Settings are defaults that are applied to new bids and user preferences that affect how you work with the program. Learning Goal This chapter's focus is for you to understand how setting your user preferences affects how you work with the program. Settings…

Takeoff Defaults (New Bid Settings) are applied to all new bids created after changing the settings. Bids that already exist are not affected. These options affect the settings for new bids - if you want to change these settings on an existing bid, just open…

Preferences affect how you use the program. All options are checked (selected) by default. Option What it does/How it is used... Show right angle line indicator When drawing Linear and Area takeoff objects, the program can flash an indicator when the current…

Default settings are user preferences that affect how you work with the program and some settings that get applied to new Bids. Snap Angle By default, when you draw takeoff, the program 'snaps' lines and segments in 15° increments. This usually makes it…

Default settings are user preferences that affect how you work with the program a some settings that get applied to new Bids. Settings - Crosshair settings Some users prefer to see full-window crosshairs when drawing takeoff. To enable full-window crosshairs,…

User Settings are options that affect how you use the program. Roping Method Roping Method affects how objects (such as takeoff or annotations) are selected when you draw a selection box around them. By default, the Roping Method is set to "Touching" - this…

Add-in Settings allow you to enable or disable Add-ins available for ConstructConnect Takeoff. See Related Articles for more information about Add-ins available for ConstructConnect Takeoff. Settings - Roping Method Settings - Takeoff Object Details

Takeoff Object Details are the small pop-ups that shows up next to a single piece of takeoff when you click on it (in the Takeoff Windows). Takeoff Object Details are not shown when you select multiple takeoff objects. You can set various options for the…

The Image Legend is an important informational element that can be viewed and printed on your plans. It shows every Takeoff Item used on a particular page and the Item's results (per page). Selections made here are applied to all new bids going forward. Any…