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SiteWorx/OS · Modules413
01Introduction & Setup18 topics
02Getting Started32 topics
03Menus & Toolbars205 topics
04Tabs & Workspaces95 topics
05Troubleshooting & Tips63 topics
  1. Boring Log Overview
  2. How are the volumes calculated and displayed?
  3. Editing Takeoff Objects
  4. Taking off closely spaced contour lines.
  5. Tips and Techniques
  6. Toolbars
  7. Troubleshooting
  8. Getting Started
  9. Review the drawing
  10. Menu Toolbar
  11. How often should I save the File?
  12. Set the Scale
  13. Other Items to Note at the Takeoff Window
  14. About this Users' Guide
  15. I am having problems with the reports, why?
  16. Boring Log Setup
  17. Strata Data Entry
  18. Set Surface Elevation to 0
  19. Use for Fill
  20. Default Expansion Factor
  21. Topsoil
  22. Style
  23. Boring Log Properties
  24. Boring Log Entry Dialog
  25. Boring ID
  26. Surface Elevation
  27. Cut by Soil Type Report
  28. Setup Tab
  29. Soil Type Tab
  30. Alignment Information
  31. Boring Log Tab
  32. Soil Type Lookup Dialog
  33. Soil Layers Tab
  34. Soil Type Entry
  35. Cancel and Save Buttons
  36. Tables
  37. Negative Backfill
  38. Moving Around the Drawing
  39. How to take off a slab on or below grade
  40. Raster drawing cache
  41. Multithreading
  42. Help Button/Pointer
  43. Layer Selection
  44. How can I tell if my dwg file uses GPS coordinates?
  45. Edit Popup Menu
  46. Delete Point
  47. Change to Arc
  48. Undo
  49. Cancel Edit
  50. Finish Edit
  51. Move Point
  52. Insert Point
  53. Antialiasing
  54. Change Elevation
  55. Calculation Error Messages
  56. Open
  57. Main Window
  58. Takeoff Objects
  59. Overcut
  60. Color or Line Color
  61. Line Width
  62. Point Style
  63. Notes
Module 05Troubleshooting & Tips

Tips and Techniques

File types How are the volumes calculated and displayed? How can I tell if my dwg file uses GPS coordinates? How do Boring Logs work? How do I change the display of the 3D drawing? How do I change the

File types

How are the volumes calculated and displayed?

How can I tell if my dwg file uses GPS coordinates?

How do Boring Logs work?

How do I change the display of the 3D drawing?

How do I change the soil swell factor used on new projects?

How do I change the elevations for surface area?

How do I copy an area as a topsoil respread exclusion?

How do I edit an item that was digitized incorrectly?

How do I edit the data in a table?

How do I move around the drawing?

How do I prevent incorrectly deleting an item?

How do I take off closely spaced contour lines?

How often should I save the File?

How to take off a slab on or below grade?

Keyboard Shortcuts

Layer Selection

Opening Files

What causes a negative backfill message?

What do I do when the Proposed is on a different sheet or scale than the Existing?

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