Lineal takeoff

Trace a run

• Pick Lineal Takeoff from the toolbar (M then L). A new quantity opens in the Quantities panel, and a card at the foot of the sheet lists the controls.
• Click to place each point along the run. Hold A to lock a segment to 45°, or Shift to place a point without snapping.
• Press Enter to finish the run. The tool stays armed for the next one; click Done on the card when you've finished.

Arcs

Click and drag while placing a point to bow the new segment into a curve.

Split and segment adders

Select a saved run with the pointer, then right-click one of its segments.

• Choose Split Lineal Here to break the run into two measurements at that point, so two sizes of pipe on one run can price separately.
• Choose Add Segment Adder and type the vertical feet. A segment adder adds length the flat drawing can't show: a riser, a drop, an offset. It shows on the drawing as a pill (+12′ vert), appears in the quantity as its own measurement, and counts toward the lineal total.

Wall area from a run

Pricing a wall by the square foot? Open the quantity's ⋮ menu, choose Set formula…, enter the length times the wall height (length 8) and set Unit to sqft. The quantity then reports square feet, with the traced length shown beneath. The formula can also use adders*, the segment-adder feet.

For a wall finished on both faces, multiply by two in the same formula (length 8 2) rather than tracing it twice.