In this Section:   CostX Demo's   Detailed Features   Product Brochure Powerful Project Costing Software.   smart outline modes capture digital dimensions with ease CostX is the new costing standard for contractors, quantity surveyors, architects and engineering professionals worldwide. Using CostX, you can easily extract dimensions from CAD files. The simple interface is highly intuitive and can be directly linked to a costing library to provide instant budget or valuation of buildings. CostX supports unlimited Projects, within which unlimited buildings and cost plans can be supported. Within a building, multiple drawings can be added (eg., multi-story buildings, electrical plans etc) and the dimensions from multiple drawings can grouped into logical dimension groups.   New Features: full multisheet DWF support trade to elemental workbook sorting (and vice versa) including rate and quantity breakdown analysis building templates filtering dimensions by zone enhanced workbook integration with Excel advanced import / export and significantly expanded reporting capabilities

Feature rich, CostX encompasses a powerful toolset for the quantity surveying and estimating professional -- wrapped up in one intuitive, easy to use package. See it all in these quick demonstrations.

Exactal CostX is the powerful project costing software for the construction, quantity surveying, property, architecture, and engineering industries.

Making use of smart estimating technology, faster turn-around means less time spent measuring, verifying and more time spent running your business. Software costs are quickly recouped by savings in: measurement time, waiting for paper drawings, printing costs, paper handling and storage costs, estimate review time, mobility (be no longer office bound), report output time and estimate error reductions.     Software that learns from the way you work: automatically build specialised cost libraries from real projects to enhance the accuracy of future estimating.     ...without having to learn CAD. Improve measurement accuracy and avoid data input errors by locking onto the precision of CAD drawings -- without needing to learn complicated drawing software. CAD software need not even be loaded on your PC. Extract from CAD without modifying drawing files or compromising design integrity.     With a modern Windows look-and-feel, Exactal CostX's familiar interface is a breeze to use. The user friendly and flexible electronic estimating system features an intuitive design custom made by award wining software engineers to meet the specific needs of the quantity surveying and estimating practices. Exactal CostX is easy to learn, and even easier to use.     Exactal CostX generates cost plans in minutes with smart technology that understands your drawings and quantity surveying practices. Improve productivity as CAD linked cost plans eliminate time consuming manual measurement and digitizer take offs.     Bridging the gap between digital media and printed data, Exactal CostX brings quantity surveying and estimating in line with the industry shift to CAD. Working direct from electronic data saves time, saves money and streamlines the estimating process. Highly portable electronic Exactal CostX projects can be taken anywhere and shared with ease.   Purpose designed and developed for quantity surveying and estimating professionals. Exactal CostX fits the industry "the way it is", with support for Buildsoft, AutoCAD DWG, DXF and DWF and industry conventions.