Autodesk QUANTITY TAKEOFF 2010 User manual

Autodesk®

Quantity Takeoff 

Every building

has its price.

Cost Early, Cost Often

With Autodesk Quantity Takeo software, cost

estimators can easily create synchronized,

comprehensive project views that combine

pertinent information from building information

modeling tools (such as Autodesk®Revit®

Architecture software, Autodesk®Revit®Structure

software, and Autodesk®Revit®MEP software) with

geometry, images, and data from other applications.

Take advantage of digital property data to

automatically or manually measure areas and

count or price building components such as walls,

doors, and window. Then print the results, export

to Microsoft®Excel®software, or publish to DWF™

ﬁle format.

Stay Digital

More consistent productivity depends on up-to-

date drawings and data. Autodesk Quantity Takeo

reporting tools helps enable users to create digital,

detailed materials reports much faster than paper-

based processes. With Autodesk Quantity Takeo,

you can keep your workﬂow digital and help ensure

that reports, materials quantities, and other data

remain up to date.

Stay Realistic

More eciently count and quantify building

components and their compositions. Related

components are more easily cross-referenced to

help ensure that your valuable time is spent costing,

not counting.

Regardless of what

phase you are in

during a project—

from design through

preconstruction—

Autodesk Quantity

Takeo helps enable

cost estimators to more

rapidly generate material

quantity takeos and

perform conceptual

estimates. Whether

you have an image ﬁle

of a napkin sketch or a

fully developed building

information model (BIM)

developed in Autodesk®

Revit-based products,

Autodesk Quantity

Takeo helps cost

estimators to gain an in-

depth understanding of

project costs.

Stay on Track

Autodesk Quantity Takeo uses the latest

Autodesk®technology to provide drawing, viewing,

quantiﬁcation, and markup capabilities, uniting

design data and other vital information within an

open and ﬂuid architecture. So you can better keep

track of changing variables without missing a beat.

Autodesk®Quantity Takeo software helps make

cost estimating faster, easier, and more accurate,

from design through delivery.

Takeo in Minutes Automatically

Autodesk Quantity Takeo software provides a whole

new way of working. Through full integration of and

support for D and D design data, Autodesk Quantity

Takeo helps enable you to perform a takeo on an

entire building information model in just minutes—as

opposed to days using traditional methods. The

software provides greater ﬂexibility than typical

databases or spreadsheets, enabling a smoother,

more accurate workﬂow for cost estimators.

Working in D, you can perform intuitive,

interactive model examination to gain a better

understanding of the model for estimating

purposes. Object visibility and transparency

are adjustable according to building section

or component type. The highly conﬁgurable

project catalog makes the organization of design

and construction objects quicker and easier.

Do It Yourself

Autodesk Quantity Takeo now has more powerful

manual takeo capabilities that support the

takeo of JPG, TIF, PDF, and other “nonintelligent”

image formats. Use multiple line segments, arcs,

or a combination of line and arc segments when

tracing geometry on a ﬂoor plan. Specify whether

to treat a series of continuously drawn segments

as a single takeo measurement or as individual

takeo measurements. More rapidly perform area

With the help of

Autodesk Quantity

Takeo software, cost

estimators can collect

and quantify multiformat

design data and high-

quality images, and

utilize property data to

automatically or manually

measure, count, and price

various building objects.

Stay Digital and Up to Date

calculations, linear measurements, and counts, and

organize your results more quickly and easily in the

project catalog.

Spot the Dierence

If you are working with DWF ﬁles, you can use the

Sheet Compare function to compare D sheets

from your current takeo project with an internal

or external sheet. Then you can more quickly

generate a list of modiﬁcations and view a visual

representation of the dierences.

Quantify More Quickly

Now you can count and quantify all of your

project design data more quickly and easily. Use

unlimited component subassemblies to categorize

and count materials to an inﬁnite level of detail.

Use the Search Takeo function to help expedite

takeo of similar intelligent drawing objects.

Organize them in the component catalog, then

more quickly analyze your results in the dynamic

Autodesk Quantity Takeo Workbook.

Maintain a Dynamic Document of Record

The Autodesk Quantity Takeo Workbook helps

enable cost estimators to compile, update, and

interact with quantity-related project data. In

the workbook, you can switch between a cost

summary view and a detailed object view for

any item. View information for the current sheet

or for the entire project. Add and edit item and

assembly formulas, and deﬁne item properties,

directly in the Workbook, using Auto Fill and other

tools that function like those in Microsoft Excel.

Enter overrides for item and object dimensions.

See which items and objects contain overrides.

All contents can be saved for a comprehensive

document of record at project’s end.

Use Autodesk Quantity Takeo software to collect

and synchronize design data and help streamline

cost-estimation processes.

Learn More or Purchase

Access specialists worldwide who can provide product expertise, a deep

understanding of your industry, and value that extends beyond your software

purchase. To purchase Autodesk Quantity Takeo software, contact an

Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider or Autodesk Authorized Reseller.

Locate a reseller near you at www.autodesk.com/reseller.

Autodesk Learning and Education

From instructor-led or self-paced classes to online training or education

resources, Autodesk oers learning solutions to ﬁt your needs. Get expert

guidance at an Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC®) site, access learning

tools online or at your local bookstore, and validate your experience with

Autodesk certiﬁcations. Learn more at www.autodesk.com/learning.

Autodesk Services and Support

Accelerate return on investment and optimize productivity with innovative

purchase methods, companion products, consulting services, and support from

Autodesk and Autodesk authorized partners. Designed to get you up to speed

and keep you ahead of the competition, these tools help you make the most

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Subscription the best way to optimize your investment. Learn more at

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We have so much more conﬁdence in the prices

we relay to owners and other stakeholders. With

Quantity Takeo, we know the numbers are right.

—Ken Deemer

Lead Estimator

Saunders Construction

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