Guides and how-tos for CTC Takeoffs — measuring, items, exports, accounts, and billing.
Accounts, organizations, and your first project.
Sign up, confirm your email, and set up the organization your projects and team will live in.
Add admins and users, what each role can do, and how to remove someone.
The New project form: name, plans, customer details, and a cover image — every field can be filled in now or later.
Sheets, scale, and every measuring tool.
PDF plan sets and images, the sheets sidebar, and rotating a sheet.
How CTC Takeoffs reads a sheet's scale, and how to verify or set it yourself.
Select, Pan, Rectangle, Linear, Polyline, Area, Deduct, Count, and Annotate — and how continuous measuring works.
Deducts subtract openings and cut-outs from areas — the totals you see are always net.
Move points, multi-select, copy and paste, the right-click menu, and keyboard shortcuts.
The item library, totals, and branded exports.
Build the item list for a project: units, categories (including your own), and label colors.
How the Summary tab totals a takeoff, and how markup and tax behave on screen vs. on exports.
Your logo and company details at the top of every export, and the customer block for each project.
Settings, team management, plans, and refunds.
Fixes for the issues people hit most.