Laying out studs with laser alignment and relative measuring

Framing
Layout
Accuracy

Wall layout is a cumulative error problem: sixteen on centre repeated forty times is how sheet edges stop breaking on a stud. Relative mode on the T1 Tomahawk zeroes at the last stud, so every reading is the actual spacing rather than a running total you subtract in your head, and the green laser drops a visible line on the plate so the stud sets to a mark you can see. The layout stays true to the far end of the wall.

How the layout stays true down the wall

Relative mode zeroes at the last stud marked
Each reading is real spacing, not a running total
Green laser drops a visible line on the plate
Sheet edges still break on a stud at the far end
One person lays out the whole wall

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Relative mode zeroes the tape wherever you set it, so sixteen on center reads as sixteen from the last stud instead of a running total you carry in your head. The laser puts a visible dot on the plate at the mark, so you can set the stud, check it, and fasten it without a pencil line to chase.