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Saving one-time items to the standard database

Performing one-time item takeoff

You can take off one-time items from the spreadsheet, as well as during Quick takeoff, Item takeoff, or Assembly takeoff.

To take off one-time items:

  1. Open the One-time Item window:

    • On the ribbon, from the Takeoff group on the Takeoff tab, click  One-Time Item.
    • In classic view, select Takeoff menu > Takeoff Tools > One-Time Item (or click on the toolbar.

  2. Complete the fields in the window. At a minimum, you need to complete the Phase, Description, and Takeoff unit fields to  set up a one-time item:

  3. (optional) Click [Go to Detail] to enter more information about the item.

  4. When you finish setting up the one-time item, click [OK] in the One-time Item window.

    The one-time item appears on the spreadsheet, or in the takeoff grid if you are taking off a one-time item from the Item Takeoff window. Hyphens (----) in the Item column identify a one-time item in the estimate.

Tips:  

  • Use the Takeoff options on the Preferences tab of the Estimating Management Console to preselect the default categories for one-time items.
  • You can copy and paste one-time items to duplicate them.