cabinet Vision Minute - Episode 37

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Bruce demonstrates the versatility of the Cost-Plus Bid Center by estimating a refacing job...doors and drawers only with hardware and installation.  

Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimator's Toolbox - Part II

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In this second of a two-part series on practical bidding and estimating techniques using Cabinet Vision, the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimator's Toolbox, Bruce demonstrates a very fast and accurate method of estimating a high-end kitchen for an apartment in San Francisco without laying out walls...a COMPLETE No-Draw Bid with Cabinet Vision 2023.

How to make a No-Draw "Quick Bid" in Cabinet Vision

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See Episode 023 of A Cabinet Vision Minute for the Complete No-Draw Bid Process.


Download a very handy tool to help you expedite this Quick Bid process.  Scroll down to the end of the text below to find the download link.

In this video, Bruce explains how to create a "Quick Bid" using the Cost Plus Bid Center package available from the Craftsman Engineering Online Store ...all without drawing a single wall and without drawing any cabinets.