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It means transferring dimensions rather than measuring, when possible. If you have an opening and need to fit something into it, for example, you don’t need to know a measurement. Just hold what you are fitting into the opening and mark the dimension. There are many times I will grab a scrap of paper, hold it up to the work, transfer a couple of tick marks, and then carry those over to something else for comparison or for layout. If you have a full scale drawing or story stick, you can mark right from them, too.