Glossary

The map

Map: Struction's workspace for a project, a graph of the project's documents, scopes and issues that you zoom and pan to explore. Switch between it and the 3D view at the top center. Maps

Discipline: a cluster on the map, such as General, Civil, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical or Electrical, holding that discipline's sheets and spec sections with its scopes of work below.

3D view: the project's BIM models in one scene. 3D models (BIM)

Focus View: one sheet or spec section opened full screen for close reading and takeoff. Focus View

Detail panel: the panel on the right that opens a sheet, a scope, the Risk Register or the project's summary without leaving the map. The detail panel

Chip: a small clickable token. Issue chips mark risks and RFIs on sheets; the context chip above the chat box shows what chat is looking at; citation chips in chat answers jump to their source; References chips in a sheet's banner open the scopes that cite it.

Card: the node for a sheet, scope or document on the map.

Documents

Issuance: one release of documents from the design team: the bid set, then each addendum or revision. Issuances show as tabs in the Project panel's Project documents.

Addendum: an issuance that changes or clarifies an earlier one.

Callout: a note on a sheet that points to another sheet or a detail on it, detected and made clickable. Cross-references

Region: one drawing on a sheet, with its own scale. Takeoff basics

Scopes

Scope of work (scope, SOW): a trade-by-trade breakdown of everything a job entails, built from your drawings and specs and used as a bid form.

Section: a category inside a scope, such as Inclusions, Exclusions, Coordination or Compliance.

Item: a single responsibility of the contractor (or, in Exclusions, a non-responsibility).

Sources: the sheets and spec sections that back an item, shown as chips on it.

Verified: an item you've confirmed against its sources. Items start Unverified because the AI wrote them.

Stage (scope): where a scope is in your process: Drafted, In review, Ready to bid, Solicited, Receiving, Leveled or Carried.

Version: a scope's number in Version History. Commit Version bumps the major number; autosaves, AI regeneration and restores bump the minor. Versioning

CSI code: the CSI code that best fits a scope; scope names are CSI-based by default.

SOW exemplar: an example scope of work your organization uploads in Settings › AI Settings › Organization, used as a reference template when Struction generates new scopes. Excel, PDF or DOCX, up to 50 MB. AI preferences and exemplars

Preference: a written instruction, for your organization or just you, that steers how Struction writes and talks in chat.

Scope gap: work no single trade clearly owns, set aside for you to assign. Scope gaps

Issues

Issue: anything that needs attention before bidding: an RFI, a risk or a scope gap. Why issues matter

RFI: a question for the architect or owner. RFIs

Risk: something that could cost you money, time or safety, filed under a risk type. Risks

Severity: Critical, Medium or Low.

Status (issue): Open, Risk Accepted, Deferred or Resolved.

Risk Register: the list of every issue in the project, opened from the right-hand rail; filter it by severity, status, type, trade and sheet. Adding and managing issues

Risk and Docs grades: the letter grades on the Project panel's tiles, with a bar beneath showing the share of issues resolved.

Quantities

Measurement: one takeoff on a drawing: one traced area, one run, one set of counted markers. Takeoff basics

Quantity: one or more measurements added together, which can span sheets and can fund a scope item.

Derived quantity: the same shapes reported in another dimension: an area as a volume or a perimeter. Derived quantities

Formula: an expression a quantity is re-measured through, set with Set formula…, such as length 8* for wall area.

Takeoff types: Area, Perimeter, Volume, Lineal and Count, plus Auto count, Auto pattern and Auto room in the toolbar's option menus.

Segment adder: vertical feet the flat drawing can't show (a riser, a drop) added to a lineal run.

Scale: read from the sheet automatically; set it yourself in Set Page Scale with a drawing distance and the real distance it stands for.

Snapping: points locking to the drawing's line-work as you place them; hold Shift to place one without it. Snapping, shortcuts and annotations

Tag: a label, such as a level or a phase, that you attach to quantities and group by. Zones and tags

Quantities panel: the project-wide list of every quantity. The Quantities panel

Preset: a saved takeoff recipe: its tool, the quantities one shape fills, their inputs, appearance, tags and scopes. Measurement presets

Annotations: Draw, Highlight, Dimension, Cloud and Callout: marks on a sheet that don't count toward a quantity.

Chat and team

Context: what chat is looking at, shown as a chip above the chat box, plus anything you attach. Context-Aware

Approval card: the card chat shows before it changes your project; approve it or deny it. Editing with Chat

Snip to Chat: dragging a box on a drawing to send that region to chat.

Collaboration: your list of comment threads and assignments, opened from the foot of the right rail. Working with your team

Organization: your company's account. People you invite join it. Inviting teammates and roles