Hi Doug,

I’m not clear where you are placing Millwork Callout, ie MW 01. On nested space from plan drawing?

Hi Troy,

Thanks for responding to my question.

My workflow aims to not only create a link for easy navigation but also to perform takeoffs from elevation drawings, incorporating the location hierarchy from the floor plan, especially when dealing with multiple rooms sharing a common elevation drawing.

What you suggested is what I’m currently doing,…

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Most of my takeoffs are done on the elevation drawings, with each space named as elevation callout (drawing #/sheet #). Each elevation space is hyperlink back to the corresponding elevation callout on the floor plan. See the attached “hyperlink” drawing, which shows floor plan in the left pane and the linked elevation drawing in the right pane.…

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Hi Doug,

Yes, it’s been a while…

For some unknown reason Axle won’t release the location import functionality he has. I’ve given up pestering him though.

I was able to write directly to Takeoff2 Location table, but decided it wasn’t necessary for my workflow. Now I use Takeoff2 as a simple pricing engine without bothering with…

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I recently implemented a work around with having too many custom columns shown to the end user.

I have a total of 60+ custom columns and growing; covering takeoff items for division 6 and 12 such as casework, countertops, trims, panels, diewall, lab furniture’s, etc.

From a master list of custom columns, I created a sub custom columns for each…

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