Setting Bid Preferences
The Cover Sheet Preferences tab sets or modifies preferences for the current Bid. These settings default to whatever is set on the New Bids tab under Tools > Options.
To modify settings for a particular bid, open the Bid’s Cover Sheet and select the Preferences tab. Select or type in preferences for each field.
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General Area | |
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Base measurement |
Choose whether to use inches or millimeters as the base measurement for takeoff quantities. Selecting inches will apply Imperial measurements while millimeters will apply metric measurements to all takeoff quantities. |
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Quantities in legend? |
Selecting Yes here will display all takeoff quantities next to their respective icons in the image legend on the Image tab. See Image Legend for more information. |
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Takeoff in Increments of inches |
Type in the smallest unit of measure to display. |
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New Page Defaults Area | |
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Page Size |
Select default page size for newly added images. |
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Scale Style |
Select default scale style for newly added images. |
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Scale |
Select default scale for newly added images. |
