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Quest Takeoff allows contractors to generate quantities and measurements from digital plan files, instead of traditional paper blueprints. Using digital plan files is often more convenient, and can result in significant cost savings when compared to using paper blueprints.

“For this new release, Takeoff was ‘ported’ from C++ to C# .Net, which is a new development tool from Microsoft,” says Mike Gillum, Quest’s Director of Research and Development. “This will be mostly transparent from the user’s point of view, but it does give us some additional flexibility that is needed for some of the new features.”

The new features and enhancements include:
·Support for digitizer boards. This enables Quest Takeoff to accommodate paper plans when electronic plan files are not available.
·Improvements to the import / export routines make both processes significantly smoother, particularly for CAD files. Users also can import takeoff libraries from Estimator, Excel or Access, and either add the files to an existing library or create a new takeoff library on the fly.
·Users have more control over the Takeoff Library. Takeoff 2.0 offers the ability to select which items are displayed in the library: items that have been added by specific users, or the library’s set of default items.
·Users can choose from three different zoom modes in Takeoff 2.0.
·Takeoff 2.0 includes the new Curve feature, which permits the user to obtain accurate quantities on curved takeoff items.
·The new Overlay feature gives the user the ability to overlay one drawing on top of another, in order to visually compare differences between the two.

Quest Solutions has been providing automated takeoff and estimating systems to the construction industry for two decades. Contractors around the world and in every specialty have used Quest’s products to streamline their estimating processes, win more bids, and make more money. For more information about Quest Solutions or Takeoff 2.0, call 800-452-2342, or visit Quest online at www.questsolutions.com.