Nothing ships unchecked.

Rules that must pass before anything leaves SketchUp® — warnings flag, blockers halt. Writing your own rules is part of SkuEstimator Pro; DIY runs two built-in checks on every export (unresolved colour codes and supplier price changes).

See SkuEstimator Pro → Watch the gate ↓

The pre-export gate

Every rule runs before the file does.

SkuEstimator — Fail Safes

Export Quote — running checks…

Fix the blocker to continue

Every component has a price scanning ✓ PASS ⚠ WARN ✗ BLOCK

No unresolved ?? colours scanning ✓ PASS ⚠ WARN ✗ BLOCK

Same-named parts match scanning ✓ PASS ⚠ WARN(2 found) ✗ BLOCK

All quantities > 0 scanning ✓ PASS ⚠ WARN ✗ BLOCK

Supplier set on every row scanning ✓ PASS ⚠ WARN ✗ BLOCK(1 missing)

> Warnings flag and pass. Blockers stop. You decide which is which.

The rule engine

Your rules. Your severities.

Four parts. You decide what flags and what halts.

How a rule is built

Pick a field, an operator, a value and a severity.

field · any dyc: attr op · equals op · contains op · greater than op · is empty op · regex severity · warn / block

A warn flags the row through; a block halts the export.

Example rule

IF Price is empty → BLOCK "Missing price"

Warnings can be acknowledged once; blockers must be resolved in the model.

Example rules

Unresolved ?? colour Block

Built in, DIY and Pro. An unresolved ?? colour would order an unbuildable part.

Price differs from supplier file Warn

Built in, DIY and Pro. A price that has drifted from the supplier's file gets a second look.

Missing price Block

Write your own (Pro). A blank price gives the part away free.

Zero quantity Block

Write your own (Pro). Qty 0 is dead weight — stopped at the gate.

Same name, different parts Warn

Write your own (Pro). Usually a mislabelled copy — flag, don't halt.

Two built-in checks run on every export. With Pro, write your own and tune every rule to your shop.

What's included

Fail Safes is a Pro feature.

Your own Fail Safe rules are part of SkuEstimator Pro, which is coming soon. DIY has every costing tool today and runs the two built-in checks on every export.

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SkuEstimator DIY

For anyone who models a project in SketchUp and wants to cost it

A$29/ month + GST

— Built-in checks only

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Every costing tool: Build, Live Cost, Documents, Pack Rules, Colours, Source Checker
Cost summaries, price requests, materials orders and client quotes
Supplier price files kept in sync
2 computers per licence

Coming soon

SkuEstimator Pro

For builders and estimating teams running client jobs end to end

A$299/ month + GST

✓ Fail Safes included

Tell me when it’s ready

Everything in DIY
Price Book: one live price list that prices every estimate
Customer Jobs: one file per client, with its own templates
Job Types and your own document types
Fail Safes: your own rules before anything is sent
Component Library: bulk-edit your library .skp files
Steel punching for C and Z sections

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