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Getting started

Introduction to VOLUM3

1. Register your account

2. Create company profile

3. Invite new members

4. Create a project

5. Upload plans

6. Add tasks and markups

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Navigating the Site

Navigation toolbar

Accessing your personal settings

Item Actions icon

Grid view & list view

Search & filter

Turn categories on/off

Easily switch between projects & stages

Page numbers and items per page

Project translations

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User Roles

Project List

Create new project

Project Settings

Project properties

Plans

Plan Upload with OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

Deliveries & Approvals

Interactive Schedules

Interactive Schedules

List of interactive schedules

Create a new Interactive Schedule

Visibility and access rights

Interactive Schedule status

Interactive Schedules items

Specification Status

Hierarchical structure of Interactive Schedules

Unallocated items

Interactive Schedule columns

Managing Interactive Schedules attributes

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BoQ

Bill of Quantities

Accessing the BoQ module

Hierarchy of BoQ Table items

Detailed description of levels

BoQ Display Options

Bill of Quantity Actions

Creating new BoQ

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Products

Add company brands

Add product/part

Enter product in more languages

Manage categories, groups and subgroups

Edit/add attribute groups

Edit/add attributes

Custom attribute types

Create your own attributes group template

Edit/add product instructions

Define product price

Discontinue the product

Add files and images

Link/unlink part from the product

Publish/unpublish product from catalog

Enable/disable edit mode

Search brands and products

Add product to the project

Copy product/part

Filter products

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Areas

Rooms, Room Types and Room Groups

Zones, Entrances and Expansion Joints

Storeys, Buildings and Sites

Tender

Creating new Tender

Tender - Bidder

Tender notifications

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Companies & Users

Partner companies

Partner members

My company members

Account Settings

Company settings

Profile Settings

FAQ

How can I change my company member’s role?

How can I add someone outside my company to collaborate on my projects?

Who can upload documents and plans?

Who can add tasks and comment on them?

Why can’t I create new projects?

How do I switch between stages on a project?

Why can’t I edit project properties and add new stages and disciplines?

Can I be part of more than one team on the same project?

Who can see my plans?

How can I upload a new version of a plan?

How can I see an old version of a plan?

How can I compare old and new versions of a plan?

Can I measure something on a plan?

Why can’t I open a plan in Plan Upload?

Can I delete plans in Plan Upload?

What is the difference between Working Set and Current Set?

Can I delete plans from Working Set/Current Set?

What is a delivery?

Why are some plans visible in the Current Set and some aren’t after a delivery?

Why can’t I deliver a plan that has already been delivered?

Who can be an approver on the project?

Who can add a task?

Who can close a task?

Is it possible to comment or make changes on a closed task?

Is it possible to filter tasks?

Can I track task history?

Can I add a task to a plan?

Can I print and export tasks list?

Who can I add outside my company to collaborate on my projects?

How can I download a plan?

Upcoming Features

Project templates

Downloading plans with markups

Downloading plan lists as pdf

Duplicating existing tasks