<p>No manual rework. That&#39;s the whole point of running your estimate inside Revit instead of beside it.</p> <p>Here&#39;s what happens under the hood:</p> <ol><li><strong>You export your model as usual.</strong> BidLight reads the geometry and metadata directly, no separate takeoff step.</li><li><strong>Two AI models classify BOQ line items</strong> at 86% accuracy, so the system knows what it&#39;s looking at, not just how much of it there is.</li><li><strong>Pricing pulls live</strong> from BidLight&#39;s roughly $30,000 database plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans, so costs reflect current market rates, not a spreadsheet from last quarter.</li><li><strong>When you change the design, the model changes, and the cost updates with it.</strong> Add a wall, swap a finish, resize a room. The labor, equipment, material, and time numbers recalculate instead of sitting stale.</li><li><strong>You keep working, not reconciling.</strong> There&#39;s no re-export, re-tag, or re-run required to see the new number.</li></ol> <p>This is the difference between an estimate and a snapshot. A snapshot is right the day you made it. An estimate that updates in real time is right today, during value engineering, and again when the owner asks for one more change order.</p> <p>That&#39;s what lets you turn early estimates into something you can actually bill for. You&#39;re not redoing the work every time the design moves, you&#39;re just checking the number.</p>