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Add drawings from a digitizer and set their location

Modified: 7 Sep 2026 Viewpoint Estimating Estimating Help
Important: Viewpoint strongly recommends that you don't change the location of a drawing after digitizing quantities. If you change the location of a drawing, the Estimating module may calculate the quantities incorrectly since the digitized quantities will no longer match the drawing. Therefore, you should delete all quantities you have digitized on a drawing before you attempt to change the location of a drawing.
  1. Position the drawing on the digitizer and secure the edges of the drawing to prevent it from slipping.
  2. Open a job in the Manage Estimates screen.
  3. Open the Job Setup popup window using one of the following methods:

    • Open the Takeoff tab, then click Sheets on the speedbar and select Get Plans. Click Locate Drawing/Add New Sheet.

    • Click Estimating > Tools > Locate Estimate Drawing in the All Tasks pane.

  4. In the Number of sheets to add field, enter the number of sheets you are adding to the job.
  5. If you want to automatically close the Get Plans window and return to the Takeoff tab when you click OK in the Locate Drawing popup window, select the Automatically import sheets checkbox.
  6. Locate the physical sheet by digitizing the lower-left and upper-right corners of the blueprint with your stylus pen or puck. All sheets added will use the same drawing location, so use the largest possible location coordinates to account for each sheet.
  7. Click OK.

    Each sheet is named Page 1 through Page X, where X is the last sheet numerically. The sheets are named sequentially in the order they are added.

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