You can use ShapeBook for estimating based on price per pound and price per square foot. The material lists can be saved to files and loaded back into ShapeBook or imported into spreadsheet or database software. The take-off material lists include a dated title, page numbers, line numbers, and column and row outlines. The take-off material list will automatically expand and contract in length as the ShapeBook widow size is adjusted. Included is the ability to enter plate, flat bar, round bar, and square bar with weight, surface area, and price extensions. Bar sized materials, plate, flat bar, round bar, and square bar do not include all design properties.

The shape data in this version of ShapeBook is based on the AISC Shapes Database version 15.0 and is available in US imperial and metric units consistent with the American Institute of Steel Construction Manual, 15th Edition, plus large pipe sizes, and small bar size materials. ShapeBook saves your work automatically and opens with your work loaded and ready to continue where you left off. The dimensions are shown in a fractional format matching the AISC Manual of Steel Construction and the properties include handy descriptions available by hovering your mouse cursor over a property name. To download a 30-day free trial visit one of the Microsoft store links below. ShapeBook for users on Windows 10 devices, and ShapeBookWith2D3DSteel for users running AutoCAD on Windows 10 devices.

With ShapeBook you can work with shape dimensions and properties, produce material takeoff lists with price extensions for weight and surface area, search for shape sizes with up to 3 property keys providing the minimum and maximum values you need.

ShapeBook is a reference and estimating tool for professionals and students who work with structural and miscellaneous steel.

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