Door/Window Headers
How are you folks doing these? I’m trying to figure out how I can have one takeoff that takes care of multiple sizes of headers. I can only apply an assembly to a whole takeoff, so it’s looking like I’d need a 3-0 takeoff, 4-0, 5-0, etc.
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STACK_Tim
@craig.parker you are correct, if the condition of the takeoff changes then a new takeoff would need to be created then select the desired item from an item group in the assembly.
craig.parker
I was wondering if there was a way to hack a count takeoff so that you can specify something on each checkmark.
If the multiplier would take decimals, that might fix it (like I’d use .5 increments of 8’ 2x12s over a four foot window, or .33 of 12 footers), but I just tried.
STACK_Tim
that would be a huge win if the multiplier allowed decimals.
I’ll share this as a feature request to allow item groups per measurement within one takeoff
craig.parker
Problem solved, kind of. I ended up making 6 assemblies: 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 foot wide. There’s an item group in each one called Jack Studs, 2x4-Header, and 2x6-Header. Jack Studs has 8’, 104”, and 10’ 2x4s and 2x6s.
If it’s a 2x4 wall, I pick one of the 2x4s from Jack Studs, then pick something from the 2x4 header: a 2x6, 2x8, or 2x10. I just leave 2x6-Header set to None. If it’s a 2x6 wall, I leave the 2x4-Header set to None and grab something from the 2x6-Header item list instead.
Lengths in both of those Header item lists vary based on which assembly I’m in. If I’m in a 3-0 opening,, then they’re all 8’ sticks. There’ll be a couple feet of waste (because I’m only using 6’ of an 8’ stick).
Header in the 2x6 wall though is a 10 foot something (because I need three 3’ sticks).
I’m all ears if there’s a better idea...
Jason Armstrong
Looking at my last framing package, it seems that I made a LF takeoff for each header type and then attached LF Item pricing. I did the round up to the next nearest even foot manually. What I should probably do is make a generic Header Round Up assembly that uses the EVEN function. This would round each individual take off up to the next even foot. Ex. Linear take off of a 6’6” header (for a 6-0 TYP RO) will round that take off to 8’. This would require the waste column in the Estimate Worksheet to be at 0%. FWIW I do all of my take offs as raw data and do all waste factors in the Estimate Worksheet.
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