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On-Screen Takeoff - 08.08.04 How Bid Areas and Layers Affect the Image Legend - OST

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When you turn on the Image Legend, Layers and Bid Areas affect what's shown in the Legend.

Layers

What you see is what you get.

If you turn off a Layer and hide the takeoff for any Conditions assigned to that Layer, those Conditions are removed from the Image Legend completely.

Bid Areas

In the Image Window

  • Only takeoff objects assigned to the currently Active Area (as shown in the Area drop-down on the Settings toolbar) are printed. Even though takeoff located in other Areas is display on-screen in muted/grey, it does not print nor is it included in the Image Legend when printed. (What you see on-screen is not exactly what you get in this case). You can adjust this by right-clicking within the Image Window and unchecking "Filter Image Legend to Active Area".
Image Tab context menu showing the filter legend to active area option highlighted
  • The Context-Menu option for the Image Legend filtering only affects the on-screen display of the Image Legend, not what's printed.

Print

When you Print a Page that shows the Image Legend, Conditions and takeoff not in the currently Active Area (the Bid Area shown in the Areas drop-down) are not included in the print out of the Image Legend. You can adjust this in Tools > Options by removing the checkmark for "Enable Active Area filter in Print Preview".

  • Remember, the Context-Menu option for the Image Legend filtering only affects the on-screen display of the Image Legend, not what's printed.

Examples

Bid Area "Floor 1" selected, three of the objects are not in "Floor 1" Bid Area so they are 'muted' on screen however, their quantities are still shown in the Image Legend.

On-Screen Takeoff Image Tab takeoff not in current area muted with image legend not filtered to current area

The Print Preview shows the Legend but the quantities for Conditions are adjusted to reflect takeoff not included in the Current Area (Condition 1 shows 21 SF instead of 43 because 1/2 of its takeoff is assigned to a Different Area!). You will also note that the takeoff objects not in the Current Area are not shown in the print preview either...

Print Preview of the Image Tab image tab with takeoff not in current area and image legend not filtered to current area

Now, close the Print Preview.

Right-click on the Image Legend and select "Filter Image Legend to Active Area" ...

On-Screen Takeoff Image Tab takeoff not in current area muted with image legend filtered to current area

Now, when you print this Page, the Image Legend on the Image window and the Print out looks the same...

Print Preview of the Image Tab image tab with takeoff not in current area and image legend filtered to current area

See Related Articles for information on how Bid Areas and Layers affect what gets printed.

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