To Assign Pay Items to Objects

To assign a pay item to an object

In the most basic tagging operation, you apply a single pay item to a single object in the drawing.

1. Open a drawing in which a pay item file is open.
2. Click Analyze tabQTO panelQTO Manager Find.
3. In the QTO Manager vista, click .
4. In the pay item list, select a pay item.
5. Press Enter.
6. Select an object in the drawing.
7. Right-click or press Esc to end the selection process.

To assign multiple pay items to a closed area

Speed up the assignment of pay items to objects in the drawing by tagging objects or groups of objects in the drawing with multiple pay items.

1. Open a drawing in which a pay item file is open.
2. Click Analyze tabQTO panelQTO Manager Find.
3. In the QTO Manager vista, click .
4. Press Ctrl+click to select each pay item you want to assign from the pay item list.
5. Press Enter.
6. On the Command line, enter O to select objects rather than points.
7. Select one or more closed areas in the drawing.
   Note: To select all of the closed areas of a single type, right-click the area and click Select Similar.

   The pay items are assigned to the closed area(s).

8. Press Esc to end the command.

To add pay items to others attached to an object

As a project progresses, you may need to add pay items to or remove them from the objects you have tagged. You can add or remove each pay item attached to an object individually, or remove all the pay items assigned to an object or group of objects.

1. Open a drawing in which pay items are attached to objects.
2. Click Analyze tabQTO panelQTO Manager Find.
3. Select an object whose attached pay item(s) you want to edit.
4. In the QTO Manager vista, click .
5. In the Edit Pay Items dialog box, click .
6. In the Pay Item List dialog box, select the pay item you want to attach to the object in the drawing. Click OK.
7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6, as needed.
8. In the Edit Pay Items dialog box, click OK when finished.