Again, this problem might also be resolved with the use of “Takeoffs On Overlays Instead of Pages.” Each estimator could be working on their own transparent overlay over particular drawings/pages, ...

Yeah, something like that. For example, I switched to using “Description” quite heavily in PS for reporting. The name of the item was only there as a short name, but the description was constructed...

It would be nice to be able to customize the legend as well. PlanSwift was a little rigid in this regard. It only allowed “Name” and “Takeoff“ properties to show.

Will hotkeys be programmable?

Heber,Interesting that you will be rolling the linear and segment tools into one. I had thought about that—even rolling all the tools into one. The idea was that you are basically doing the same th...

I appreciate the effort to save clicks by keeping more of the transformations on the mini toolbar, but I am more interested in these manipulations being hotkeyed during operation so I can cycle thr...

In the last preview of the right-click menu I would combine all the move and orientation actions into one “adjust” or “transform” or whatever action that prompts the “handle“ and mini tool bar from...

After pasting, you could just display the “handle” from the other thread and show 2 options: rotate or flip. These 2 options could then be hotkeyed during this action to give you tetris-like contro...

I don’t mind it. Looks like a good way to “handle” things on a touchscreen.

Jes, The elegance of the overlay concept is that you don’t have to copy/paste anything when switching to a revised plan. You don’t move the tracing paper; you move/remove/add the plan underneath th...

I think the side-by-side is interesting, but I don’t know how useful it would be for my workflow. Personally I’d prefer to compare revised plans to my takeoffs first and then to the previous plans ...

Here is a brief concept video of me tracing down some point loads to the foundation. This would work just as well if I was making revisions with a revised plan. Notice also that this shows takeoffs...

Would this be like adding a work breakdown structure to the takeoff?

If copying and pasting from/to different blueprint pages, then absolutely yes the items should follow the scale of the destination page. However, in the case using “overlays” for takeoffs instead o...

This is where “Takeoffs On Overlays Instead of Pages” begins to show its advantages: Any takeoff done on the current overlay is by definition on that overlay—which acts like a folder! No need for c...

I think this is an area where the plan tab (blueprint tab) may shine. Everything you need for redlines could be part of the plan tab at a base rate and would be fully functional without the takeoff...

I agree with Heber on the tab name, except that it should be “Plan”—in keeping with the idea that this is where you plan before you takeoff. Make each tab a verb, suggesting the action to be perfor...

I don’t think I care for the large thumbnails. I would prefer a tree of folders by page type > pages > drawings, notes and markups…maybe a means bookmarking which pages/drawings are most relevant. ...

3. The way I usually work, I will have takeoff software open on one monitor with only the pages I need to perform the required takeoffs. On a second monitor, I will have a pdf viewer with the compl...

Hi Sam, 1. See “Takeoffs On Overlays instead of Pages” https://www.zztakeoff.com/app/default-workspace/community?postId=Y2omYrvWa4NpyE5cg&channel=feature-requests I will get back to you on 2 and 3.

See “Takoffs On Overlays Instead of Pages” https://www.zztakeoff.com/app/default-workspace/community?projectId=g7LxAWNQgR4nBHEq6&pageId=psGpJQmQPbuHCo42u&channel=feature-requests&postId=Y2omYrvWa4N...

On an overlay (which functions as a folder of sorts) you could have a folder for takeoffs and a folder for markups/notes. You could then easily hide all markups via the right click method.

See “Takeoffs On Overlays Instead of Pages”https://www.zztakeoff.com/app/default-workspace/community?projectId=g7LxAWNQgR4nBHEq6&pageId=psGpJQmQPbuHCo42u&channel=feature-requests&postId=Y2omYrvWa4N...

If you had dozens of levels with the same layout or similar layouts you could simply copy the entire overlay and takeoffs to different levels. Then you could edit anything that might be different.