Takeoff

Canvas

Takeoff is where you measure a drawing set and build the priced list against it. The view has three parts working together: the plan drawer (covered in Upload drawings), the canvas itself, and the ledger beside it (see Ledger).

One canvas, the whole set

Rather than opening one sheet at a time, every plan in the project sits on a single infinite canvas. Scroll to zoom in on a detail or back out to see a whole floor at once, and drag to pan around. There's no per-sheet "open" step — moving between sheets is just panning to where the next one sits, or jumping to it directly.

Jumping between sheets

The plan drawer lists every sheet by folder, and clicking one flies you straight to it on the canvas. Starred sheets show up as quick-access shortcuts even with the drawer closed, so the plans you're referring back to constantly — a legend, a site plan, a schedule — stay one click away without reopening the drawer each time.

Measuring against it

With a sheet scaled (see Set the scale), you draw directly on the canvas using the measuring tools, and each shape you draw becomes a quantity on a ledger row. The canvas and the ledger stay in sync as you work: draw a shape, and its row updates; select a row, and its shape highlights on the canvas. Full detail on the tools themselves is in Measuring tools.