Please note: for the purposes of this help article the steps will outline the process for our North American users but the instructions and functionality are the same for Australian and New Zealand users with the exception of local suppliers and the term 'Recipe' where 'Assembly' occurs.
The Home Depot connected users can automatically add assemblies from The Home Depot national catalog to estimate costings in Buildxact using the AI-powered Blu: Assembly Assistant. Follow these steps:
Navigate to Estimates in the left-hand menu.
Select your estimate and click on the Estimate Costings tab.
Select the category that you're looking to add the assembly to.
Click on the Blu Assembly Assistant button.
This will bring up the AI-powered Blu: Assembly Assistant which includes a few key functions.
Type a description of your requirements. The text boxes under Suggestions are examples of possible options to use as your description.
Enter your measurement. This can be imported from your takeoff by clicking the takeoff button and can also be calculated using the calculator button if needed.
Choose your unit of measurement (UOM) from the drop-down box.
Click Generate items.
It generally takes approximately 30 seconds for Blu to source the information from The Home Depot. The following pop-up will keep you informed of the progress and allow you to stop generating if needed.
When the upload is complete you will see a list of your Blu generated items.
This shows that the items are from The Home Depot catalog and includes a description of the item, the type, quantity, UOM, unit cost and total price.
You will also see a list of assumptions made by Blu in order to calculate the items. Please note that it's important for you to do your due diligence on the cost of these items and that the 'each' quantities are correct in relation to the UOM to ensure accuracy.
You can choose to add these items to your estimate costings as single line items by clicking Add, or as an assembly by clicking Add as assembly, where the items will appear under a single line item in your estimate costings.
Once you've clicked add, your items will immediately appear within your estimate costings. You can see that these items are linked to The Home Depot (denoted by the label).
Click Save & Close.