As soon as you save your new Typical Group (covered in the previous article), you are prompted to define what to include in the Typical Group by drawing the Typical Group Frame. A Typical Group Frame is a box you draw on your plan that encompasses some takeoff that becomes the Typical Group.
You can:
We explain both methods below.
Draw a Typical Group Frame around Existing Takeoff
Locate the region on your Plan where you want to define your Typical Group.
(Before we draw the Frame, note each Takeoff Item's Result.)
For our example, we are looking at an "enlarged" floor plan page that has a better view of the suites in our project. (There are four different floor plans shown on this Page, we create a separate Typical Group and draw a separate Typical Group Frame for each.) We already drew the takeoff for the first floor plan (Suite MB), now we draw the Typical Group Frame around that takeoff.
To draw the Typical Group Frame:
- Select the Typical Group
- Draw the Frame around that takeoff by clicking in one corner and drawing a box that completely encompasses the takeoff you want to put "inside" the Frame
The Typical Group Frame is named for the Typical Group - to change the label of the Typical Group Frame, update the Typical Group itself.
Notice how each Takeoff Item's quantity is reduced by the amount of takeoff now within the Frame (in our example, all the takeoff on this Page is inside the Typical Group Frame, so all Takeoff Items show "0" for all Results). Takeoff inside the Typical Group Frame is not considered quantifiable takeoff, it merely defines the Typical Group. As you place Typical Group Markers on a Page, the individual Takeoff Items' Results update (increase).
Because we have not placed any Markers on this Page, the Marker Count is "0", and the Takeoff Items' Results also show "0" (because everything on this page is inside a Typical Group Frame).
You would repeat this process with the other three Typical Groups represented on this Page. Even though we have not drawn the takeoff for those, we can draw the Typical Group Frames and then whatever takeoff we draw inside the Frame automatically becomes the Typical Group.
Draw an Empty Typical Group Frame and then Draw Takeoff Inside It
Instead of drawing a Typical Group Frame around existing takeoff, you can draw an empty Typical Group Frame, and then any takeoff you drawn inside that Frame automatically becomes part of that Typical Group.
We are going to draw our Frame for the "PB Suite".
- First, select the Typical Group from the Typical Groups pane.
- Drag your cursor along a diagonal line that creates a box around the takeoff that is to be included within your Typical Group.
- Next, start drawing takeoff within that Typical Group Frame.
Notice, as we draw takeoff inside the Typical Group Frame, the Takeoff Item's Results are not increased because takeoff inside a Typical Group Frame does not affect the Takeoff Items' Results until you place one or more Typical Group Markers on a Page.
Rules About Frames and Takeoff
- When you draw or adjust a Typical Group Frame, takeoff objects may fall in or out of the Frame, this affects the individual Takeoff Items' Results
- Linear, Area, and Count takeoff objects touching a Typical Group Frame are considered part of the Typical Group
- Unlike On-Screen Takeoff, for a Count takeoff object, the selection box's location is irrelevant - if any part of the Count takeoff object is inside the Typical Group Frame, the entire object is considered part of the Typical Group
- Attachments are considered part of a Typical Group if their parent object is touching or inside the Typical Group Frame
- Typical Group Frames cannot overlap each other
- You cannot draw a Typical Group Frame inside of another Typical Group Frame - the program prevents you from doing this
See the next article for information about selecting and adjusting Typical Group Frames.
See Related Articles for details on how to select Typical Group Markers.
Typical Groups - Creating the Typical Group