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11 06.05 Creating an Area Takeoff Item - Defining its Properties

Area Takeoff Items describe objects such as slabs, ceiling tiles, floors, roofs, and facades, etc. - anything that typically is measured by square inches, feet, yards, meters, etc., on an orthographic projection plan. Very often, you use an Area Takeoff Item…

12 06.05.01 Creating an Area Takeoff Items - 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…

13 06.06 Creating a Count Takeoff Item - Defining its Properties

Count Takeoff Items describe construction objects best quantified as an each, such as a footing, column, or fixture. When you set up a Count, you specify its shape and dimensions - this way, the program can calculate not one the number of times you are using…

14 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…

15 06.07 Creating an Attachment Takeoff Item - Defining its Properties

Attachment Takeoff Items are special Takeoff Items that are similar to Counts, however their takeoff objects must attach to a Parent takeoff objects (when you're drawing takeoff). Attachments can affect the Results for those Parents, depending on how you…

16 06.07.01 Creating an Attachment Takeoff Item - Specifying the Results You Want to See

After you specify the details about what your Takeoff Item is (Takeoff Item Properties, previous article), 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…

17 06.08 Copying and Pasting Takeoff Items

You can copy and paste Takeoff Items within the same Bid or from one Bid to another. We cover Duplicating and Deleting Takeoff Items in the articles that follow. Copying, Pasting, Duplicating, and Deleting takeoff is covered in Related Articles. Note You…

18 06.09 Duplicating Takeoff Items

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 -…

19 06.10 Deleting Takeoff Items

We do not do this often, but we are starting this article off with a Warning... Warning - Deleting a Takeoff Item Deletes every piece of takeoff drawn with that Takeoff Item, throughout your Bid! Deleting a Takeoff Item is a permanent action and cannot be…

20 06.11 Using Tags to Filter or Group the Takeoff Items Pane

Tags are useful when you are working with other estimators on the same Bid - you can set your initials or name as the "Tag" and then filter the Takeoff Items list by that Tag so you only see 'your' Takeoff Items while performing takeoff. Just be sure you…


 

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