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How do you set up your take-off workflow for commercial iron roofing and cladding Project
102d 16h
Hi team, I’m interested in how others structure their take-offs in zzTakeOff or similar when measuring commercial Iron roofs and wall cladding...
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Takeoffs between planset versions
103d 3h
How are you all handling takeoffs between different drawing versions (SD, DD, CD) or addenda? I like to have the "record" and paper trail so t...
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Black Friday Special
103d 3h
How long will this be running for? Do i have time to convince my boss to let me get it?
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Can i use a formula to make it so when i change a custom property it changes the color of my takeoff automatically?
105d 10h
I would like to be able to make a custom property called System then have a formula when i choose DCW change color to Blue. DHW change to red. etc
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Fle Cache
106d 4h
Under settings there is an input of number of days for File Cache Expiration " How long to keep cached files before automatic cleanup " Will o...
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Summary Takeoff Report with snapshots similar to Bluebeam's report.
107d 7h
Any chance of being able to run a takeoff report with snapshots of the takeoff areas with the data similar to Bluebeam? See below:
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Planswift Point to point and box modes
108d 0h
is there a way to make the point to point switch to a square mode?
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Totals in Reports section
108d 4h
In the reports section I'm looking for a running grand total as of now the only way I can find to do this is to export to excel and then add a for...
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Going from ZZTakeoff back to Planswift
108d 8h
Is there away to go from ZZTakeoff back to Planswift with all the measurements data etc?
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Re-Assign Objects
113d 4h
Is there anyway to re-assign objects? For example I have a bunch of F13 spot footings, but need to switch them to F12. The only way I have found...
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zzTakeoff Pilot Success Criteria - Feedback wanted thx
114d 3h
We will be doing a pilot in one of our regions. Here is my first pass at pilot success criteria to see if we can keep scaling. Any feedback apprec...
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Quote Report Cover Sheet - (from new project set up menu)
114d 9h
is there a way to have a report that could utilize the new project set up menu as a Quote Cover sheet foundation?
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Auto assign new takeoff into folder
114d 9h
Like in Planswift, is there a way to assign a new takeoff into a folder I have created on the takeoffs page? Instead of having to manually drag ea...
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Batch Overlays
118d 0h
Is there a way to batch overlay pages?
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Sheet with two scales
118d 0h
This there a work around for takeoff on a sheet that has two differant scales?
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Segment Lengths within a Linear Takeoff
119d 4h
Hey Community! I'm looking for a couple features/workarounds to make zz a better collaborative tool for other departments and wondering if any...
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Is there a way to delete "Measurements" for a QTO type within "Properties"?
120d 8h
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Planswift Import Missing Pages and Takeoffs
121d 4h
I uploaded a planswift job and a few pages are missing along with a handful of takeoffs from other pages. Is there a way to fix this?
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Advanced zzTakeoff users Webinar- Questions and Answers Thursdays at 12PM Eastern Time
123d 11h
Join Derek and the zzTakeoff team, as we discuss the concrete trade and zzTakeoff. We will look at formulas and ask some of the top concrete est...
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Legend
125d 10h
Can I turn a legend on en mass after I finish my estimations. I find the legend adds too much culture during the estimation process, but I li...
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