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BidScreen XL · Modules210
01Setup & Excel Add-In31 topics
02Scale & Drawing Setup34 topics
03Takeoff Types33 topics
  1. Count
  2. Section Length
  3. Continuous Length
  4. Area
  5. Takeoff Type (display)
  6. Arc
  7. Circle
  8. Rectangle
  9. Annotate
  10. Positive and Negative Measurements
  11. Highlight
  12. Delete Last Point
  13. Delete All Points
  14. Close Area/End Line
  15. Stop Takeoff
  16. Cancel Takeoff
  17. Select Object
  18. Takeoff Objects
  19. Takeoff Popup Menu
  20. Takeoff
  21. Takeoff Overview
  22. Takeoff Count
  23. Takeoff Section Length
  24. Takeoff Continuous Length
  25. Takeoff Area
  26. Takeoff Popup Menu
  27. Select Object Popup Menu
  28. Edit...
  29. Move
  30. Delete Object
  31. Cancel
  32. Measurement
  33. Takeoff
04Styles & Reporting29 topics
05Advanced & Troubleshooting83 topics
Module 03Takeoff Types

Highlight

Highlighting is used to draw attention to items or comments on the drawing by surrounding them with a polygon. After pressing the Hightlight button, or selecting the Highlight command from the Edit Me

Highlighting is used to draw attention to items or comments on the drawing by surrounding them with a polygon.

highlight

After pressing the Hightlight button, highlight_20 or selecting the Highlight command from the Edit Menu or the Popup Menu, draw the polygon in a similar fashion to taking off an area. When finished, press the Highlight button again to turn off highlighting.

Highlights can be deleted with select object. The color of the highlight matches the color of the current takeoff.

The Highlight command can also be a shortcut key. By default this action is is assigned to Ctrl+Alt+H.
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