20.02.02 setting the takeoff area

Before you can perform takeoff using your digitizer, you need to specify what region of the board is being used (unique for each page).  Stylus input outside this region is ignored by On-Screen Takeoff.

• Place the drawing on the Active Region of the digitizer making sure to line up the drawing edges as squarely as possible with the grid lines of the digitizer.
• Using a pencil, place an X in the upper-left and lower-right locations of the drawing as shown below.

• These are just reference marks to help you determine where your takeoff area is if you have to come back to this page to draw additional takeoffs.

• In On-Screen Takeoff, click Digitizer > Set Takeoff Area

The Set Takeoff Area dialog appears. This dialog explains how to set the takeoff area.

Put a check next to Apply to all Pages if you want to set the takeoff area for all pages in your project - if you want to set the takeoff area for the current page only, leave the box empty.  Because takeoff is performed in a different region on each page, this is not recommended.

• Click the X in the upper-left corner - the dialog box updates when the point is successfully stored
• Click the X in the lower-right corner - the dialog box closes if the process is successful

• Any stylus movement outside this region is ignored by On-Screen Takeoff (except for the Mouse Template region).

Repeat the steps above for each page in your project WHEN it comes time to takeoff a page.

If you are unable to Set the Takeoff Area, review Troubleshooting a GTCO Digitizer for assistance.

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