Introduction

Take-Off is an app for defining and managing the elements that will shape your project. Here, you can create 3 different types of Take-Offs:

BIM: Take-off in which elements and their quantities are exported from a BIM Model repository.

BIM-based: Take-off is created based on a take-off type BIM and the elements are grouped by chosen parameters. 

Manual: Take-off in which elements are exported from an excel file and/or created manually in the app.

Prerequisites

• You have a project and you are member of it. To create a new project, use New Project app. To add members to a project, use Project Members app.
• You have defined a repository in Repositories app.
• You have defined the project parameters in Parameters app.
• You have defined the default classification table of usage type Model Elements in Classification Usage app.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log in your build.works account

2. Click on My Projects tile.

3. Select a project.

4. Select Design & Engineering tab.

5. On the Design & Engineering phase menu, click on Take-Off tile.

6. The master view of the app will open where you can browse the project take-offs. Click on Create Take-Off button.

7.  A pop-up window will open. Fill the mandatory fields, select a repository and click on Create button.

8. The newly created take-off appears in the master table, select it to open its detail view.

9. Select the elements and click on Save Selection button to save them in your take-off.

10. On the 3rd column you can edit the parameters' values by clicking on edit button. 

What's next?

Once you have created a new Take-Off, you might proceed with:

• The creation of an activity set.