Extract Project Archive

Function

This command reads the project files from an archive created by the Store Project Archive command. The archive contains the drawing file (.dwg) and all the associated data file such as the surfaces and layer target definitions. Since the archive contains the drawing file, you should not have the same project drawing open in Takeoff while extracting the archive. The format of the archive file is a standard .zip file which can be used by WinZip.

The command starts by prompting for the archive file to open. Then there is a dialog with extraction options. You can either extract the files to the specified folder or use the folder names stored in the archive. When using the archive folders, there is a setting to choose the target drive because the archive has the folder names but not the drive names.

Prerequisite: a Takeoff archive file

Keyboard Command: unzip_project