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11 Advanced Plan Organization and Overlays

1 OST - 11.01 Advanced Plan Organization

Plan Organization One of the main things you do with On-Screen Takeoff is view…

2 OST - 11.02 Improving Page Navigation: Making it Easier (more efficient) to Get Around Your Project

As you already know, on the Image Tab, you use the Navigation toolbar to go…

3 OST - 11.02.01 Renaming Pages

You can rename your Pages in the Cover Sheet or right from the Image Tab. We…

4 OST - 11.02.02 Collating Pages for Easier Navigation

Often, when you load/import plans into a project, they aren't in the same order…

5 OST - 11.02.03 Using Page Folders in the Cover Sheet to Organize Your Plans by Discipline

When you are working on large projects, the Cover Sheet Pages grid can become…

6 OST - 11.03 What is the Cover Sheet's Image Folder?

On the Cover Sheet, in the Pages grid, each Page (row) points to a particular…

7 OST - 11.03.01 Using the Change Folder Function to Update the Links for Multiple Pages

On a Bid's Cover Sheet, in the Pages grid, each Page (row) points to a particular…

8 OST - 11.04 How to use the Missing Image Assistant to Fix Broken Page Links

Sometimes, after initially creating a project and adding Images (linking to…

9 OST - 11.05 Adjusting How OST Displays Your Plans (Visual Settings)

There are times when it is necessary to adjust how an image is displayed on…

10 OST - 11.05.01 Rotating and Flipping Plans

Some images downloaded from a Planroom or received from an Architect can be…

11 OST - 11.05.02 Deskewing Plans (Aligning to Level Horizontally)

Sometimes, when a paper plan is scanned and stored electronically, the page…

12 OST - 11.06 Converting Image Files (Drawings) to TIFF Format

Sometimes, electronic plans can be saved in a format that is very complex or…

13 OST - 11.07 Using Overlay to Identify Changes Between Revisions

The Overlay feature allow an addendum drawing to overlay the Base image, making…

14 OST - 11.07.01 Selecting an Overlay Image (on the Image Tab)

Your first step is selecting your Overlay image. The screenshots below demonstrate…

15 OST - 11.07.02 Deskewing Overlays to Match the Base Image

Once you've added your Overlay, you are prompted to deskew (this may be necessary…

16 OST - 11.07.03 Resizing Overlays to Match the Base Image

Immediately after you deskew the image or opt not to deskew it (previous article),…

17 OST - 11.07.04 Aligning Overlays to Match the Base Image

After you have deskewed and resized your Overlay (or if you add an overlay…

18 OST - 11.07.05 Adding Multiple Overlays to a Bid (using the Cover Sheet)

Using the Select Overlay process on the Image Tab works great if for assigning…

19 OST - 11.07.06 Converting Overlays to TIFF

On-Screen Takeoff does not provide a menu option for converting Overlay image…

20 OST - 11.08 Downloading Plans from a Planroom or DFS

Many Planrooms (builders exchanges, construction news services, job posting…

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