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The Overlay Toolbar provides quick access to adding, resizing, deskewing, and removing Overlay drawings, along with toggling current view.

On-Screen Takeoff Image Tab Overlay toolbar

By default, this toolbar is docked below the Image Toolbar, on the right side of the application.

Button Icon Function What it does/What it means... Keyboard Shortcut
On-Screen Takeoff select overlay button Add Overlay Opens a dialog box where you select which plan/image you want to overlay to the current Plan  
On-Screen Takeoff resize overlay button Resize Overlay Launches the Resize Overlay wizard so you can resize the overlay to match the Base image/takeoff on the current page. <Alt> + <R>
On-Screen Takeoff align overlay button Align Overlay Allows you to fine-tune alignment between the overlay and base images  
On-Screen Takeoff deskew overlay button Deskew Overlay Just like deskewing a base image, allows you to correct for slightly skewed drawings (typically happens when paper plans are scanned)  
On-Screen Takeoff remove overlay button Remove Overlay Removes the overlay from current page - you can then select/add a new overlay  
On-Screen Takeoff overlay view toggle button Toggle Base-Overlay-Both Toggles the view between Base Image, Overlay, and Both. Button shading changes depending on which view is active:
On-Screen Takeoff overlay view button - both base and overlay view - Both; On-Screen Takeoff overlay view button - base only viewBase only; On-Screen Takeoff overlay view button - overlay only viewOverlay only;
 

 

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