Drawing a take off

'Takeoff' is the process of creating Shapes from a plan to generate Quantities. Takeoff is done in Cubit Estimating by assigning a Result Type to an Item to specify how that Item calculates its Quantities and drawing on a Plan to generate a Shape.

To measure off the Plan:

 1. Select the Result for the item you want to measure. 

Fig 1. Set the result type

2. Draw the Shape on the scaled plan. 

Note: For more information on Inserting and Scaling a plan, click here.

Fig 2. Draw Shape

3. Right mouse click to complete the Shape.

The measurement will now be shown in the Quantity column. 

Fig 3. Complete Shape