The following is a brief explanation of my findings. This led me to wonder…Why can’t we use this component from the pay item list CSV file that does work and update automatically to partially solve our pay item ID update issue? After some brainstorming and testing I found a solution that is working for me. However, one interesting observation is that the “Description” updates from the CSV into the drawing QTO manager and drawing objects with no problem. This requires having to reattach the new Pay Item ID to all the drawing objects that share the new pay item number.

In addition, the drawing objects that had the outdated Pay Item ID’s attached to them will no longer be calculated with the quantity “Takeoff” command. He wrote this and, with his permission, I’m passing this along to you.Īfter doing some research into this subject I’ve found that Civil 3D has some flaws in the QTO Manager due to the fact that the “Pay Item ID” values don’t update automatically once modified in the pay item list “CSV” file.

My friend, Marco Garza, has devised a way to work around this issue. This has forced some users to just bypass the tools and continue using older methods for calculating pay items. The biggest complaint about the tools is the fact that you cannot edit the pay items and have them automatically update the same items in the Excel CSV file. The QTO Manager and Takeoff tool in Civil 3D are two tools within Civil 3D proved to be more exciting in theory than it has been in fact.

Autodesk quantity takeoff 2016