Why Exclude Items?
Often times a designer will use the DesignSmart Companion to bring many options for a single item into a project. For example, in the image below the designer has used the Companion to bring in various light pendants.
Once the designer has decided which of the pendants to use for this project, then she can either delete the items or exclude the items that are not needed.
We strongly recommend excluding items that are not needed in a project rather than deleting them.
The advantages of excluding items are the following:
1.It is faster to exclude an item. Simply click on the X to the right of the item.
2.If for any reason you need to select on of the items you had previously excluded from a project, then you can simply click on the x again to bring it back into the project.
Important Information About Excluded Items
1. Excluded items are indicated by red strike through text as shown below.
2. Excluded items will not be included in the calculations shown on the Financial Summary
3. You can hide excluded items by clicking on the Advanced Filters button
4. You can hide excluded items by default by going to Personal Preferences
5. Excluded items will not appear on any report, specification or any document or report.