Sketching a floor plan

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Add a closet

Press B on your keyboard or select Break Wall on the Sketch toolbar. Click the east wall of the Bedroom, 7’7” (interior dimension) below the north wall. While holding down the Ctrl key, click and dra…

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Add living room and stairs

For the Living Room and Stairs, we’ll use the Estimate Items interface. Click Estimate Items.. In the Grouping sub-window, select Living Room.. Right-click in the Item List zone. Under other options,…

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Remove the East wall of the hall

1. Press M on your keyboard or click Missing Wall on the Sketch toolbar. 2. Click on the shared wall between the Hall and the Kitchen to define a missing wall. 3. Repeat this process for the shared w…

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Remove the wall between the Kitchen and the Living Room

1. Press M on your keyboard or click Missing Wall on the Sketch toolbar. 2. Click and hold the button and place the Missing Wall tool on the South wall of the Kitchen, 5’5” from the southeast corner…

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Add bedroom items

For this room, we’ll use the Sketch interface to add our items. Click Sketch.. In the Search sub-window, click Search Price List — TRAINING.. Click the CAT code related to the paint items, PNT.. To p…

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Finish the estimate

Click Finish.. Click Submit Required Information to open the Required Information dialog box. You’ll find that your estimate contains a few errors. Click Put Sink and Fittings Back. Since we’re remov…

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Add counter items

1. To add the counter, load ÉBNCTPL on your cursor. 2. Click to place the counter in the northwest corner of the Kitchen. 3. Press Tab four times to rotate the counter graphic. 4. Click to place the…

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Add doors to closets

1. Press D on your keyboard or click Doors on the Sketch toolbar. 2. Move your cursor over the wall between the Bedroom and the Closet until it is 9” from the North wall. 3. Click and drag the cursor…

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Add sink items and finish the kitchen

1. The sink and the faucet must be removed, cleaned, and put back when the counter is replaced. To add the sink cleaning item, load NETÉVDR and click the North counter opposite the window. 2. The sin…

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Sketch stairs

Press C or click Stairs.. Position your cursor along the South wall of the Living Room and click 9’8” from the East wall to set the starting step. You may need to adjust the direction of the stairs b…

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Add doors

From the Sketch toolbar, click the arrow in the Doors list. Select Standard.. Click the East wall of the Bathroom, 4’3” (interior dimension) from the North wall. The center of the door will appear wh…

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Sketch kitchens

Select the Room tool. Click in the top right corner of the Closet to place the room. Drag the South wall of the new room until it connects to the North wall of the Living Room. Drag the East wall of…

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Sketch hallways

1. Select the South wall of the closet. 2. While holding down Ctrl, click and drag the wall until it connects to the South wall of the Bathroom. 3. Name the room Hall.

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Add corridor items

Click Sketch.. Type NETMOY in the Search box. Click Search. Select NETMOY and click inside the Hall. Using the same method, add the following items: PNTSP — Seal/prime and paint (2 coats). NETLUM (×1…

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Add bathroom items

Add the following items to the Bathroom NETMOY — Clean surfaces. NETLMPM — Clean the track light. NETÉV — Clean the sink. NETTLT — Clean the toilet. NETBGNENC — Clean the bathtub and surrounds. NETP…

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Add windows

From the Sketch toolbar, click the arrow in the Windows list. Select Guillotine.. Click the North wall of the Bedroom, 4’6” (interior dimension) from the West wall. Click Properties.. Change the widt…

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Where can I learn more?

Xactware offers several resources to learn more about Xactimate. Online help : You can search for topics or browse the table of contents for help on common topics. Training : Xactware offers a range…

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Adding a bay window

From the Sketch toolbar, click the arrow in the Windows list. Select Bay.. Place the window so it is roughly centered on the East wall of the Kitchen. Click to place the window. Drag the North wall o…

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Sketch bedrooms

Click Sketch.. If you can’t see the North arrow in the Sketch workspace, click Show. Then select Legend.. In the Sketch toolbar, click Room. A 12” × 12” room will appear in your Sketch workspace. Cli…

Updated by Jill Bowers