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OST - 01.03.06 Changing the Number of Decimal Places OST Displays (How OST Rounds Quantities)

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By default, On-Screen Takeoff displays whole numbers and rounds displayed quantities up or down (the entire value is stored in the database always). You can adjust the number of decimal places shown on the Image Tab (Conditions Window), Takeoff Tab, and Worksheet Tab to display more precise values.

When you adjust decimal places on the Takeoff Tab, you affect how the program rounds the results shown in the Conditions list and Area takeoff dimension labels. When rounding to the nearest whole number - 1.13 is rounded to 1 and 1.51 is rounded to 2 (just like any other rounding).

Note

Setting decimal places only affects how quantities are displayed - the exact number is stored in the database and used in all related calculations.

On the Image Tab and Takeoff Tab

Decimal settings on t he Takeoff Tab drive the decimal settings on the Image Tab (in the Condition List and for Area takeoff 'dimension labels').

Click the Takeoff Tab

Right-click a Quantity column

Select Show Decimal Places from the Context Menu

Select the number of places from the list - (Floating is limited to six characters to the right of the decimal point)

You set decimal places for the Image and Takeoff Tabs on the Takeoff Tab via the context menu

This changes the format for this Quantity Result column on the Takeoff Tab and this Condition Quantity Result in the Conditions Window on the Image Tab.

Example of the Conditions Window rounding when set to zero decimal places
Decimal Places set to 0 for "Qty 1"

Example of the Conditions Window rounding when set to two decimal places
Decimal Places set to 2 for "Qty 1"

This also affects Area takeoff 'dimension labels':

Example of Area takeoff object's label rounded when set to zero decimal places
Area takeoff dimension label - decimal places set to 0

Example of Area takeoff object's label rounded when set to two decimal places
Area takeoff dimension label - decimal places set to 2

Each Quantity column can be modified separately - modifying one column only affects that Quantity number (in the example below, Quantity 1 is set to "Floating", 2 is set to "2", and 3 is set to "0").

On the Takeoff Tab, you can set each Result column to display a different number of decimals

Note

This is a Program Setting - all Bids, all databases are affected.

On the Worksheet Tab

You can change the decimal settings on the Worksheet Tab in the same manner as the Takeoff Tab. Changing decimal settings on the Worksheet Tab only affects the Worksheet Tab - neither the Conditions Window nor the Takeoff Tab are affected.

Again, changing the number of decimals displayed on the Worksheet Tab is a program setting that changes the display for all Bids, all databases.

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