Is there a material estimator?

[richie_008]

Is there any command to estimate how much material a house will use?

Ex: A brick home. How many bricks will be used once dimensions are complete.

[Murph_map]

That's what interns are for.

[Dana W]

I think it's called Revit, isn't it? Some of the verticals might be capable of that.

[tzframpton]

Quantity Takeoff can do it.

 

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=10354648&siteID=123112

[SuperCAD]

Or you can do what I did an create a material estimating Excel file.

 

Here's an article I wrote about it a number of years ago:

 

http://www.jlconline.com/cgi-bin/jlconline.storefront/4f44758204c435e927170a323cb40675/UserTemplate/69?c=399cb934fb42f5eb91757058f2181f82&p=1