Creating cost models

Do any of the following:

On the Tools menu, click Cost Estimator Models.
In the tabular area, right-click the Cost Estimator tab, and then click Open Cost Estimator Models Editor on the context menu.

The Manage Cost Models dialog box appears.

Click New.

The New Cost Model dialog box appears.

Type a name for the cost model, and then click OK.

The New Cost Model dialog box appears.

Use the New button to create design, selection, and/or reference parameters for the new cost model.
After you have created the parameters that you need, to save the cost model, click OK.

The new cost model now appears in the Cost Model Management dialog box — see Step 1.

IMPORTANT: Before loading a cost model in an actual project, make sure you have set a location where the parameter value modifications that you make during your work will be saved. Setting such a location allows you to use your modified data the next time you open the project. Modifying cost model data in a project does not affect a cost model's default parameter values; the next time you load the cost model into a project, you will see the default values.