Materials & costs

Put a price on the plan.

Written for 1.0.0-preview.8. Available download: 1.0.0-preview.8 · Public preview.

Use a project with a successful build. Stud derives its material quantities from the model; your supplier’s quotes provide the price basis.

1. Review what the model includes

Open Materials in the viewer. Check the stock sizes and quantities against your design. Ask the agent to explain the purchasing assumptions before you shop:

Review this workbench’s material list. Explain the lumber stock lengths, plywood quantities, and cut allowances. Identify missing fasteners, finishes, or fabrication details rather than assuming they are included.

2. Gather prices with their units

Get a quote for each stock item from your chosen supplier. Record whether a price is per board, per sheet, or another unit. A quote per linear foot is not interchangeable with a price per board.

3. Enter your supplier quotes

Open Estimate. Enter the prices for the matching items, or paste pricing from a spreadsheet into the costs table. Adjust purchasing quantities when your supplier’s stock or packaging requires it. Keep a note of the supplier and quote date.

Use the supplier prices I entered to update this estimate. Show which items have no price, explain quantity overrides, and separate modeled materials from any extras I still need to budget.

An unpriced item is unknown, not free. Treat the total as a working materials budget; review taxes, delivery, waste, tools, and labor separately.

4. Export the current estimate

Export the parts, materials, and costs as CSVs from the viewer. Keep them with the project revision you reviewed. If you change the design, build it successfully and export again so the quantities correspond to the new model.

What you should have

A material list with a clear price basis, a visible list of missing prices, and CSVs you can take to a supplier or open in a spreadsheet. Recheck quotes before purchasing.