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Metric Values Display Incorrectly in Takeoff Items (Conditions) Pane

Last Updated: 2022-02-09 15:27

Symptoms

When you are performing takeoff, quantities over "999" display incorrectly in the Takeoff Items Pane.

CCTO Takeoff Items Pane showing incorrect metric results

Cause

The values are being stored correctly by the program, however, the current settings that control how Windows displays numbers is configured in a way that causes ConstructConnect Takeoff to display the values incorrectly. The Takeoff Items Pane was designed to use commas are used as digit separators, some Regional Settings change this to a space.

Resolution

This is a known issue with ConstructConnect Takeoff that is fixed already in most places in the application. The values show correctly on the Takeoff Item Properties and the Summary and Worksheet Tabs, just not in the Takeoff Items Pane.

You can adjust (even temporarily) your Windows Regional Settings to use a comma instead of a space for digit grouping.

Here's how:

1.) Click the start button and type "Region Settings".

Opening Control Panel from the Windows omni-search bar

2.) In the Windows Control Panel click Clock and Region (depending on your version of Windows, this may vary in title)

Windows Control Panel - Regional Settings

3.) In the Region dialog box, click the Additional settings button

Windows Regional Settings dialog box

4.) Now, in the Customize Format dialog box, review the option for "Digit grouping symbol".

5.) Change this to a comma ( , ) and click the OK button.

6.) Review the Takeoff Items Pane and you can see the difference: the value shows correctly.

Takeoff Items Pane showing metric values correctly

When you are done using ConstructConnect Takeoff, you can reverse these steps to switch your number formatting back to your desired regional setting.

Note
If you don't want to change this setting every time you use ConstructConnect Takeoff, you can create a 2nd Windows User (maybe named "CCTO"), install CCTO, set the Regional Settings, and then use that profile to do your takeoff work. You can switch between Windows Users fairly easily in Windows 10. We understand this is not ideal and apologize for the inconvenience.


 

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