Do the takeoff on the drawings
Upload your drawings and measure areas, lengths and counts straight on the sheet.
Win
Win more bids with faster, accurate takeoffs
Measure quantities straight off the drawings and they flow into your estimate, priced against your cost codes and rates. The number you scale is the number you bid.
northside-drawing-set.pdf
A-101 · Ground floor
A-102 · Level 1 plan
A-201 · Elevations
S-301 · Slab details
Takeoff quantities3 items
Ground slab — concrete386.04 m³
Electrical rough-in214 pts
Waterproofing182 m²
Rolls up to Concrete supply & place on 03-100 in the Northside Apartments estimate — 386 m³ @ $415/m³.
The ground slab measured straight on sheet A-101 of the Northside Apartments drawing set — 1,544.16 m² at 250 mm depth gives 386.04 m³, and the quantity lands directly on the 03-100 estimate line (Concrete supply & place — 386 m³ @ $415/m³) with no re-keying.
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Every quantity you measure goes straight into your estimate.
The right scale on every sheet
BuildPass reads the scale off each drawing for you. If a sheet looks off, calibrate it in two clicks and your correction sticks.
Quantities land in your estimate, priced
Each measurement lands against your cost codes and rates, so the estimate builds while you measure.
How it works
The whole takeoff, in one place
Upload the drawings, measure your quantities, send them to the estimate. You never leave the page.
386.04 m³reads out live as you draw
Measure on the drawing
Measure lengths, areas and counts right on any uploaded PDF sheet.
Auto-detected 1:100
From title-block scale bar
Or calibrate manually
Draw a line over a known dimension, then type its real length.
1000.00mm
Fast, reliable scale
Auto scale detection per page from the drawing geometry and title block, or calibrate manually against a known dimension.
Concrete supply & place
386.04 m³
Electrical rough-in
214 pts
Carpentry — framing
96 m
Waterproofing
182 m²
Organize by trade with layers
Group measurements onto layers and show or hide them to work one trade at a time.
A-101Ground floor
A-102Level 1 plan
A-201Elevations
S-301Slab details
Navigate the full set
Sheet names show in the page rail, so you jump across a multi-page set by drawing number.
XLSnorthside-takeoff.xlsx4 rows
Concrete supply & place — slabs386.04m³
Formwork to slab edges512.00m²
Reinforcement mesh SL821,544.16m²
Concrete pump hire3.00day
Import existing quantities
Bring measured quantities in from CSV or XLSX, including value-only items, with units like m² and m³ preserved.
Ground slab — concrete
rolls up to
03-100Concrete supply & place
386 m³ @ $415/m³$160,190
Roll up into the estimate
Measured quantities flow into the estimate automatically, with no rekeying between measuring and pricing.
Connected to the whole job
Takeoff, connected to the whole job
Quantities measured here roll straight up into your estimate, where they're priced into a competitive bid. From there the same numbers carry forward through procurement, award and budget, so the quantity you measured off the drawing is the quantity you priced, bought and tracked.
Measured on A-101
386.04 m³
Northside Apartments · ground slab · one shape
rolls up
Estimate line
03-100 · ConcreteConcrete supply & place
386 m³ @ $415/m³
no re-keying — the quantity lands on the estimate
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Frequently asked questions
No. Takeoff runs inside BuildPass on your uploaded PDF drawings, so measuring, scaling and organising all happen in the one place your estimate lives.
BuildPass suggests a scale per page from the drawing's geometry and title block. You can accept it or calibrate manually against a dimension you know, and a manual calibration always wins over the automatic suggestion.
Yes. Import from CSV or XLSX, including value-only lump items. Units such as m² and m³ are decoded correctly, and duplicate or empty item keys are rejected on commit.
They roll up and feed your estimate automatically, so there's no manual rekeying between measuring and pricing.
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