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NOTE-- In 2000 we retired MacNail, and replaced it with a much better computer program called Goldenseal construction software. However, we still keep the MacNail manuals online, for die-hard MacNail users! Goldenseal handles accounting, construction estimating, and project management, plus simple construction project scheduling. It doesn't need separate files for project schedules, since they are integrated into each construction estimate that you create. Construction Project Schedule Files A MacNail schedule file is a "time line" of construction items, arranged in roughly chronological order. The MacNail construction scheduling software is not a "critical path" scheduler, but it will still be very helpful for your project management. MacNail schedules are usually made from a MacNail estimate either directly, or by way of a project list file (an extraction of all work items created in MacNail Estimating). The estimate already contains detailed information about each unit of work. Instead of using it to calculate a cost estimate, the MacNail construction scheduling software converts it into time units. As shown below, a MacNail schedule has two windows. The main window displays
each item of work that will go into the project. Use the scroll controls at the right
side of the window to see each work item. |
