Nezo:Cost Tutorials

31 walkthroughs covering set-up, estimating, 2D take-off, civils, 3D models and reporting. Jump to a section below.

SETTING UP

5 videos

Accounts and Users - Part 1 of 1

Learn how to set up your Nezo account, add your company name and logo, invite team members, manage user roles and permissions, and control access at both account and individual project level.

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Top level app navigation - Part 1 of 1

Learn how to navigate the main areas of Nezo:Cost, including Accounts, Messages, Materials, Rate Builder, Product Inspector, tutorials, benchmarking and other key tools available across the platform.

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Creating a project - Part 1 of 1

Learn how to create and set up a new project in Nezo:Cost, including project details, location, client and building information, cover images, team access, and copying or editing existing projects.

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Creating a variant - Part 1 of 1

Learn how to create and manage building variants in Nezo:Cost, including using them for design stages or separate buildings, uploading PDF or 3D model information, navigating between workbook and plan views, and editing, copying or deleting variants.

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Notifications and Notice Board

Learn how Nezo:Cost brings project collaboration together through notes, mentions and notifications, including jumping directly to comments in workbooks or drawings, resolving assigned items, and using the Notice Board for oversight across projects and teams.

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ESTIMATING / DATA

9 videos

Workbooks - Managing Workbooks. sheets and notes

Learn the basics of Nezo:Cost workbooks, including multi-level worksheets, structuring estimates by element or trade, building up quantities and rates, workbook formatting tools, and exporting to Excel or PDF.

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Workbooks - What is a multi level workbook

Learn about Nezo:Cost’s multi-layer workbooks. Drill down from summaries to trade sections, rate build-ups and quantity take-offs, and navigate quickly between workbook levels.

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Workbooks - Buttons and Controls

Learn about the Nezo:Cost workbook tool ribbon, including flexible formatting, naming cells, recalculating workbooks, downloading specialist reports, inserting formulae, and changing workbook settings.

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Workbooks - Saving and Loading Templates (Costing Workbook)

Learn about Nezo:Cost template workbooks. How to save a workbook as a template and how to use templates on your next project.

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Workbooks - Rate Sheet and Rate Builder

Learn how to build a rate using the rate sheet breakdown traditional process or leverage the Rate Builder data management feature for future efficiencies.

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2D PLANS

10 videos

2D Take-off - Nezo Drive, loading drawings and Autoscale

Learn how to set up 2D PDF take-offs in Nezo:Cost, including managing drawings in Nezo Drive, importing plans, using AI to automatically name and scale drawings

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2D Take-off - Line Weight and Settings

Learn how to organise change settings to make on-screen measurement line thicker and easier to see, edit text and zoom to suit your own preference

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2D Take-off - Other tools/functions

Learn how to identify which drawings your measurements are linked to, work with multiple scales on the same drawing, use deductions and rulers, add comments and snips, mark up completed take-offs, and measure curved lengths.

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Revisioning

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3D Civils

4 videos

Civils Part 1 of 1 - Navigation

Learn the basics of the Nezo:Cost Civils tool, including phases, cut and fill quantities, construction properties, 2D and 3D views, retaining walls, trenching, model accuracy settings, worked examples and export options.

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Civils Part 1 of 2 - Import PDF workflow to set up site

Learn how to set up a Civils project from PDF drawings, including scaling plans, tracing site outlines and contours, creating the 3D existing ground model, checking site levels, and aligning multiple drawings.

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Civils Part 1 of 3 - Import CAD workflow to set up site

Learn how to start a Civils project from a DWG or DXF file, select the correct units and contour layers, instantly generate a 3D terrain model, and begin calculating cut and fill volumes for earthworks.

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Civils Part 1 of 4 - Construction tools

Learn how to model earthworks in phases, including topsoil stripping, platforms, cut and fill balancing, feature surfaces, trenches and slopes, then import the resulting Civils quantities directly into your Nezo:Cost workbooks.

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3D MODEL WORKFLOW

2 videos

3D Models - Part 1 of 2

Learn how to bring 3D models into Nezo:Cost, map and organise model materials, clean up geometry and naming, and live-link model quantities directly into your workbooks alongside 2D and Civils data.

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3D Models - Part 2 of 2

Learn how to import IFC and Revit models into Nezo:Cost, update revised models while retaining material mappings, clean up model information, and use AI design changes to test alternative materials and improve early-stage cost planning.

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DATA AND REPORTING

3 videos
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Reports Part 1 of 1 - variant excel and L&M

Learn how to generate building variant reports in Nezo, including raw Excel exports, Bills of Quantities, labour and material schedules, subcontractor packages, and how workbook levels and Rate Builder data feed into reporting.

Reports Part 1 of 2 - PDF Creator

Learn how to create branded PDF reports in Nezo:Cost, including selecting workbook content, setting report levels and formatting, saving report templates, applying company branding, editing the generated PDF, and merging external PDFs or multiple building variants into one report.

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Rate Builder

Learn how to manage your estimating data in Nezo:Cost, including material supply rates, labour rates and productivity, user values, phraseology and composite rates, plus importing pricing data and controlling how rate updates flow into live workbooks.

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