• Reduce takeoff time by 80% – bid more work . . . and get more work!
• Increase accuracy – quit losing money to errors and omissions and restore profits!
• Graphic audit trail verifies your estimate.
  

PTO 2008 - Advanced Main Screen

decDigital Elite Takeoff 2008 is the leading tool for construction cost estimators who need fast, accurate quantities from paper or electronic drawings or laser- acquired field measurements.  By combining ease-of-use with unmatched power and sophistication, this system delivers capabilities that no other program offers!  decDigital Elite Takeoff links quantities to any other Windows™ program with push-of-a-button simplicity, rendering it the most universal takeoff program in the world.

Partial List of Features

• Perform takeoffs on your computer's screen with included e-Takeoff.
• Advanced features for the Floor Tile, Carpeting, and Acoustical Tile trades.
• Digitize complex areas, lengths, counts and volumes from blueprints in seconds.
• Use any scale, any units of measure.
• Auto-scale unknown scales.
• “Layers” are used to color-code and break down your takeoff.
• Print takeoff screens in color
• Send takeoff quantities DIRECTLY to Excel, Lotus or other Windows programs without cumbersome Cut/Copy/Paste operations!
• Easy-to-use menu pad is active in Elite Takeoff 2008 and in any estimating application!  The menu pad offers features that allow the user to navigate in other programs with the digitizer pen, reducing the need to switch to mouse and keyboard for  program operation.
• Generate 3D quantities and view 3D image from any angle.
• Work Breakdown Structure is easily managed with “layers” and “group filters”.
• Powerful programming provides extended macros for highly automated data transfer with other programs.  Macros are provided in sample Excel™ spreadsheets.
• Embedded CAD program lets user create drawings when none exist.
• Graphic image can be embedded into your Excel™ spreadsheet for an enhanced audit trail.
• Export graphic image to a DXF file for further processing in other CAD programs.

PTO 2008 Advanced Menu Pad