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The Quantities panel

Every quantity in the project, in one list: what it measures, where it came from, and which scope items it funds. The panel is where you rename, merge, tag, convert and link.

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Open it

Click the # button on the right-hand rail. The panel opens on the right, beside the map or the sheet you have open in Focus View.

The Quantities panel grouped by tag: Level 1, then the untagged quantities under No tag.
Search, filter, view options and sort across the top; Group by beneath.

Expand a row and it unfolds into two parts. Measurements lists every individual measurement feeding the total, each with its own show/hide eye, its own number and the sheet it was taken from; the + beside the heading adds another. Links shows the scope items this quantity funds, and reads None yet until you link one.

An expanded quantity: its total over the traced source, an editable Depth, and the Measurements list with each measurement's math and sheet.
Expand a row to see the measurements behind the total.

Find and arrange

Search by name, sheet or scope; the box shows how many quantities match. Each row shows the quantity's name, total and unit, with the traced source on a second line when the quantity is derived.

  • Filter adds filters for Sheet, Measurements, Origin and Unit.
  • Group by arranges the list by Package, Sheet, Takeoff type, Tag or Created by. The view options set a second level (then by), and the × clears the grouping.
  • Sort reorders the list.

Each group has its own eye, so you can take a whole package off the drawing while you work on another; each measurement has one too.

Create, rename, merge

  • + at the top right creates a new quantity. Name it, or leave the name blank to have it numbered for you.
  • Picking a takeoff tool also creates a quantity, ready for the measurements you draw.
  • The ⋮ menu on a row holds Add measurements, Rename, Change unit, Merge into, Tags, the Convert to … options, Set formula… and Delete. See Derived quantities for converting and formulas.
  • The quantity you're drawing into offers Stop adding measurements in place of Add measurements.

Units

Change a quantity's unit from its row menu: linear feet to linear yards, square feet to square yards, cubic yards to cubic feet.

Header buttons

Along the top: Manage tags, Import takeoffs, Export quantities and New quantity.

Tip — Filter and group first. Grouped by tag, the panel reads like the schedule of values a sub bids against.

Good to know — Deleting a quantity deletes the measurements only it uses; measurements shared with another quantity are kept. Struction asks before it deletes.

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