If the scale is unknown, you can use the
Compensate Scale feature to automatically calculate the scale. You must have a known
distance on the plan in order to use this feature.Tip: If
the image is skewed—that is, the vertical (Y) and horizontal (X) attributes of the image
were stretched or shrunken in different ratios—try compensating X and Y
independently.
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Open a job in the Manage
Estimates screen.
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Select the Takeoff
tab.
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Click Sheets
on the speedbar and select Sheet
Properties.
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In the Sheet
Name field, enter in the new sheet name, if needed.
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In the Tags
field, enter one or more keywords that can be used to identify and filter the sheet.
Separate multiple keywords with a comma.
Note: Keywords can contain alphanumeric characters
and can consist of multiple words, but cannot begin or end with a
space.
Alphanumeric characters include the letters A through Z, the numerals
0 through 9, and all special characters except comma, dash, period, percent, tilde, and single
quote.
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In the Notes
field, enter any notes pertaining to the sheet, if needed.
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Select one of the options
below for Unit System:
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In the Scale property,
select the Compensated option button.
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Locate a known linear
distance on the sheet.
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Click Compensate.
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Select the Compensate horizontal
and vertical independently checkbox to set the horizontal scale and
the vertical scale separately. If this checkbox is not selected, the sheet will not
have separate scales for the vertical and horizontal axis, but rather a single scale
for the whole sheet. In addition, you can use any known dimension at any angle, as
opposed to only using dimensions at 0 and 90 degree angles respectively.
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Enter the length of the line
to compensate. If you are compensating the horizontal scale and the vertical scale
independently, use a horizontal distance.
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Click OK.
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Click on one end of known
distance, then click on the other end.
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If you are compensating x
and y independently, enter the length of the vertical line to compensate.
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Click OK.
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Click on one end of known
distance, then click on the other end.
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Review the calculated scales
displayed in the Compensated fields.
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Click OK.
