Estimate Extra Enhancements - v16.2

Estimate extras are a way to add costs and labor to a line item in an estimate.  In previous releases of FabSuite the estimate extras were useful, but fairly limited in what they could do.  An estimate extra could include a single additional cost and labor amount, and only one estimate extra could be associated with a line item.  In FabSuite 16.2 the estimate extras have been enhanced to become significantly more flexible and powerful.

On the Estimate Extra Maintenance screen there are a number of additional types of labor that can be included in an estimate extra, such as additional burn, drill, punch, and weld operations as well as labor code operations and formulas.  An estimate extra can also include other estimate extras, allowing a hierarchy of codes with low-level codes specifying individual operations and high-level codes that include common combinations of those low-level codes.

It is now also possible to associate any number of estimate extras with a single line item on the Estimate Extra Selection screen.