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9:41Plan takeoff and measuring for trades.
Count and measure from the drawing, then price the result from your own rates.
14 days free · no card required
- 454trade symbols to mark up with
- m, m²runs and areas, not guesses
- DWGand PDF drawings both load
The quote is quantities, and the quantities come from an hour with a scale rule.
Counting every downlight on a plan, walking a boundary with a wheel, working out the paintable area of a room less its windows. It is the slowest part of quoting and the easiest to get wrong, and it always happens at night, after the day you spent on the tools.
How it works.
Load the plan
A PDF, a photo of a drawing, or a DWG file straight from the builder.
Set the scale
Trace one known dimension once and the page knows what a metre is.
Tap to count
Pick the item and tap each one; the count adds up as you go. A DWG file comes in already counted from its blocks.
Push it to the quote
The measured quantities land on quote lines priced from your own rates.
Why it is worth it.
Quote the same day you visit
The measuring happens on the drawing at the kitchen table instead of on site with a wheel and a notepad.
The number is the number
Areas come out of the geometry rather than out of a mental estimate. List the doors and windows with their sizes and they come off the wall area.
Nothing gets counted twice
What you measured is what goes on the quote. There is no retyping step between the plan and the price.
What it looks like in the app.
It measures the drawing. You decide what to measure.
Scale the page once by tracing a dimension you know. After that every mark you make is a real quantity: tap to count, trace to get metres, draw to get square metres. Give a wall a height, then list the doors and windows with their sizes and they come off the wall area.
- One calibration per page, not per measurement
- Openings are subtracted, not estimated around
- Add waste and the chargeable quantity is what reaches the quote
Tap each one. The count adds up.
Pick the item and tap each one; the count adds up as you go. A DWG file comes in already counted from its blocks.
- Every tap adds one to the count
- DWG blocks counted on import
- The count carries onto the quote
The specifics.
Tap to count
Pick the item and tap each one; the count adds up as you go.
DWG files come in counted
A DWG file comes in already counted from its blocks.
Runs in metres
Trace a boundary, a cable route or a fence line and get its length off the scaled page.
Areas in square metres
Draw a region for a slab, a floor or a roof plane and get its area.
Wall area, less the openings
Give a run a height, then list the doors and windows with their sizes and they come off the wall area.
A waste percentage
Add waste to a measured quantity and the chargeable figure is what carries onto the quote.
Your own item library
Items you build up are saved and offered again on the next plan.
What it will not do.
- Counting is by tap. Pick the item and tap each one; the count adds up as you go. A DWG file comes in already counted from its blocks. It doesn't find symbols on a PDF or photo for you.
- It measures geometry: counts, metres, square metres and cubic metres. It does not convert those into litres of paint, cubic metres of mix, or lengths of cable, and it does not order materials from a supplier.
- Scale accuracy depends on the drawing. A plan that is not to scale, or a photograph taken at an angle, will measure as it is drawn.
Before you ask.
Talk to usDoes it count the symbols on my plan for me?
On a PDF or photo, no. Pick the item and tap each one; the count adds up as you go. A DWG file comes in already counted from its blocks.
What can it actually measure?
Counts, run lengths in metres, areas in square metres, volumes, and wall area worked out as run length times height. List the doors and windows with their sizes and they come off the wall area. Add a waste percentage and the chargeable quantity is what carries onto the quote.
I already know what my materials cost. Can it use my prices?
Yes. Build up your own item library once and the takeoff prices against it, so the same downlight or the same metre of conduit costs what you say it costs on every job after that.
By trade.
Roofers
Measure roof runs and areas off a scaled drawing instead of a tape and a ladder, and carry the quantities straight onto the quote.
Carpenters
Count and measure off the architect's drawing to build a materials list, instead of scaling a printed plan with a ruler at the kitchen table.
Builders
Floor areas, wall area less the openings, and runs in metres off a scaled PDF or a DWG, carried straight onto the quote.
Landscapers
Measure turf, paving and retaining runs off a scaled landscape plan instead of pacing the block, and carry the square metres onto the quote.
Flooring Installers
Measure room areas off a scaled plan instead of a tape and a sketch, add a waste percentage, and carry the square metres onto the quote.
Glaziers
Count the windows on a set of plans and trace each glazed area for its square metres, then carry the quantities onto the quote.
Put Plan Takeoff to work this week.
14 days free · no card required
- No card to start. Cancel any time.
- Quotes and invoices wait for your send.
- Set up and quoting the same day.