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OST - 06.02.06 - Reassigning Boost Takeoff to Your Own Conditions

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After Takeoff Boost returns results to On-Screen Takeoff, you:

We're going to continue with our example of a Drywall Contractor, focused on the wall takeoff that Takeoff Boost returned.

In the previous article, we updated the "Boost Walls" Condition and moved it out of the Boost folder. All the takeoff is still associated with that single Linear Condition, though.

Our next steps:

  • We need to review the Plan to determine how many additional Linear Conditions we need to account for all the Boost takeoff that is not associated with existing the "Boost Wall" (we renamed that Condition to "Exterior Walls - 14' " in the previous article)
  • Create those Conditions (see Related Articles for details on setting up Conditions if you need a refresher)
  • Reassign the existing Boost takeoff to those Conditions

Image Tab showing only Boost Wall Condition and takeoff

Review and Assess

To make reviewing the Plan a bit easier, turn off all Layers that have takeoff on them (specifically, the "Walls" Layer we created in the previous article).

Note
You probably already did a review of all the Plans, but we're just going to assume you've jumped the gun and couldn't wait and ran Takeoff Boost as soon as you loaded the Plans, it makes explaining this workflow a bit easier.

With all takeoff hidden, we can clearly see there are two different types or styles of interior walls: firewalls (the ones with colored sections) and partition or standard walls (the bathrooms and storage areas).

Image Tab showing plan, no takeoff

Create Additional Conditions

We need to create two additional Linear Conditions:

The first is a 10' fire-rated wall:

Image Tab showing plan, no takeoff

The second is the 8' partition wall:

Image Tab showing plan, no takeoff

Notice, we set Condition Type to "Interior Walls" and Layer to "Walls" (all walls are on the same Layer).

We also set our Quantity 2 to "Surface area (both sides)" because both sides of these walls are drywalled (and painted), unlike our Exterior wall which would have drywall on only one side.

Height and Thickness are based on what the wall's dimensions show on the Plan.

Reassign Takeoff

Next, we are going to select all the fire-rated walls and re-assign them to the new Condition we just created.

  • First, zoom in so you can see the individual takeoff objects more clearly.

Selecting takeoff to reassign it

Note
There's a few ways you can select takeoff, we cover this in detail in Chapter 9. For this article, we are going to use the click-to-select method and do one takeoff object at a time, this is definitely not the fastest way to reassign a lot of takeoff.

  • Locate and select one of the fire-rated linear objects.

Selecting takeoff to reassign it

Notice, when you select it, your cursor changes and the takeoff object displays it's selection/move handles (little boxes at either end and in the middle).

  • Next, in the Condition Window right-click on the Condition to which you want to reassign this object (in our example: 10' 2hr Fire-rated wall); the Condition context menu displays.

OST Condition context menu

  • Select Reassign Objects...

Reassign takeoff confirmation dialog box

Notice that the Results for both Conditions are updated immediately...

Conditions list after reassigning takeoff

Notice also that the takeoff now picks up the color of our new Condition.

Let's do this with one piece of the partition wall takeoff, but this time, we're going to select two (adjacent) takeoff objects.

  • First, again, grab the Select Tool (ALT TEXT)
  • Click on the first object
  • Hold down the <Shift> key on your keyboard
  • Click on the second object you want to select

Conditions list after reassigning takeoff

Notice, when you select more than one takeoff object, they are sort of highlighted in yellow (bordered, actually).

  • Right-click on the partition wall Condition and select Reassign Objects, like we did for the first Condition.

After confirming, notice the updated Condition Quantities...

Conditions list after reassigning takeoff

Pro Tip!
Using some of the other methods of selecting takeoff (namely, drawing a box to select multiple objects at once), we made quick work out of reassigning all the interior walls. First, we selected all of them and assigned them to the 10' fire-rated Condition, then, we went back and selected just the partition walls and reassigned them to the Partition Wall Condition. It's a two-step process but it ultimately saved several minutes trying to select just the 10' fire-rated walls without accidentally grabbing a Partition Wall takeoff object.

For more information on using the Select and Reassign tools, see Related Articles below.

Continuing with correcting what Takeoff Boost returned, in the next article, we're going to cover making minor corrections to the takeoff itself.

click here to view the previous article Editing and Moving Boost ConditionsAdjusting and Correcting Boost Takeoff click here to view the next article



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