Live Updates
What changes automatically when you re-measure shapes, update assemblies, or change supplier prices.
Live Updates
The biggest payoff of doing takeoff inside Blueprint Crusher — rather than in a separate measuring tool plus a spreadsheet — is that your estimate stays in sync with your measurements and your rate library.
What updates automatically
- Re-measure a shape (drag a vertex, redraw, or delete it) → the item’s total quantity recomputes → the estimate line updates. No re-applying the assembly needed.
- Update an assembly’s components or a supplier price → next time the estimate is opened the line’s rate is recomputed and a price-change indicator appears so you can review and accept the new number.
- Recalibrate a sheet’s scale → every shape on that sheet recomputes against the new scale, and every item that pulls from those shapes follows.
What doesn’t update automatically
- Excel exports. Each export is a snapshot. The file you sent the client last week won’t change if your rates move tomorrow — re-export if you need a fresh version.
- Variable overrides. If you overrode an assembly variable (e.g.
{thickness}) to a specific value when applying it, that override sticks to that line. Changing the variable’s default later doesn’t retroactively change lines that overrode it. - Zero-quantity items. If you delete every shape under an item, the item stays in the estimate at quantity
0rather than disappearing. Remove the line manually if it’s no longer needed.