In QuoteSlayer once you have drawn an object, you can duplicate it, and use the same measurement again and again. A cable, duplicated to be the earth, the conduit and the trench.
An area, can have a grid counted within it, array out line members in fixed intervals, convert it to a volume without ever having to redraw the original object.
Draw the conduit, and duplicate to be the earth wire. Duplicate it again and make it the trench to get the excavation volume. Duplicate it again and make it the submain cable. Then make the submain a "cable" four parallel runs, with different length droppers at each end. Four measurements off of one object,
A lot of objects have right click options to allow you to turn an area into a pad, or a roof at an angle, count within an area, or layout spaced lines of some other pen.
Watch it work →Cut the windows out of the wall paint and you have already drawn every window frame on the elevation. Price their perimeters as frame painting and the second measurement is free.
Same idea anywhere an opening has a trim, an edge or a seal: skirting off a floor cut, angle off a slab penetration.
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Measure the whole floor as carpet, then cut the wet areas out of it. The carpet quantity drops by exactly what you removed, and the cut becomes its own measurement you can put the lino pen on. And the perimeter can be assigned to an edge beading pen,
No subtracting rectangles on a notepad, and no risk of pricing the same square metre twice.
Watch it work →Car park lights, ceiling troffers, sprinkler heads, pavers. Set the array across the run of them instead of clicking each one, and the count lands with its spacing intact.
The count is still editable afterwards, so the two that are missing from the corner come straight back out.
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Design mode
Switch from take-off to laying the job out.
WATCH IT WORKRoof from an area
Turn a flat area into a pitched one and keep the real surface.
WATCH IT WORKRE-Version
Re-price a revision by difference, negatives included.
WATCH IT WORKExcel output
What lands in the spreadsheet when the mark-up is done.
Counting is faster when you are not the one looking. Symbol Slayer reads the symbol and the text beside it, then brings candidate's back as tiles you accept in bulk, or adjust singularly. Which ever gets you the most hits for the least clicks,