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
• Roof Area Takeoff
• Price Per SQ FT Area Takeoff
• Area Cubic Yards Takeoff
• Grid Tool Area Takeoff (covered below)
• Joist Area Takeoff

Gridded Areas

Performing a Grid Tool Area takeoff requires familiarity with performing an area takeoff. The Grid Tool Area takeoff is useful for automatically calculating a grid on top of an area; from that calculated grid, you can determine quantities of rebar, tile, T-bar (or dropped) ceilings, or other similar items.

To perform a grid tool area takeoff:

• Click on the drop-down half of the Area button and select Grid Tool from the drop-down menu

This opens the Properties – �Grid Tool] window

• Enter a name for the grid takeoff
• To generate the grid automatically, click on the Automatically Generate checkbox
• Select the color of the takeoff
• Select a Fill Type: Solid, Hatch Pattern, or Texture
• Select the angle for the rebar (0 is vertical, 90 is horizontal, or anything in between). This value will be ignored if the Select Parallel Side checkbox is checked
• Select the vertical spacing (by default in inches)
• Select the horizontal spacing (by default in inches)

If you click on the Select Parallel Side checkbox, then any angle value entered in the Angle field will be ignored, and the software will prompt you to draw a line that the rebar should be parallel to

• Click on Select Start Point if you want to be prompted to click where you want the starting Point to begin
• Click on Count Intersections if you want the intersections to be counted; this could be useful to count the number of rebar high chairs needed
• Click on Ok

• Perform the steps to do an area takeoff, then right-click and select Stop
• Click on the first Point to select a parallel line
• Click on the second Point to select a parallel line
• Click on the start Point location.

The grid now appears beginning at the start Point.

Hover the cursor over the diagram to show the area's square foot reading (535.4 SQ FT).

The Pages, Bookmarks window displays the grid's properties.

The area takeoff for the rebar is 13316.8 SQ FT.

The grid's calculated linear footage is 888.1 FT. 10.

The number of intersections is 1480.

• Click on the Estimating tab of the PlanSwift main menu.

Rebar lengths are shown in this view.

This view also shows the number of intersections where rebar high chairs may be needed.