06.06.01 Creating a Count Takeoff Item - Specifying the Results You Want to See

After you specify the details about what your Takeoff Item is, how takeoff drawn with it should work, and the measurements and options needed to calculate Results, it is time to tell the program just what Results you want to see.

On the Results Tab, you find a list of Results available for Counts.

What do the "T" and "W" Check Boxes Do?

The T and W columns control which Results are shown in the Takeoff Items Pane and the Worksheet Tab.

• When you put a check mark in a Result's "T" column, the Result is shown in the Takeoff Items Pane (remember "T" for "Takeoff Item") and the Result is moved up in the list (below the other checked Results). You can adjust the order of the Results, that are set to show in the Takeoff Items Pane, by using the and buttons at the bottom of the Results tab.
• When you put a check mark in a Result's "W" column, the Result is shown on the Worksheet Tab (remember "W" for "Worksheet") but its position does not change.

When you click on "T", "W" is selected automatically but you can remove the check mark for "W" if you do not want to see the Result on the Worksheet.

The "W" check box is an indicator to show which Results are displayed on the Worksheet Tab or those that are being displayed on the Worksheet Tab. See Related Articles for more information on the Worksheet Tab.

The Results Toolbar

The results toolbar includes options to add a Result, move a Result up or down, delete a Result you previously added, and toggle on or off the pricing columns.

Button	Description	What it Does or How It it is Used
	Add Result	You can add Results from the list of Linear Formulas (System and Custom).
	Delete Result	You can delete a Result you previously added, you cannot delete the default Results.
	Move Up	Moves a Resulted marked with "T" up through the list of Results marked with "T". The order shown in the Results tab affects the order of columns shown in the Takeoff Items Pane.
	Move Down	Moves a Resulted marked with "T" down through the list of Results marked with "T". The order shown in the Results tab affects the order of columns shown in the Takeoff Items Pane.
	Price Results	The Price Results, or Price Takeoff Item toggle shows or hides the Results Pricing columns. When toggled on, you can apply Labor, Material, Equipment, Subs, and Other costs to the Takeoff Item. See Related Articles for information on Adding Pricing to Takeoff Items and Templates.

Results

There are many Results the program can show you for each Takeoff Item (we say "show" because all these Results are calculated in the Cloud, so selecting every Result would not slow down the program, it would just take up a lot of space in the Takeoff Items Pane). You can select as many or as few Results to display on your Takeoff Items Pane as you need.

A typical Count Takeoff Item could show a variety of Results based on the trades you are estimating. By default, the first Result is "Count" - the number of takeoff objects you have placed on your Plans. You probably want to see the total, cumulative Length for the takeoff on the Page (that is the first, or primary Result we selected). You may also want to see the total number of segments, or the surface area (various options) if you need to calculate paint or apply other finishes. You may even want to know the volume of the Linear, for example, if you are measuring a footing or accounting for insulation in a wall.

Check as many Results as you like. As you select Results to show, they are moved to the top of the list (below previously selected results). Once selected to show in the Takeoff Items Pane (the "T" box is checked), you can reorder the results using the Up and Down buttons at the bottom of the list.

For each Result, select the Unit of Measure (UOM) you want to use - for example, a length result can be shown in LF, IN, or LY (or in a metric database, mm and m).

Adding Results

Click the button to open the Linear Formulas dialog box.

For Counts (and Attachments, next article), the Shape determines the available Results.

In our example, we used Rectangle as the Shape, so our available Results are those capable of being calculated off a Rectangle (including a Square, of course):

Rectangle Count Formulas

However, if this was a Circle Count, the list of Formulas would be specific for a Circle:

Circle Count Formulas

If you want to show the same Result twice, maybe for different pricing purposes, you can add the same Result more than once by selecting the appropriate Result from the list of Available Formulas - these include System Formulas (those that come with ConstructConnect Takeoff) and any Linear-based Custom Formulas you already created.

The included Results list is pretty extensive, but if you find you need to calculate a Result other than one of the defaults, you can use the Custom Formula builder. We cover Custom Formulas later in this User Guide, see Related Articles if you want to jump ahead.

Only Custom Formulas can be deleted from the list of Results.

Count Takeoff Item- Properties

Attachment Takeoff Item - Properties