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Table of Contents
PlanSwift 9 User Manual...................................................................................................................................1
PlanSwift 9.0 - What's New?..................................................................................................................1
Scripts and Plugins...........................................................................................................................................3
PlanSwift Certified Plugins......................................................................................................................3
Earthwork Pro..................................................................................................................................3
ACS - Advanced Costing Suite......................................................................................................14
ACS - Installation Instructions..................................................................................................14
ACS - User Guide....................................................................................................................15
About ACS - Advanced Costing Suite.....................................................................................18
Third Party Plugins...............................................................................................................................22
Accurate Landscape Plugin...........................................................................................................22
Area Pro.........................................................................................................................................26
General Q & A..................................................................................................................................................29
Rename Job - Hi, I want to rename a job in Planswift 9...how do I do this? Or, if I want to update
a current job but keep the original so I save the changes as a revision how do I do this?..................29
why is it asking for activation again - why am i being asked to activate again.... i have a bid due
and i cannot access.............................................................................................................................30
What do i do if I forgot my PIN#?..........................................................................................................31
Mac BootCamp - Will system 9 work through Mac Bootcamp?............................................................32
PlanSwift 9 'By the Tabs'................................................................................................................................33
Home....................................................................................................................................................33
New Set of Plans or New Job........................................................................................................33
Open Existing Job..........................................................................................................................35
Print Plans and Images..................................................................................................................36
Navigation Buttons.........................................................................................................................38
Zoom and Pan................................................................................................................................39
Scaling a Plan Image.....................................................................................................................40
Dimensions....................................................................................................................................42
Overlay Plans.................................................................................................................................44
Highlighter Tool..............................................................................................................................47
New Area Tool...............................................................................................................................48
New Linear Tool.............................................................................................................................51
New Segment Tool.........................................................................................................................53
New Count Tool.............................................................................................................................54
Image.............................................................................................................................................55
Notes..............................................................................................................................................57
Email Jobs......................................................................................................................................59
Email Plans..............................................................................................................................59
Email Screenshot.....................................................................................................................62
Email Files...............................................................................................................................68
Retrieving and Download Plans, Files and Screenshots.........................................................74
Page.....................................................................................................................................................76
Add Pages......................................................................................................................................76
Batch Rename Pages Tool............................................................................................................82
Add Pages From Planroom Tool....................................................................................................83
Page Rotate and Level Tools.........................................................................................................86
Page Flip Tool................................................................................................................................87
Page Invert and Crop as New Page Tools.....................................................................................88
Other.....................................................................................................................................................89
Takeoff Item...................................................................................................................................89
Pitch Calculation Tool....................................................................................................................90
Triangulate Calculations Tool.........................................................................................................91
PDF to TIF Converter Tool.............................................................................................................92
CPC to TIF Converter Tool............................................................................................................96