Copying and Pasting Backouts
Once you've drawn a backout, there may come occasion for you to reuse that backout somewhere else. On-Screen Takeoff makes it easy using Copy Backouts and Paste Backouts.
- First, draw your backout
- Keep it selected after drawing it (notice the select boxes on each corner indicate the backout below is selected) or,
- Select an existing backout, you may need to click twice, the first click may select the area takeoff itself
- Now, right-click on the selected backout and choose Copy Backouts
- Next, right-click near where you want to position the pasted backout (on this page or another page)
- Select Paste Backouts
An outline of the backout is shown with the cursor at the center.
- Position the pasted backout where you want it pasted
- Click when the backout is positioned properly
You can paste that copied backout over and over by right-clicking near subsequent locations and selecting Paste Backouts again.
Hold down the <Shift> the key to select multiple backouts to Copy/Paste more than one at a time.
Copying Backouts with the Parent Area Takeoff Object
If you want to copy a piece of area takeoff and its backouts, you must rope the takeoff object. You will see, when you rope a piece of area takeoff that includes backouts that all the objects have a yellow border, versus simply clicking on an area takeoff object and seeing the single-object selection handles.
Area object and its Backouts selected
Area object without Backouts selected
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