Partial
Listing of Key Features ...
Application
Features
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- Works with multiple file formats including PDF,
TIFF, JPEG. Full graphics capability |
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- Load multiple pages per plan and conversion quality |
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- Work with multiple plan sheets at the same time |
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- Drag and placement of plan view using plan viewer
window |
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- Multiple levels of Zoom-In and Zoom-Out of a plan |
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- Dynamic Zoom view |
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- Dynamic screen movement on all vertical and horizontal
quadrants |
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- Full screen, fit to screen, and section views
of a plan |
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- Rotate plan view by percentage |
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- Multiple plan layer selections |
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- Set custom scales from a plan with user-defined
units of measure |
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- Calculate Count, Length, Height, Perimeter, Area,
Volume, Arc, User-defined quantity |
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- Apply Slope to Areas (used for Roofing) |
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- Draw Points, Lengths, Heights, Perimeters, Areas,
Volumes, Arcs |
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- Add descriptions and notes to takeoff objects
and costbook items |
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- Labels and Annotations |
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- Multiple colors assigned to multiple layers and
takeoff objects |
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- Stamps & Symbols creation and assignment |
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- Use and Create Symbols and Stamps for Counting |
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- Magnify & Lens-View tools for selection modes |
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- Cross-Hair Marker & Color Assignment |
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- Point and click symbol markers |
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- Adjust Takeoff Quantity using percentages |
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- Auto-Leveling for corrections to manual skewing |
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- Auto-Panning for screen management |
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- Point Insertion (adding points to an area after
the fact) |
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- Cursor magnification |
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- Arc measurement |
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- Stretch and Toggle Graphic Objects |
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- Sum multiple Areas or Lines |
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- Trace Mode and Free-Hand Lines |
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| System
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- Create takeoff from Image or existing plan |
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- Save plan and multiple plan sheets |
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- Multiple print features |
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- Tool Tip mode |
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- New Auto-Save/Backup feature |
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| Estimating
Features |
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- Internal tracking of measurements, items and takeoff
objects |
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- Internal tracking of item and takeoff costs (Labor,
Material, Subcontract, Equipment) |
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- Internal cost totaling (all costs combined) |
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- Built-in internal Accumulator system for combining
items in groups |
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- Immediate export to Excel from within Bid4Build
Takeoff Live |
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- Audit Spreadsheet and Filtering |
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- Multiple Area and Phase breakdown of plan estimate
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Copy and paste of area and item groups (via B4B
estimate interface) |
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- Merge plans (via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Assign plans to items from multiple industry costbooks
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Regionalization of costbook data (via B4B estimate
interface) |
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- Scheduling and project management of plan estimate
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Direct link to advanced customer and project information
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Breakdown of estimate plan for subs/suppliers
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Multiple construction divisions and specialties
(via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Instant estimate creation and robust, extensive
reporting (via B4B estimate interface) |
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- Import multiple Takeoff plans & combine into
one estimate (via B4B estimate interface) |
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- All estimating features, functions & analysis
available (via B4B estimate interface) |
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