06.09 Duplicating Takeoff Items

Last Updated: 2022-02-21 09:21

You can duplicate one or more Takeoff Items to make an exact copy of them (well, "exact", except for the Takeoff Item's Number and color). As an example, let's say you're taking off interior walls for an office building. Floors 1 - 3 have a 10' deck, 4 - 8 have an 8' deck, and the 9th floor has a 12' deck. Although you need three separate Takeoff Items to account for the changing Heights, you don't need to create each Takeoff Item from scratch - just create the first Takeoff Item, fill out all the details (including the 8' height), and save it.

First, select the Takeoff Item or Items you want to duplicate.

Three Takeoff Item selected for duplication

Next,

In the Takeoff Item pane, right-click on the selected Takeoff Item(s) and select "Duplicate", or
Click the "Duplicate" button on the Takeoff Item window toolbar

It takes just a few seconds and you see the duplicate copies at the bottom of the list (assuming the list is sorted by Takeoff Item Number, of course).

Three duplicated Takeoff Items shown

Notice that the color assigned to the duplicates is different from the original Takeoff Items'. The numbers are also different, but they'll be in the same order as the original Takeoff Items.

Huge Timesaver! Duplicating and Reassigning Takeoff

See Duplicating a Takeoff Item and Reassigning Its Takeoff to the Duplicate for information on duplicating one or more Takeoff Items and automatically re-assigning the takeoff on the current Page for those Takeoff Items to the duplicate(s). This is very handy if you copy an entire floor's takeoff from an 8' deck plan to a 10' deck plan - you can save a lot of time by just duplicating and reassigning Takeoff Items after pasting.

Copying and Pasting Takeoff Items

Deleting Takeoff Items

11.01 Selecting Objects (Selecting Takeoff or Annotation)