Overview
Right-clicking the examine grid reveals a context menu of tools for managing your take-off lines. From here you can delete and restore lines, replace items, adjust values by a percentage, and use the built-in quantity calculator.
Most of these operations require you to select one or more take-off lines first. See Selecting Take-off Lines for the full range of selection methods.
Deleting lines
There are two ways to delete take-off lines from the examine grid.
Delete selected lines
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Select the items you wish to delete by ticking the far-left checkboxes on the examine grid.
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Right-click and choose Delete Selected Lines.
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A confirmation box appears. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
Delete all lines in a section
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Right-click anywhere on the examine grid and select Delete All Lines in Section.
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A further confirmation box appears, as this action removes every line within your section. Click Yes to proceed.
Deleting all lines in a section cannot be undone through the normal undo action. Use the restore process described below if you need to recover deleted lines.
Restoring deleted lines
If you have deleted lines from a section, you can bring them back using the restore function.
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Right-click in the section where the items were deleted and choose Restore Deleted Lines.
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A new window appears showing all the take-off lines deleted in that section.
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Highlight the items you wish to restore. You can left-click and drag your mouse over the items to highlight them in batch, or hold CTRL and left-click to highlight individual lines.
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Click the blue Restore Selected Lines button.
Replacing items
The right-click menu offers two replace options, both of which swap an existing item for the next component you add.
Replace a single item
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Select the item you wish to replace by ticking its far-left checkbox.
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Right-click and choose Replace.
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The next component you add replaces the selected item.
Replace identical items
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Select the item you wish to replace by ticking its far-left checkbox.
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Right-click and choose Replace Identical Items.
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A new window appears asking whether you wish to replace the identical item in just this section or across your entire job. Make your selection and press Confirm.
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The next component you add replaces every matching instance within the chosen scope.
The new component's quantity will match the quantity of the component you are replacing, regardless of what you enter in the quantity field on the add screen.
Changing values by percentage
You can adjust the quantity, labour hours, and/or material cost of selected take-off lines by a percentage.
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Select the take-off lines you wish to change by ticking the far-left checkboxes.
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Right-click and choose Change by Percentage.
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Enter the percentage against the element you wish to change — quantity, labour hours, or material cost.
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Press Confirm to apply the adjustment.
Quantity calculator
The quantity calculator lets you perform arithmetic on a single line's quantity without leaving the examine grid.
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Select the line you wish to change by ticking its far-left checkbox.
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Right-click and choose Quantity Calculator.
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A calculator appears with the current quantity displayed in the top box. Press the operator you wish to use (+, −, ×, ÷).
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Type the figure and press the equals button to see the result.
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If you are satisfied with the new quantity, press the green tick to apply it. If you wish to discard your changes, press the red X to close the calculator.
You can also customise which columns are visible on the examine grid. See Examine Grid Customisation for details.