[David Cutler]

At this point 2 of the 3 of us on our estimating team are using the custom tools that I have built. This is working well for the 2 of us that are using them. Still trying to get our head estimator to use them… 😎

[David Cutler]

Welcome to the Brainery @maxskewes

I’m not familiar with the window toolset (I work on the Civil side of the business), but you might consider making a few tools of your own that give you exactly what you need for your workflow.

The process is really quite simple:

1. Place a count measurement

2. Update your Subject and Label on the Properties Pain. You can also change the appearance.

3. Next right click on your new tool and select “add to tool chest”. I saved mine in my “Sandbox” tool set so that it was easy to find for the screen shot.

Now, next time you want measure that same window simply click on the tool in the tool set and apply as needed on your PDF.

The ways you can customize your tools are endless!

Hope this helps. 😎

Dave

[David Cutler]

Interesting question @dchambers – had to think about this for a minute.

Something that might work for you is to use the “multiply” tool.

Sequence would work like this:

1. Apply a count markup

2. Select the markup, right click and choose “Multiply” from the popup menu

3. Enter the number of copies of the markup that you need

– note that if you need a total of 10 you multiply the original item 9 times

4. Enter an offset distance

– note that the offset cannot be “0”. I used 0.10 in this example to keep them close

I think that should give you what you are looking for.

Bonus steps

5. Select all 11 copies of the markup, right click and select “Merge Counts” – this cleans up your markup list so you only see one entry.

Final note – you may need to turn on the “Measurement” column in your Markups List and ensure that you are exporting that column in your CSV.

Hope this helps! 😎

Dave

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[David Cutler]

Welcome to the Brainery @jjmurphy

Something to consider when “looking” for pre-built tools is how you will use them in your workflows. Our custom tools probably wouldn’t be useful for you as they are tied to the item database in our estimating software. Further, we have a Power Query “data wash” step that prepares the markup data for uploading into our estimating software.

So, my suggestion would be to start with the end in mind and develop custom tools that work in your workflow. Start with the first piece of your takeoff – say 18″ Compost Filter Sock, or something similar, and then build from there.

Hope this helps. 😎

Dave

[David Cutler]

I’ve had this happen a couple of times over the last month or so – nothing this week though.

What version of Revu are you running @bb-user ? I’m still hanging back in Revu 21.6.

I haven’t kept track of what I’ve been doing when it shuts down @troy-degroot – or which files. Basically too frustrated when it shuts down to take notice!

[David Cutler]

So I had my <s style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Guinea Pig</s> Intern install 21.9 on his laptop (backup machine) and the line weight of the ghost line issue appears to have been resolved, but he has noticed what appears to be another bug. For some reason his curser seems to jump out of the search window on the tool chest search. Same thing happens on his desktop machine, which is running 21.8.

Has anyone come across that issue?

[David Cutler]

I’ll keep you posted @troy-degroot !

I’ve attached a quick preview of what we have created in Sketchup. Goal is to take this into a 3D PDF to share with our extended team and our customer.

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[David Cutler]

No worries @dchambers ! I appreciate that you took the time to respond. 😎

[David Cutler]

Glad to be of assistance @dchambers !

Out of curiosity, seeing your response to @troy-degroot , is there a reason why you wouldn’t simply apply 6 markups where you see them being needed in the elevation view? This is what I do with pipe fittings. That way our project manager can not only see the count, but also where I saw the pieces being used. If you are concerned with the drawings being cluttered you could reduce the marker size and hide the caption so that the markups are more subtle. If you later want to see where they all are you can increase the size – even if it is only temporary.

Keep the questions coming. The members of the Brainery enjoy a good challenge. 😎

Dave

[David Cutler]

Your videos are a great introduction to the functionality @Vince !

For those who haven’t seen them yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIemTPpXWcE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8AkXr3rUQ

One question Vince – In the Part 2 video at about the 2:00 mark does the “Ctrl” key launch the “magic wand” functionality? What you are doing here – reusing the existing geometry as Luke described it, is exactly what will get me to upgrade to Max…

Thank you for the videos as always!

Dave

[David Cutler]

Very cool @Vince !

Something I’m curious to see is how the “magic wand” works with custom columns and such. Hopefully it is more powerful than the current format painter…

[David Cutler]

Maybe @troy-degroot that will be a future upgrade. Could work similarly to the way you can assign your custom markup tool with dynamic fill.

Until then I think @Vince has the “working” solution with the “magic wand”. Still potentially a 2 or 3 click process, but if you are saving dozens of clicks on a markup by re-using the geometry you will still be more efficient…

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the feedback @Vince ! Looking forward to seeing how this impacts our workflows. 😎

[David Cutler]

Might have to carve out a few minutes for that MCR… 🍿😎

[David Cutler]

@Vince do you get many “aren’t you that guy in the video?” questions???? 😎