11.01.00 about conditions

A Condition is a description of an object such as a floor, wall, door, etc.  A Condition contains all of the information about a particular object including its Name, Dimensions (wall height, for example), Layer, and Quantity result settings.  The four styles of Conditions in On-Screen Takeoff are Linear, Area, Count, and Attachment.  (Each of these styles of Conditions are detailed in the articles that follow.)

Each unique object on a plan must coincide with a separate Condition.  For example, to quantify the various walls in a project, a Condition is created for each Type of wall such as 8'00" 1 Hour Fire Rated, Exterior Wall, 10' Demising 2 Hr Wall, etc.  Each change in height requires a separate Condition - duplicating a Condition and then simply modifying the Properties (height, width, color, layer, etc.) of the duplicate is a fast way to create the Conditions necessary to accurately quantify a project.

• A Condition for a specific object only needs to be created once - a Condition can be used throughout the project, even copy & pasted to a child Bid (or, best yet, stored in the Masters for use anytime, anywhere!!!).

The Condition List contains every Condition created in a project.  The Condition List is located in the Condition Window of the Image Tab.

• Because the Condition List can be grouped by Condition Type, it is recommended to assign a Type to all Conditions.
• Because Layers can be hidden or shown to make the Image Tab less cluttered, it is important to assign a Layer to all Conditions.  

More information is available in Conditions Window and Using Layers.

There are four ways to add a Condition to a Bid:

• Create a Condition from scratch
• Duplicate an existing Condition
• Add a Condition from the Style Library
• Insert a Style Set

Each of these options is explained in the following pages - creating a Condition from scratch is the first step.

Creating a Condition from Scratch