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The Tools tab provides tools that allow you to rotate and flip takeoff items (covered below), saving a screenshot of the current view (covered below), calculate the pitch and angle of two Points, calculate the angles and lengths of legs of triangles, and converting PDF to TIF files. These and the Zip and unzip jobs and attaching an Excel file are all covered in Related Articles.

Takeoff Items Section

The PlanSwift Tools Tab Takeoff Items section

The Rotate Left and Rotate Right buttons rotate a selected takeoff item (or items) left or right.

The Flip Vertically and Flip Horizontally buttons flip a selected takeoff item (or items) either vertically or horizontally.

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The Save Screenshot button captures the contents of the PlanSwift plan window, allows you to save it (as a JPG, JPEG, TIF, or BMP) with a name of your choice and in a location of your choice. To capture a screenshot:

Click on Save Screenshot from the Tools tab.

Navigate to where you want the screenshot saved.

Enter a filename for the screenshot.

Select the image type (JPG, JPEG, TIF, or BMP).

Click on Save to save the screenshot in the location you specified.

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Tools Tab: Zip

Tools Tab: Excel Files

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