[Matt Hackman]

Just learned about categories a couple of weeks ago. Glad I know this now!

[Matt Hackman]

It looks like you’ve selected some locked markups on the right side of the document. Notice the items selected that have grey nodes instead of yellow and green. Selecting just the non-locked markups should solve your issue.

[Matt Hackman]

It looks like you’re using the Area tool for this, is there a specific reason for this instead of the Count tool? It would be a small time savings that may add up if you just need to click once to place instead of click and drag to place. The Count tool can take a bit longer to understand because it has the Split and Combine features that the Linear and Area takeoff don’t have.

Besides that, you seem to be doing what I would suggest.

[Matt Hackman]

They are running 20.2.50 which our company offers 20.2.85 so we are working to get them the updated version and hopefully that solves the issue.

Regarding the other question…they are using the Revu Advanced profile, our department does not have a standard profile.

[Matt Hackman]

Holy smokes, this is the real tip & trick I’ll use all the time now.

[Matt Hackman]

This is a great (likely better) application for what was mentioned in my thread.

[Matt Hackman]

Thank you both!

I would have never thought to actually start a takeoff and look around at my options.

[Matt Hackman]

Have to shake out those computer gremels somehow!

[Matt Hackman]

Awesome thank you.

What about if I pasted it all into a single cell and it retains all the returns?

[Matt Hackman]

@Vince I just saw your LinkedIn video and it was super helpful to see this in the video and may do this in the future!

[Matt Hackman]

Thanks for the response, I, unfortunately, haven’t run into a slab being demoed that’s square too often. I might try looking into excel formulas. I do have OST access so I have the option of uploading a single sheet and calculating just the saw cutting in there.

[Matt Hackman]

Thanks for the response, I may end up doing what you said as I’ve been drawing the lines every time but having them spaced out already will cut down on some of the time for sure.

[Matt Hackman]

That’s interesting as it’s my typical workflow when receiving drawings.

I will build the bookmarks based on page region so that it’s easier to view any possible mistakes or pages that do not have the exact same format and need to be adjusted. Then I create the page labels from the bookmarks.

This time though the bookmarks were architects so maybe there is something in their settings/options/etc that stops it.

[Matt Hackman]

Yes, that’s what I typically do. I sort by count and all then utilize Split All.

[Matt Hackman]

Really anything that’s a count item. Form corner guards to pad footings to toilet accessories to sink cutouts in countertops.

The splitting isn’t that time-consuming either, was just looking to save small percentages of time.