How are other users breaking down their QTO since zzTO doesn't have OST's 'Areas' function?

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I have trialed the 'layers' feature zzTO has as the workaround, but ultimately I do not like a few things about it:

You're unable to move one takeoff to another layer by selecting it on a page and moving/assigning to a different layer.
You're unable to cut/paste from one layer to another. You have to copy/paste and then go back and delete.
When you copy/paste a takeoff to another layer it creates a new takeoff and doesn't 'merge' with previously pasted takeoffs and you end up with a bunch of the same takeoff.
You're unable to see all layers at once. I would like this to ensure no scope gaps.

Are there other solutions for estimate breakouts?

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Stephen Daves zzTakeoff217d 12h

Hi, maybe you could use duplicates of pages, where you takeoff like layers, but on different pages. I know this does not do everything you need, but it does address some of the features you requested above. I will forward this request to the dev team!

Victor Tengowski 217d 11h

@Stephen this might work for a small job, but I can't imagine doing this for a drawing set that is 300+ pages where a client is requesting the project be broken down into 10+ scope buckets, alternates, etc.

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Stephen Daves zzTakeoff217d 10h

I agree it is not perfect, I would love to see a feature that fixes this for you.

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Kyle Bonde - Vertical GC 217d 5h

Victor,

Best practice....here is what we do until areas comes out in zz. 3 min video. LINK

Other best practices right now...1) we use layers for each user and 2) make a new project when we get the next major set of drawings SD/DD for example.

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