Modified: 7 Sep 2026
Viewpoint Estimating
Estimating
Help
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Open a job in the Manage Earthwork Estimates screen.
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Select the Takeoff tab, if it is not already active.
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Click Vector
on the speedbar to enable vector functionality (if not already enabled).
Note: For newly imported PDF files that contain vectors, the
Vector tool is automatically enabled. If the Vector tool is disabled in a newly
imported PDF file, then the file does contain any vectors.
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In the vector layer window, select the vector layers that contain the vectors you want to join.
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Click in the All Tasks pane.
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In the Join Distance field, enter the maximum distance in feet or meters that can separate the lines to be joined.
Tip: You don’t have to click in the field before you start typing
a value.
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Click OK.
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If you need to undo the join, press Ctrl + [Z].
Note: After joining vectors, you must right-click or click either
Finished

or
Continue

on the speedbar to create the
annotation.