Selection of Existing Items, and Allowing Multiple Properties on Multiple Cells
The Select Existing Item utility option is an especially powerful feature that allows you to assign other properties to takeoffs to save you time in preparing your estimates. For example, after you create an area takeoff, the Select Existing Item option allows you to utilize that area item as a linear item by using and displaying its linear property value. A flooring area takeoff, for instance, can also be utilized as a takeoff for the ceiling crown molding linear item by using the perimeter properties of the flooring area. The same could be applied to, say, baseboard molding, which is also linear.
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