Method and a program for estimating building material quantities
OwnerJohn O'Learyinventor
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Abstract
A method and a computer program for estimating item quantities in a building project that includes one or more items. The method includes steps for providing a spreadsheet template including a summary worksheet and one or more input worksheets with a plurality of cells for estimating a quantity of an item in a building project comprising one or more items, receiving a value of a parameter inputted by a user in a predetermined cell of an input worksheet, calculating the quantity of the item based on the value and a formula for the item, and generating a list including the quantity of the item on the summary worksheet. The program includes codes for performing the method and the spreadsheet template may be used by a spreadsheet program such as MICROSOFT EXCEL.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- providing a spreadsheet template for estimating a quantity of an item in a building project comprising one or more items, wherein the spreadsheet template comprises a summary worksheet and one or more input worksheets, each worksheet comprises a plurality of cells,
- receiving a value of a parameter inputted by a user in a predetermined cell of an input worksheet,
- calculating the quantity of the item based on the value and a formula for the item, and
- generating a list comprising the quantity of the item on the summary worksheet.
A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for using in a computer for estimating a quantity of an item in a building project including one or more items, the product comprising:
- program codes for providing a spreadsheet template for estimating a quantity of an item in a building project comprising one or more items, wherein the spreadsheet template comprises a summary worksheet and one or more input worksheets, each worksheet comprises a plurality of cells,
- program codes for receiving a value of a parameter inputted by a user in a predetermined cell of an input worksheet,
- program codes for calculating the quantity of the item based on the value and a formula for the item, and
- program codes for generating a list comprising the quantity of the item on the summary worksheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.