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Figure 3
- Open PlanSwift
- Select the A1.2 Floor Plan - Sample Plans.
- Open Swift Excel.
- Connect to the WorkBook associated with this job (click here if you need help connecting).
- On the spreadsheet, enter " Game Room Tile " in cell A15 (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Click in cell D15 of the Swift Excel spreadsheet.
- Right-Click in cell D15, hover over PlanSwift - Takeoff and click on Area to do an area takeoff.
Figure 5 - Enter Game Room Tile for the New Area property, and click on Ok.
Figure 5 - Now do the area takeoff for the GAME ROOM in PlanSwift (Figure 6).
Figure 6 - As shown in Figure 6, the GAME ROOM area is approximately 366 square feet. This number appears in PlanSwift (see arrow in Figure 6), and it now also appears in the Swift Excel spreadsheet that is connected (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - The other Takeoff Group functions (Linear, Segment, and Count) work identically to the Area takeoff and may all be invoked from within Swift Excel.