Computing Quantities Using Pay Item Lists

To compute pay item quantities for an entire drawing

1. Open a drawing in which pay items are attached to objects.
2. Click Analyze tabQTO panelTakeoff.At the Command prompt, enter Takeoff.
3. In the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box, for Report Type, click Summary or Detailed, based on whether you want to include each object, or each type of object, with attached pay items in your report.
4. For Report Extents, in the drop-down list, select Drawing.
5. Clear Limit Extents To Alignment Station Range to extend the report beyond the objects along a single alignment.
6. For Report Output, clear Report Selected Pay Items Only.
7. Click Compute.
8. In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box:
   • Select one or more XSL style sheets to format the report.
   • Review the report as formatted by the selected style sheet(s).
   • Click Draw to draw the report to the drawing, and/or click Save As to save the report.
9. Click Close in each dialog box.

   For details about placing report tables or text in the drawing, see Placing Pay Item Tables in a Drawing.

   For information about saving reports in various formats, see Saving Pay Item Reports in Various Formats.

To compute pay item quantities from sheets

1. Open a sheet drawing created from view frames in a drawing in which pay items are attached to objects.
2. Click Analyze tabQTO panelTakeoff.At the Command prompt, enter Takeoff.
3. In the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box, for Report Type, click Summary or Detailed, based on whether you want each object, or each type of object, with attached pay items included in your report.
4. For Report Extents, in the drop-down list, select Sheet.
5. Select Report Quantity For Sheet Extents Only.
6. Clear Limit Extents To Alignment Station Range to extend the report beyond the objects along a single alignment.
7. For Report Output, clear Report Selected Pay Items Only.
8. Click Compute.
9. In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box:
   • Select one or more XSL style sheets to format the report.
   • Review the report as formatted by the selected style sheet(s).
   • Click Draw to draw the report to the drawing, and/or click Save As to save the report.
10. Click Close in each dialog box.

    For details about placing report tables or text in the drawing, see Placing Pay Item Tables in a Drawing.

    For information about saving reports in various formats, see Saving Pay Item Reports in Various Formats.

To compute pay item quantities from drawing sets

1. Open a drawing in which pay items are attached to objects.
2. Select a set of objects with pay items attached.
3. Click Analyze tabQTO panelTakeoff.At the Command prompt, enter Takeoff.
4. In the Compute Quantity Takeoff dialog box, for Report Type, click Summary or Detailed, based on whether you want each object, or each type of object, with attached pay items included in your report.
5. Clear Limit Extents To Alignment Station Range to extend the report beyond the objects along a single alignment.
6. For Report Output, select Report Selected Pay Items Only.
7. Click Compute.
8. In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box:
   • Select one or more XSL style sheets to format the report.
   • Review the report as formatted by the selected style sheet(s).
   • Click Draw to draw the report to the drawing, and/or click Save As to save the report.
9. Click Close in each dialog box.

   For details about placing report tables or text in the drawing, see Placing Pay Item Tables in a Drawing.

   For information about saving reports in various formats, see Saving Pay Item Reports in Various Formats.