At the top of every Takeoff window is the Main Toolbar. The Main Toolbar is made up of eight smaller toolbars: Cursor Tools Page Navigation Editing Takeoff (Copy, cut, paste, delete, etc.) Scale Tools Rotate and Flip (Takeoff and Plan) Print Bid Areas-Typical…

The Cursor Control toolbar contains only three buttons, but you use them very often. Button Name Description/What it does or how it is used Zoom to Region Tool Click this tool, then draw a box within the Takeoff Window - the program zooms to that box. Pan…

The Page Navigation tools allows you to move between Pages in your Bid. Button/ControlDescription Keyboard Shortcut What it does/How it is used... Back Button Moves to the previous view (what you were last looking at), just like a Web browser, this is not…

The Edit Takeoff tools are pretty much standard "Windows Program" controls such as Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete, plus a few Takeoff-centric tools such as Duplicate, Undo, and Redo. Note The buttons on the Edit Takeoff Toolbar are disabled until you draw or…

The Scale Toolbar is where you set the scale of every Page. You can select from a list of pre-defined scales or calculate the scale of the Page using a known-length object on the Plan. Warning It is critical that you set or calculate each Page's scale and…

You are able to rotate takeoff or the plan behind the takeoff using the tools on the Rotate Toolbar. All the buttons on the Rotate Takeoff and Plan Toolbar are duplicated on the Takeoff Window Context Menu. You can rotate the Plan clockwise in 180 degree…

There is just one button on the Print toolbar, the Print button. Button Description What it does/How it is used... Print Opens the Print Preview window. Printing and the Image Legend are covered in Chapter 13. Rotate Takeoff and Plan Toolbar Areas Toolbar…

Bid Areas and Typical Areas are used to allocate your takeoff to specific zones or areas of your building project so you can create a more detailed and accurate bid. The Areas toolbar provides access to Bid Areas, Typical Areas grids, the Areas drop-down,…

The Image Legend is a summary of all the takeoff items (and their results) drawn on a page. The Image Legend toolbar will be enabled when the Image Legend is displayed and selected on a page. (If the Image Legend is not selected, the toolbar will be disabled.)…

To draw takeoff, you select a Takeoff Item and then choose the appropriate tool. Depending on the Type of Takeoff Items you select, different tools are available. Counts and Attachments provide only one tool (not much you can do with these other than place…