QTO Takeoff Property Problems? How to get Height and Thickness to Assign at Takeoff

Was working with a few customers the other day someone asked me why Height and Thickness always had to be manually changed for things like walls (see below image) after doing a Model Takeoff.

 

So I stopped and thought about it for a second and came to the realization that maybe I should share how to change the Publisher Mapping. This way you don't have to set the Height and Thickness for Revit based objects manually every time you complete a Model Takeoff. Here are the quick steps:

Edit pulldown menu > Preferences > Mapping tab
Change the Publisher dropdown to Revit Based

 
 
Now change the Height to Unconnected Height and Thickness to Width (as shown below). 

 

Select OK. The next time you perform a Model takeoff, your Height and Thickness should populate.
 
 

Comments

[Marie-Pierre Lebel]

Thanks, that will help a lot!

[medieval clothing]

It's good to know things like this. Thanks!

[Kenny]

This was a support topic a ways back. The autodesk site has some hidden gems now and again.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13219661&linkID=10381885