MeasureSquare 2013 Tutorials

Self Learning Courses

1. Takeoff Estimating for Commercial Flooring (below)
2. Measure, Layout and Estimating for Residential Flooring (below)
3. Measure estimating operation for Lowe's flooring contractors (video tutorials)


MeasureSquare 2013 User Guide

• MeasureSquare 2013 User Guide (Web html edition) (PDF edition download 24MB)

1. Takeoff Estimating for Commercial Flooring

• Learning workflow and skill sets for using software for takeoff estimating
• Total learning time: 2 hours with 25 video clips (to be updated)




Classes	Description	Videos and Instructions
C-101	Introduction to COMMERCIAL edition, course roadmap
C-201	System setup	Measurement system ( ) Directories and image setting ( )
C-202	Product and services database setup	Product database structure ( ) Add a new item ( ) Add a carpet ( ) Add a tile ( ) Add a wall base ( ) Add a transition ( ) Heat rod and add-on association ( ) Grout setup (   new!)
C-301	Start a project: material schedule setup	Job info ( ) Project item setup (material schedule) ( ) Roll allocation (   new!)
C-301	Plan import and scale setup	Plan importation ( ) Crop image when importing ( ) Isomorphic scale setup (   new!) Correct mis-aligned  plan (   new!) Import multiple plans at same layer  (   new!)
C-401	Plan takeoff	Freedraw introduction ( ) Use Freedraw tool to takeoff the blueprint ( ) Align room area ( ) Takeoff doorway ( ) Takeoff stairway ( ) Floor divide ( ) Handwriting/notes ( )   Room embedding (   new!) Room takeoff with floor split (   new!) Create floor insets (   new!) L-shape stairway and landing (   new!)
C-402	Product assignment	Assign areal products ( ) Assign linear product to wall base  and assign Carpet and Tile product to wall base ( ) Set flash cove (self-coving) of room(s) ( ) Assign EA products to rooms ( ) Assign products to stairway ( ) Assign transition to the doorway ( ) Assign product to wall (show and hide walls of room) ( ) Assign tile pattern ( ) Border design ( ) Remove assignment ( ) 3D view ( )   Tile replacement designer (   new!) Design wall sections (   new!) Copy/paste room profile (   new!) Copy/paste wall profile (   new!) Set duplicated rooms (   new!) Set duplicated layers (   new!) Tile pattern editor (   new!) Match pattern across rooms (   new!)
C-403	Layout and estimating	Estimate ribbon introduction ( ) Estimate by layer ( ) Seam manipulation ( ) Cut sheet manipulation ( ) Manipulate stairway cuts ( ) Open cut sheet window into a separate window ( ) Pattern carpet cut layout ( new!) Optional pattern carpet layout ( new!) Advanced cut options ( new!)
C-501	Handling estimate data and worksheet	Introduction to worksheet  ( ) Add items and project level items in worksheet  ( ) Worksheet printout and export  ( ) Worksheet conversion to order forms ( )
C-502	Generate quotation, and other forms	Generate quotation ( )
C-503	Print out report
	Please tell us how these tutorial clips work, take a short survey (only 4 questions).

2. Measure, Layout and Estimating for Residential Flooring

• Learning workflow and skill sets for using software for residential measure estimating

Classes	Description	Videos and Instructions
R-101	Introduction to RETAIL edition, course roadmap
R-201	General system setup	Measurement system ( )
R-202	Product and services database setup	Product database structure ( ) Add a new item ( ) Add a carpet ( ) Add a tile ( ) Add a wall base ( ) Add a transition ( ) Heat rod and add-on association ( ) Grout setup (   new!)
R-301	Start a job: customer, job site, product selection	Job info ( ) Project item selection ( )
R-301	Room drawing	Freedraw introduction ( ) Align room area ( ) Takeoff doorway ( ) Takeoff stairway ( ) Handwriting/notes ( )   L-shape stairway and landing (   new!)
R-302	Room drawing with Leica Disto laser meter	Disto 330i laser meter instruction  ( ) Disto drawing tutorial with FloorEstimate Pro 2011 RETAIL/Laser  ( ) (fep2012 Disto drawing video is coming soon which is similar to fep2011 in concept, but with different user interface)
R-402	Product assignment	Assign areal products ( ) Assign linear product to wall base  and assign Carpet and Tile product to wall base ( ) Set flash cove (self-coving) of room(s) ( ) Assign EA products to rooms ( ) Assign products to stairway ( ) Assign transition to the doorway ( ) Assign product to wall (show and hide walls of room) ( ) Assign tile pattern ( ) Border design ( ) Remove assignment ( ) 3D view ( )
R-403	Layout and estimating	Estimate ribbon introduction ( ) Seam manipulation ( ) Cut sheet manipulation ( ) Manipulate stairway cuts ( ) Open cut sheet window into a separate window ( ) Pattern carpet cut layout ( new!) Optional pattern carpet layout ( new!)
R-501	Worksheet	Introduction to worksheet  ( ) Add items and project level items in worksheet  ( ) Worksheet printout and export  ( ) Worksheet conversion to order forms ( )
R-502	Generate quotation, and other forms	Generate quotation ( )
R-503	Print out report
	Please tell us how these tutorial clips work, take a short survey (only 4 questions).




Previous FEP2011 Learning Courses

FloorEstimate Pro 2011 Tutorials