# Estimate workbook

> Price a BuildX Studio job's takeoff rows with material and labor rates, add markup, read the Bid summary, and export the workbook as CSV.

Source: https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/estimate/

Each Studio job has one estimate workbook at `studio.mybuildx.com/projects/<project-id>/estimate`, titled **Price the measured work**. Open it from the project page with **Estimate**. Every takeoff row on the job's drawing files becomes a workbook row.

## What you can do

- Enter **Mat / unit** and **Labor / unit** rates on each row. They save automatically.
- See a row's math in the **fx** bar.
- Filter rows by category tab.
- Set a markup percent and read the **Total bid** in the **Bid summary**.
- **Export CSV** of the rows.

## Price the rows

1. Open the job and click **Estimate**.
2. Check the four numbers at the top: **Workbook rows**, **Rows priced**, **Direct cost**, **Total bid**.
3. Click a row. The **fx** bar shows how its total is calculated.
4. Type a material rate in **Mat / unit** and a labor rate in **Labor / unit**. Press Enter or click away to save. The badge next to the title shows **Saving…**, then **Saved**. If you type something that isn't a non-negative number, Studio shows "Invalid rate" and puts the old value back.
5. The **Total** column fills in: quantity × (material + labor). If a row has no material or labor rate but has a unit rate set in the takeoff **Export** dialog, the total is quantity × unit rate. A row with no rates stays blank.

Each row also shows its status (**Unmarked**, **Measured**, **Priced**, **Reviewed**, or **Accepted**) and a link to the submittal and drawing file it came from.

## Add markup and read the bid

The **Bid summary** card shows:

- **Direct cost** with how many rows are priced.
- **Markup covers overhead and profit**: type a percent (it starts at 10).
- **Total bid** = direct cost plus markup.

Unpriced rows are left out of the direct cost, and the card tells you how many.

## Export

Click **Export CSV**. The file has Description, Category, Qty, Unit, Mat per unit, Labor per unit, and Total for the rows in the current tab. It's named `estimate-YYYY-MM-DD.csv`.

## Drywall material order

When the rows include drywall quantities Studio can expand, a read-only **Drywall material order** card lists the materials to order.

## Good to know

- Rows come from takeoff. If there are none, you see "No takeoff measurements yet". See [Takeoff](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/takeoff.md) for how to add rows.
- If the job has no drawing files yet, you see "No takeoff sheets on this job yet" with **Add a submittal**.
- The markup percent isn't saved. It goes back to 10 when you reload the page.
- Rates you set here also feed the [Unit Rates](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/takeoff.md#unit-rates) library, and rates you edit there change the matching row here.
- The workbook has no PDF proposal, allowances, alternates, or customer share link. To send a customer a priced proposal, build an estimate in MyBuildX ([Estimates and proposals](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/estimates-proposals.md)). The two don't share numbers.

## Related

- [Takeoff](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/takeoff.md)
- [Bid leveling](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/bid-leveling.md)
- [Bidding a job](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/bidding-budget-spine.md)