Takeoff Area
Click on points along the perimeter, or trace it by holding down the left mouse button while moving along the perimeter. End the area by selecting Close Area/End Line from the Edit Menu or the Popup M
Click on points along the perimeter, or trace it by holding down the left mouse button while moving along the perimeter. End the area by selecting Close Area/End Line from the Edit Menu or the Popup Menu. Close Area/End Line can also be assigned a shortcut key. By default this action is assigned to the Enter Key.
More than one area can be measured at a time. When finished measuring areas, record the area measurement into the Excel cell, by pressing the green check mark or selecting Stop Takeoff command from the Edit Menu or the Popup Menu. Stop Takeoff can also be assigned a shortcut key. By default this action is assigned to the End key.
To close the takeoff window with recording changes into Excel, press the red X key, or select Exit (Cancel) from the File menu. This action can be assigned a shortcut key. By default this action is assigned to the Alt+F4 key.
While measuring areas, the following commands can be used:
More than one area can be measured at a time. When finished measuring areas, record the area measurement into the Excel cell, by pressing the green check mark or selecting Stop Takeoff command from the Edit Menu or the Popup Menu. Stop Takeoff can also be assigned a shortcut key. By default this action is assigned to the End key.
To close the takeoff window with recording changes into Excel, press the red X key, or select Exit (Cancel) from the File menu. This action can be assigned a shortcut key. By default this action is assigned to the Alt+F4 key.
While measuring areas, the following commands can be used:
- Arc
- Circle
- Rectangle
- Annotate
- Highlight
- Negative
- Delete Last Point
- Delete All Points
- Select Object
While calculating an area, the perimeter is calculated in the length field. When negative is selected, the area will be subtracted from the total show in the are field. The perimeter is always treated as a positive number.