Services

In the Fabrication products, the Services features provide control over the placement of each Item and its individual components as layers. For example, each Item inserted into a drawing is actually made of several components, including the item shape itself, annotation, Hidden Detail, and more. Depending on the project needs, each of these components may need to be manipulated and controlled independently of each other as a whole. One example might be a requirement turn off annotation, but still leave Hidden Detail displaying, or to be able to turn off particular types of annotation, such as sizes, but leave others, such as Item numbers, still visible.

Requirements such as these can be achieved using the choices available through the Services Database. Access the Services Database options by clicking the Takeoff button on the Database dialog, and then clicking Services in the left pane.

The Help topics in this section describe the Takeoff options available on the Database dialog related to Services. For more information on Services, see Managing and Using Services.