Abacus Flame — quoting tool

v6 · SPSCSV + UKPSXLS · full V12 · 13 quote types · AI drawing takeoff · QUAN bridge

Quote from drawings
Build your quote from the drawing takeoff. Pushed items appear below — edit descriptions, hours and spec as required.
Takeoff rate card Labour hrs and material rates used when pushing items to quote — adjust per project
Quantities (QUAN) Fill in from drawings or AI auto-populates — drives suggestions in Quote builder
Washhand basins (WHB)
Toilets / WCs
Baths
Shower trays
Shower valves / elec showers
Shower doors / enclosures
Bath panels
Over-bath screens
Bidets
Urinals
Kitchen sinks
Integral washing machines
Integral dishwashers
Gas hobs
Outside taps
Drain connections (floor/gully)
Soil pipe internal (2-storey)
Soil pipe external (2-storey)
Sub-stack internal (1-storey)
Vent-to-air connections
Radiators
Towel rails (without element)
TRVs
Lockshield valves
Boilers
Hot water cylinders
Heating pipework pair drops
Bathrooms
Shower rooms
Kitchens
Cloakrooms
Utility rooms
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Drop plans, elevations or sections here
PDF, PNG or JPG — AI reads each drawing and extracts plumbing & heating items + auto-fills QUAN quantities
Below-ground drainage & ACO channel drains excluded (groundworks package) · Electrical excluded
Select Replacement Boiler as quote type to load the materials pack
Select a quote type to see engineer recommendations
Save current quote
Save to browser — stores in this browser. Use Export as .json file to save to your server folder and share between devices. Import to reload a previously exported file.
Saved quotes
No saved quotes yet
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Monthly supplier price update
Upload your supplier file to refresh all prices. Matched product codes update instantly — new codes are added automatically.
SPSCSV
Columns: Product Code, Description, Nett Price
UKPSXLS
Columns: Product, Description, Quantity, Nett Price
Manual entry
Format: CODE,price — one per line
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Publish updated prices to the server
Once you have uploaded and verified the new supplier prices above, use this button to bake them permanently into the HTML file. The tool downloads a new version of itself with the updated prices built in. Replace the file on the server with this new version and all staff will get the new prices automatically next time they open the tool.
How to publish updated prices — step by step
1. Upload the new supplier CSV or XLSX file using the boxes above. Check the confirmation message shows the prices have updated.
2. Click Download updated tool file below. A new abacus_v4_final.html will download to your Downloads folder.
3. Go to the Quoting Tool folder on the server.
4. Rename the existing file to abacus_v4_final_OLD.html as a backup.
5. Copy the newly downloaded file into the server folder.
6. Tell your colleagues to close and reopen the tool — they will now have the updated prices.
7. Once happy everything is working, delete the OLD backup file.
Compare supplier quotes
Upload PDF quotes from 2 or 3 suppliers. The tool reads each PDF using the built-in parser and lays out the pricing side by side.
Engineer management
Changes save automatically and apply to the Engineer tab and all quote types
Add new engineer
Full name
Role / title
Suitable job types — tick all that apply