Importing Construction Prices to BidMagic

NOTE-- We retired the BidMagic construction estimating software in 2001. It has been replaced by Goldenseal construction estimating software.

We still include this BidMagic estimating software manual as a convenience for users of our older program. Many features are similar, in Goldenseal estimating.

Importing prices into BidMagic Estimating Software

The BidMagic construction estimating software allows you to import unit prices previously exported from MacNail (see page 394) or from another BidMagic template (see page 398).

To import unit prices into BidMagic, follow these steps:
1. Open BidMagic (see pages 383-387).
2. Choose Import Unit Prices from the Data menu.
3. Select the BidMagic Prices file that you just created using the Transfer Manager, then click OK.
4. Choose Materials Only to import just material unit prices. Choose Labor & Materials to import labor and material unit prices. Choose All Prices to import labor prices, material prices, titles and formulas.
5. Choose which items in the price file you would like to import (see Unit Price Import Options below).
6. BidMagic will complete the import. The transfer process may take between a few minutes and an hour or two, depending on the speed of your computer.

Unit Price Import Options

When you import unit prices into BidMagic, you can choose between several ways of handling the unit prices.

Choose Import Existing Items Only to update prices in existing items, without adding any new line items to BidMagic.
Choose Import New Items Only to add any items that are not already in BidMagic, without affecting items that are already there.
Choose Import All Items to update existing items and add new items.
Choose Replace Entire Price Book to remove all existing line items in BidMagic, and replace them with the unit prices exported from MacNail.

WARNING: Replace Entire Price Book will completely remove all existing unit prices from BidMagic. It's a good idea to save a copy of the BidMagic file before running this command!