Live Updates
What changes automatically when you re-measure shapes, update assemblies, or change supplier prices.
Live Updates
One of the biggest payoffs of doing takeoff inside Blueprint Crusher (rather than separately in a measuring tool and 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) → the group quantity updates → the estimate line updates automatically. No re-applying needed.
- Update an assembly’s components (e.g. a price change) → the next time the estimate is opened, the line’s rate is recomputed and a price change indicator is shown so you can review and accept.
- Delete a shape → it’s removed from the group total. If a group ends up with zero shapes its line stays in the estimate but with quantity
0— delete the line manually if no longer needed.
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 update tomorrow. Re-export if you need a fresh version.
- Already-overridden variables. When you applied the assembly, you may have overridden a variable like
{thickness}to a specific value. That override sticks to that line — changing the variable’s default later doesn’t retroactively change the line.