Now that you have set and verified the Page Scale you are ready to draw some takeoff.
What do we mean by drawing takeoff? Well drawing takeoff is similar to using colored pencils and a scale ruler to measure building objects on a blueprint or other construction drawing to calculate quantities for estimating purposes. With CC-Takeoff instead of using colored pencils and paper plans you're using an electronic image and "Takeoff Items". You create Takeoff Items to represent various building objects such as walls (each type of wall requires its own Takeoff Item) doors floors ceilings footings slabs etc. We cover creating Takeoff Items in Related Articles should you need a refresher.
When you select a Takeoff Item in the Takeoff Items Pane a set of tools is made available for you to draw takeoff. These tools vary based on the Type of Takeoff Item you select (Linear Area Count or Attachment).
ConstructConnect Takeoff includes several time-saving features such as Multi-Condition Takeoff Typical Groups and Typical Areas, covered in Related Articles. In this Chapter we cover the basics of drawing Linear, Area, Count, and Attachment takeoff - this way you should understand the techniques, before we show you more advanced features.
Our goal is for you to be able to takeoff a basic project by the end of this Chapter.
There are four Types of Takeoff Items (created in Chapter 6):
- Linear (walls electrical runs fences etc.)
- Area (ceilings floors concrete slabs etc.)
- Counts (columns corner beads fixtures etc.)
- Attachments (windows doors light boxes etc. that attach to parent takeoff)
If you have not reviewed the Chapter on creating Takeoff Items and Layers please start there. You must set up your Takeoff Items correctly before trying to draw takeoff so that the program displays and calculates Results the way you are expecting - see Related Articles.
Before you draw any takeoff or annotation on your plans you must set and verify Page Scale (on each Page before you draw takeoff). An incorrect Scale can cause significantly under or over calculated results - see the previous articles for details.
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