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QTO - Formula to change output precision of item

civman_daar
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QTO - Formula to change output precision of item

civman_daar
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I have a payitem that reports in TON, specifically a required 3.6 TON quantity.  I have assigned a payitem to an object, that object gets copied mutliple times in the drawing.  When I do the summary report, the Gravel Filling item reports 4 TON, not the specified 3.6 TON that's required. The .csv file unit for the item is set to TON.  Why is C3D 2020 QTO rounding the quantity up to 4 TON?  How can I change the precision so that the summary report, reports the quantity correctly? Here is a screen shot of the formula and the summary output preview:

 

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Thanks,

Rick S.

 

 

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cwr-pae
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I don't know if this will fix the problem with your formula, I extract volumes and convert to tonnage through excel, but precision of the output is controlled under the Quantity Takeoff branch of settings in prospector. It may be you need to use pounds/kilograms and convert to tons in excel.

 

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civman_daar
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I believe that QTO calculates TON as a volume.  C3D internally calculates the volume to the nearest integer and there is no work around to adjust the precision of the volume, especially when doing a takeoff summary to a table.  Hopefully they will fix this issue in the future.

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