Edit Feature Settings - Quantity Takeoff Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to view and change quantity takeoff-related settings.

This topic documents settings in all quantity takeoff-related Edit Settings dialog boxes (drawing-level, feature-level, and command-level).

Drawing-level ambient settings are identified by the drawing icon.
Quantity takeoff feature settings are listed near the top of this dialog box, after the General property group, and are identified by the quantity takeoff icon.
Quantity takeoff command settings are identified by the command icon.

For general information about drawing, feature, and command settings and their interaction, see About the Standard Settings Dialog Box Controls.

For information about drawing-level ambient settings, see Ambient Settings Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box).

Default Styles

Use this setting to establish the default quantity takeoff criteria and styles assigned to quantity takeoff components.

Quantity Takeoff Criteria: Specifies the default quantity takeoff criteria when creating a quantity takeoff report. Click in the Value column, and click to select criteria in the Quantity Takeoff Criteria dialog box.
Material Shape Style: Specifies the default style used for a material section when it is displayed in a section view. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Material Shape Style dialog box.

Default Name Format

Use these settings to specify the default name format for new quantity takeoff material lists and materials. Click in the Value column, and click to make changes in the Name Template dialog box.

Table Creation

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the AddMaterialVolumeTable and AddTotalVolumeTable commands.

Use these settings to establish the defaults when you add a volume table.

Table Style: Specifies the style for a table. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Table Style dialog box.
Split Table: Specifies whether a table is split into two or more sections after a specified maximum number of rows has been met.
Maximum Number of Rows: Specifies the maximum number of rows to include per section. If the number of data rows exceeds the specified maximum, the table is split into sections, and they are displayed either side by side (left to right), or stacked vertically.
Maximum Tables Per Stack: Specifies the maximum number of sections to include in each stack.
Table Spacing: Specifies the spacing between tables.
Tile Direction: Specifies the direction in which the table tiles (across or down).

Assign Pay Item To Area Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the AssignPayItemToArea command.

Use these settings to establish the display defaults when you assign a pay item to an area in the drawing.

Use AutoCAD Current Layer And Color: Specifies whether to use the current layer and color. Select True to use the current layer and color.
Layer For Hatch: Specifies the layer for hatching. Click in the Value column, and click to select a layer in the Layer Selection dialog box.
Color For Hatch: Specifies the color for hatching. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Define Materials Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the ComputeMaterials and GenerateQuantitesReport commands.

Use these settings to establish the default settings when you create a new quantity takeoff report.

Apply Curve Correction

Specifies whether curve correction is used when the Curve Correction Tolerance value is exceeded. Curve correction may be required to correct volume calculations within a curvilinear section of an alignment (or on two sides of a horizontal intersection point).

Curve Correction Tolerance

Specifies the curve tolerance value. If the sample lines are within the tolerance or if the angle of deflection between the successive stations is small, then curve correction is not used. Enter an angle in degrees in the Value column or click and select an angle in the drawing area.

Volume Computation Method

Specifies which method is used to calculate volumes.

Apply Vertical Close Between Surfaces Automatically

When set to True (which is the default), this setting specifies that open areas between surfaces are closed automatically with a vertical closure, as illustrated below.

When this setting is set to False, the open areas between surfaces are not closed automatically.

Quantity Report Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the GenerateQuantitiesReport command.

Use these settings to establish the default settings when you create a new quantity takeoff report.

Display XML Report: Specifies whether XML reports are displayed by default when you generate a quantity takeoff report.

Compute Takeoff Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the Takeoff command.

Use these settings to establish the defaults for the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box.

Report Type: Specifies whether the default report type will be Summary or Detailed.
Report Extents: Specifies whether the default extent of the entities reported will be set to Drawing, Sheet, or Selection Set.
Report Selected Pay Item Only: Specifies whether the Report Selected Pay Item Only check box in the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box defaults to True or False.
Limit To Alignment Station: Specifies whether the Limit Extents To Alignment Station Range check box in the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box defaults to True or False.
Default Report Style: Specifies the default style sheet used to format the takeoff report.
Drawing-Based Report Table Font: Specifies the default font used in the report table. Click in the Value column, and click to select a font in the Text Component Editor dialog box.
Computation Type: Specifies whether the default computation type is 2D or 3D. This setting applies to lengths as well as areas. However, the Computation Type setting calculates 3D areas only for corridors; it does not apply to other AutoCAD Civil 3D objects.
Pipe Length Type: Specifies whether the default pipe length type in the quantity takeoff process is measured To Inside Edges or Center To Center.
Include Formulas In Reports: Specifies whether pay item formulas will be included in the report.