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What is the export feature?
When you are working within a takeoff drawing you may wish to export some of the information from the drawing.
The export feature allows you to create a PDF with different elements of the data from the takeoff. It also has an option to export the bill of quantities spreadsheet with all of the measures.
How to use the export
- From within your drawing click on the export icon in the top right toolbar.
- This will give you two options:
- Export takeoff PDF
- Export Bill of quantities spreadsheet
Export takeoff PDF
Selecting the Export takeoff PDF option will provide the following options:
- Background drawing with no measurements - this will include a page in the PDF containing just the original background drawing with no measures.
- Drawing with measurements - this will include a page in the PDF showing the drawing with any measurements made, followed by a table with the details of the measurements
- Measurements table - this will include a page in the PDF showing a table with the details of the measurements
- Markup and comments - this will include a page in the PDF showing the drawing with any markup items, followed by a table with any comments added to the markup layer.
- Label measurements in drawing - this will add the measurement value and label to any measurement lines on the drawing .
- Page orientation - this will determine whether the PDF pages are portrait or landscape orientation
Example of labels for measurement values and names
Export Bill of quantities spreadsheet
Selecting the Export Bill of quantities spreadsheet option will open a window asking where you want to save the file, or will download the file to your downloads folder (depending on your settings in your browser).
