For us older OST users a common practice was to also include the rebar grid so we could obtain the total LF. Of course a user could build a custom property but perhaps ZZT makes this already availa...

Rotation is a common OST User option on most takeoff items, so that would be good for those (us) folks

Agreed. At minimum reflect the width so it matches the plan view. I.e., 12" wide grade beam would be 12" width for the takeoff item, a 24" width would show as 24" and so on