- Open the model you want to use for takeoff.
- Click Home tab Tools Quantification Workbook.
If this is the first time you opened the file in Quantification, a Project Setup button is displayed.
- In the Quantification Workbook, click Project Setup.
- In the Setup Quantification: Select Catalog dialog, select a listed catalog or browse for a custom catalog.
Note: If you use a custom catalog it must have the same units of measurement and properties as your current project.
- Click Next.
- On the Setup Quantification: Select Units dialog, select measurement units.
- Click Next.
- On the Setup Quantification: Select Takeoff Properties dialog, select the units you want to use for each takeoff property.
- Click Next Finish.
The project is created, and the Items are displayed in the Quantification Workbook.