Overview | Features

Accubid brings you cadLive™, the CAD estimating software solution for contractors. cadLive is fully integrated with Accubid estimating solutions—Accubid Pro, BidWinner Plus, BidWinner, and PowerBid—and features a bi-directional, real-time link between the two applications. That translates into complete data synchronization with no need to import or export takeoffs or breakdowns.

• Count and measure at computer speed, not human speed
• Minimize human error and produce more accurate results
• Drag and drop to assemble your takeoff
• Fully integrated with Accubid's estimating solutions

cadLive workspace
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Faster and More Accurate Takeoffs
cadLive significantly reduces the time involved in estimating since you can quantify at computer speed instead of human speed, and can automatically detect and quantify material using reusable selection rules. Since cadLive allows you to work directly with the designer's actual objects—instead of symbolic approximations on blueprints or scanned images—you can reduce human error and produce more accurate results.
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Portable, Reusable Tasks
The selections you make as part of the cadLive quantification process (database component, CAD object, building area, etc.) are stored as tasks, which can be copied and reused in other drawings. Instead of repeatedly matching cost components with the same symbols or routing conditions for similar project types, you can save time by defining the task once and using it across multiple projects.
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Rules-Based Takeoffs
cadLive is rules-based, so that objects can be automatically detected and quantified using simple or complex selection criteria. For example, you might want cadLive to search for and detect fixtures only in one area of the drawing, so that you can assign higher labor to them. The rules you create can be dynamic—so that they are automatically applied as drawings are revised—or static—so that they stay unchanged just like paper-based takeoffs. Rules-based detection gives you complete control over the quantification process.
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Complete Integration
Since cadLive is completely integrated with Accubid estimating programs, you can quickly and accurately count and measure objects in CAD drawings, and update the corresponding Accubid estimate without even having to open your Accubid estimating program. Any changes made to breakdowns in your Accubid estimate, or to items in your Accubid material database, will be automatically reflected in your cadLive workspace. Complete integration means fewer steps plus immediate updates.

Overview | Features

Features

• Automatically counts and/or measures all cost components according to your exact specifications
• Quantifies any CAD drawing—no need to use specific symbols, layers, drawing methods, etc.
• Links drawing objects to items, assemblies, and designations in your Accubid material database
• Counts all occurrences of sample objects within specified areas
• Measures any field routing possible (piping, cabling, etc.) including rise/drop (can use but does not require 3D drawings)
• Assigns takeoffs to the breakdowns you choose from your Accubid estimating job
• Easy reviewing or editing of takeoffs—can re-quantify as different items or assemblies, or drag and drop takeoffs between breakdowns
• Counts and/or measures "hidden" components (i.e., fittings which are not drawn like penetrations, linear routings that are not indicated, etc.)
• Quantified objects or routings are highlighted using the colors you specify