11.02.05 Copying and Pasting Area Takeoff Objects with Backouts

Last Updated: 2022-03-17 06:37

When copying and pasting an Area takeoff object that includes backouts, how you select the object dictates whether the backouts are copied/pasted with the original takeoff. Because the Area takeoff object any any backouts are considered individual objects, they can be selected together or separately for editing.

Clicking on the Area Object

For example, if you click on the Area takeoff object directly, only the Area takeoff object is selected, not the backout.

selecting Area takeoff object by clicking on it - backout not selected

When you copy and paste, only the area object itself is pasted.

selecting Area takeoff object by clicking on it - backout not pasted

To include the backouts, you select the takeoff object by roping...

Roping around the Area Object

To select an area and all its backouts, use Roping and draw a box around the object.

Note

Alternately, you can click on the area object, hold down the Shift key, and select the backout(s), then copy and paste. Roping is easier and more foolproof because you cannot "miss" a backout, however, if drawing a rope selects objects you don't want to copy and paste, you may have to select each object individually - for example, if roping selects walls or counts you do not want to copy and paste.

Click the from the Takeoff Toolbar
Draw a selection box around the Area takeoff object

selecting Area takeoff object by roping around it

Notice, after drawing the selection box, both the Area takeoff object and the backout are selected.

selecting Area takeoff object by roping around it - backout selected

Now, when you copy and paste, both the Area and the backout are pasted.

selecting Area takeoff object by roping around it - backout pasted

Selecting Area takeoff objects and backouts this way can also be used for allocating to a Bid or Typical Area, or even deleting the objects, although when you delete an Area takeoff object, you effectively delete all backouts automatically.

Pasting Takeoff and Annotation Using Context Menu (Right-click Pasting)

Re-positioning and Moving Takeoff and Annotations

08.10 Assigning Takeoff to a Bid Area