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The Model Manager (PMM) product solves the problem
of creating new models based on existing models. This
tool has been created with the specific goal of allowing
builders to easily copy base plans and options from
one representative model to another new model.
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The Timberline Estimating Model and Option database
represents the hub and the basis on which the Workflow
Management Suite has been based. From the Model/Option
database, a builder defines the plans, elevations and
options/upgrades for single and multi-family dwellings.
From buyer contracts and/or job starts the database
generates budgets, purchase orders and sales prices
for these plans, elevations and options. The creation
and maintenance of this Model/Option Database is a significant
part of the Workflow Management Suite user's workflow.
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One of the major tasks that confront a Workflow Management
Suite user is the need to create new models and/or
options in their Sage Timberline Estimating database. One
of the most popular strategies for creating a new model,
along with its attendant options, is to copy an already
existing model.
The process of copying existing model and options to
a new model has been a fairly tedious task up until
now. It involved the copying of Group Phases, Phases,
Items, Group Assemblies and Assemblies in the Sage Timberline
Estimating application. While it has been possible to
utilize Timberline's Spreadsheet Editor tool to ease
the burden of copying Items, it was still necessary
to build the Option Assemblies one at a time in the
estimating program. The only other option was to have
models/options added to a database by the database-building
consultants at BuilderMT.
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