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Punching Tool SkuEstimator Pro only · coming soon

Every hole. Right place.

Web and flange punch positions, encoded straight into the component name as supplier-format hole call-outs. One spec — quote, PO and supplier order. Part of SkuEstimator Pro, for steel-frame builders; not included in DIY.

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Live encode

Mark the holes. Name writes itself.

3 600 mm 185w 465w 1650w 3200f
dyc:Name
web punch (w) flange punch (f) from-end reference

> One canonical string. Read by the quote, the PO, and your supplier.

The beam

Web, flange, and the Name format.

from start →

all positions ascending in stored Name

Web punches NNNw

Through the vertical web. Suffix w, position in mm.

Flange punches NNNf

Through the top or bottom lip. Suffix f, position in mm.

Always from-start in storage

Stored Name is always ascending from start. From-end intent is remembered separately.

Separator is /

One space after the itemcode, a single / between punches.

dyc:Name format
C25019   185w / 465w / 1650w / 3200f
C25019Itemcode — the structural section, untouched
185wweb punch at 185 mm from start
3200fflange punch at 3200 mm from start
What's included

Punching Tool is a Pro feature.

Punching is part of SkuEstimator Pro, for steel-frame builders. Pro is coming soon; DIY has every costing tool today.

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SkuEstimator DIY

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

A$29/ month + GST

— Punching Tool not included

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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

✓ Punching Tool 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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