Tips to get you started

Choice of device

We recommend using a computer with 8 GB of RAM or higher to obtain a quality of performance.

Choice of web browser

We recommend to all our users to use the most up-to-date browser possible.

Recommended choices to use TAKEOFF with, placed in order of performance:

1. Google Chrome

2. Firefox

3. Edge

4. Safari

Unsupported :

• Internet Explorer

Choice of operating system

Recommended

• Windows 10 and more recent

• macOS 11 (Big Sur) and more recent

Unsupported :

• Windows 8 and older

Create a shortcut for TAKEOFF

Use one of those three ways to create a shortcut for TAKEOFF.

Toolbar

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/

2. Click on the three little vertical dots in the top right corner of your browser

3. Choose “More tools”

4. Click on “Create a shortcut”

5. Choose the name you want to give your shortcut

6. Click on “Create”

7. You now have a shortcut for TAKEOFF on your computer desktop

Drag and drop

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/, then click at the left of the URL address on the padlock

2. Hold down the click and drag your mouse to your desktop area

3. You now have a shortcut for TAKEOFF on your computer desktop

Taskbar

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/

2. Click on the three little vertical dots in the top right corner of your browser

3. Choose “More tools”

4. Click on “Create a shortcut”

5. Choose the name you want to give your shortcut

6. Click on the the box at the left of «Open in a window» in the new window

7. Click on “Create”

8. Make a right click on the TAKEOFF icon that appears in the task bar at the bottom of the screen

9. Choose the “Pin to taskbar” option, you now have a shortcut for TAKEOFF on your taskbar

Put TAKEOFF in your bookmarks

Use one of these four ways to put TAKEOFF in your bookmarks.

Using the star

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/

2. Click on the star icon in the right side of the address bar of your browser

3. Choose the name and the folder in which you want to put this bookmark

4. Click on “OK”

5. You now have TAKEOFF in your bookmarks

Drag and drop

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/, then click at the left of the URL address on the padlock

2. Hold down the click and drag your mouse to your bookmarks bar

3. You now have a bookmark for TAKEOFF on your browser

Toolbar

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/

2. Click on the three little vertical dots in the top right corner of your browser

3. Choose “Bookmarks”

4. Click on Cliquez sur “Bookmark this page”

5. Choose the name and the folder in which you want to save this bookmark

6. Click on “OK” to complete the saving of your new bookmark

7. You now have TAKEOFF in your bookmarks

Keyboard shortcut

1. Open your browser and enter the URL for TAKEOFF: https://takeoff.constructbuy.com/#/

2. Press CTRL+D on your keyboard

3. Choose the name and the folder in which you want to put this bookmark

4. Click on “OK”

5. You now have TAKEOFF in your bookmarks