Click a sheet above to view it here.
Quantities for the estimate rows a take-off can't measure. Each Rate is the job's own rate from Project Variables > Site rates - change it here or there, it is one figure. Every cost updates as you type and flows into Project Costs, the margin and both exports.
This file has no nestable lines left. Replace the file or use the quoted schedule instead.
Show all rows
metres, comma separated, max 20 m ?
Rows appear here for every material in the cutting list.
No stock on hand – only new lengths will be ordered.
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Member Schedule
PartPos
Profile
Length
Qty
mark,type,size,kg/m,length_mm,qty
B1,PFC,PFC-250x90,35.50,6125,2
Once a file is read, its cutting list appears here as “What will be nested” with pieces and metres per material. Lines whose profile is not in the weight tables are listed under Not in this nest.
STOCK NEW OFFCUT SCRAP · hover a cut for mark, length and material
Steel Nesting Calculator – nest a cutting list into stock lengths: bar-by-bar cutting plan, offcuts, and the order list with tonnage. Steel Weight Tables – Australian section weights (kg/m) and painting surface areas for UB, UC, PFC, angles, hollow sections, plate and more. How to Do a Steel Take-Off – the step-by-step method behind every structural steel estimate. Structural Steel Cost Per Tonne – what steel really costs in Australia, with a worked example. Steel Fabrication Estimating – hours per tonne, shop rates, coatings and drafting: the method Australian fabricators use. Steel Estimating Template – what a take-off spreadsheet needs, the Excel formulas to build one, or export a finished XLSX from here. ← Switch to the classic calculator – same tool, original layout, unchanged and permanently available.
Steel Quote is used to calculate weights and costs from a take-off for estimating project values within the structural steel industry in Australia.
The calculator should be used in conjunction with the estimate sheet provided to ensure all costs are included.
Prices reflect the domestic market in Australia for structural steel.
Whilst all care is taken that the script program works correctly, no responsibility will be taken for loss or damage as a result of using this web site.
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This is the v21 workbench - the same calculator, engine and data as the classic version, in a new full-window layout. Version 12.0.0.
Feature requests or information: info@steelquote.info
Nesting reads its cutting list from the quoted Member Schedule. Add or edit members in the Workspace (Add / Edit Member), then come back - the cutting list updates by itself.
Members are added in the Workspace and nest from the quoted Member Schedule, so Source switches to Quoted Member Schedule when you go. The loaded file stays available under Open file.