Objective: In this video and/or step by step walkthrough, you’ll learn another method of assigning quantities from a Revit element to a VECTOR assembly
Build Screen
Make sure you are on your Build Screen inside of your VECTOR Bid
Ensure your Page is selected and that it is utilizing a valid filter set and REVIT Elements are appearing on the page
Assemblies
Make sure you have all necessary Assemblies added to your Scenario and your relevant Pages
Filters Tab
Hover your mouse over the Filters Tab on the right-hand side and click once to select it
This will display the structure of the Filter Set that you created and the Filter Manager for this Bid
Family Name
Under Families, click the plus sign next to SG-DOOR-Design-SGL to view the available Family Types on this page
Note: By clicking the Family name all REVIT Elements that belong to that page will be highlighted
Mass Assignment
Mass Assignment can be use if you want to perform assignment across all Pages in the Bid at the same time
Hover over the Family Type branch in the Filter Tree on the right hand side and the Assign Assembly button should appear
Assembly Modal
Click the Assign Assembly button
When the new window opens, click the drop-down arrow under Scenario Assembly
Select the Assembly from the list that should receive the quantities from the identified Family Type
Once selected, click the check box to “Apply this assembly to all pages of the Scenario”
Click Assign
The three Elements belonging to this Family type on this Page have been aggregated as take off on your selected assembly
In addition, you can see on the Bid Tree that take off was activated for the same assembly in two additional pages
Additional Assembly
Click into an Assembly for one of the other pages in the Bid Tree
By utilizing the Mass Assignment feature the application:
– Searched all Pages inside of the Bid structure
– Identified whether or not any Elements exist belonging to the selected family type
When they are detected they will be selected and the matching target Assembly was inserted and the assignment process automatically aggregated the takeoff quantities to that assembly
Click on the Assemblies Tab on the right-hand side
On the list you can view the take off totals for this door type across the entire job
