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Get the takeoff done.

How the work actually gets done on a sheet: setting scale, measuring, keeping markups you can total, and the mistakes that follow a bid to the number you submit. Written for estimators mid-bid, by people who build tools for them.

Revu takeoff how-to

How to do a takeoff in Bluebeam Revu

Set the scale, measure areas, lengths and counts, keep the markups organised, and get the quantities out into your bid. The full Revu takeoff workflow, plus the four mistakes that follow a bid to the number you submit.

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