PlanSwift provides specialty takeoff items that are available from the Area, Linear, Segment, and Count drop-down menus located on the Home tab ribbon-bar. These are the Single-Click Area, Linear, and Count, Roof Area, Price Per, SQ FT Area, Area Cubic Yards, Grid, and Joists.

• Single-Click Area, Linear, and Count Takeoff (covered below)
• Roof Area Takeoff
• Price Per SQ FT Area Takeoff
• Area Cubic Yards Takeoff
• Grid Tool Area Takeoff
• Joist Area Takeoff

Single-Click Area Takeoff

Single-click area takeoffs are another means to perform an area takeoff and can be faster to perform than conventional takeoffs. Single-click area takeoffs utilize the digital lines on plan pages as well as user-inserted cut-lines to restrict the area size to the desired area. Single-click area takeoffs also only measure areas inside of the plan lines, so if an area you are measuring needs to include, say, the area under a four-inch-wide wall, then you may be better off using the standard area takeoff tool. To perform a single-click area takeoff:

• Click on the Single Click button on the Home tab ribbon-bar menu.
• Select CutLine from the drop-down menu.

The right-side door (near the “3” in the screenshot below) needs a cutline to contain the area takeoff inside the room.

• Click on the two Points indicated for the beginning and end of the cutline (longer cut-lines are more effective than shorter cut-lines).

A red cut-line appears.

• Click on the Single Click button again and select Area from the drop-down menu
• In the Properties - sArea] window, enter the Name for the takeoff
• Select a color
• Select a fill
• Select a folder if desired
• Click on Ok
• Click in the area where you want the one-click takeoff

An array of one-click icons now fills the area.

• If you have more than one area to include, Click those areas next.

Each time you click a new area, the fill will be placed in the previous area.

• After you have selected the area(s) you want, press Esc to fill in the final area you clicked on

Note that the top-left door line arc stopped the area takeoff from filling the area behind the arc of the door.

To fill this area,

• Click on the takeoff, zoom in on it, and drag the cursor to select the area shown

Upon selection, the selected Points become highlighted in green

• Press Del to delete the green-highlighted Points

The takeoff now reflects the actual shape of the room area.

Single-click Linear and Count Takeoffs

Single-click linear and count takeoffs work identically to the single-click area takeoffs.

To perform a single-click linear or a single-click count takeoff:

• Click on the drop-down half of the Single Click button and select Linear (or Count) from the drop-down menu
• Then follow the steps for a Single-Click Area Takeoff, above.

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