Bid Areas work a little differently when you are using Typical Groups.
You can assign the takeoff inside a Typical Group Frame to a specific Bid Area, but it does not matter. It is the Bid Area (or Typical Area both covered in Related Articles) to which the Typical Group Marker(s) is assigned that determines the Bid Area to which the takeoff associated with the Marker is allocated.
Example
This is a very simple example, just two pieces of takeoff inside a Typical Group Frame.
The red takeoff and blue takeoff (inside our Typical Group Frame) are each assigned to different Bid Areas.
Red Takeoff assigned to "Floor 1"
Blue takeoff assigned to "Floor 2"
You cannot change the Bid Area assignment for a Typical Group Frame because the Frame isn't really takeoff. For all intents and purposes a Typical Group Frame is treated like Annotation and they do not exist in any particular Bid Area (although the takeoff inside a Typical Group Frame does exist on either the Page Area or a Bid Area). But because takeoff inside a Typical Group Frame isn't counted it doesn't matter to which Bid Area or Typical Area it is assigned - it's not "measured" until a Marker is placed.
As you can see we placed one Marker (which is a piece of takeoff) on our Plan and assigned that Marker to a 3rd Bid Area named "Where I assign my TG Marker".
Typical Group Marker assigned to a Bid Area named "Where I assign my TG Marker"
Now when we review our cumulative totals on the Summary Tab we can see that even though the takeoff inside the Typical Group Frame was assigned to unique Bid Areas it is the Bid Area to which the Typical Group Marker is assigned that matters.
The key point is that all the takeoff associated with a Typical Group Marker is assigned to Bid Area to which that Marker is assigned - regardless of its Area (or even Typical Area) assignment inside the Typical Group Frame.
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