Captures: Gross and net surface area, board layers, sheet count
Keeps area, layer count and order quantity in separate columns, so a board count without its assembly cannot hide a specification mismatch.
Eight takeoff worksheets you can open and edit
Each worksheet is a CSV with the columns that trade needs and one labelled example row. Enter your own measurements, keep the drawing reference on every line, and price the result with your rates.
Captures: Member lengths, counts, total linear feet, sheathing area
Separates stud and joist counts from sheathing area, so the two never share a total.
Captures: Bar marks, designations, cutting lengths, counts, total LF
Carries the bar mark from the structural detail through to the count, so a length can be traced back to the drawing that set it.
Captures: Roof planes, area basis, measured SF, edge LF, order allowance
Records the area basis next to the area, because a square-foot figure without its slope or plan geometry cannot be checked.
Captures: Equipment counts, duct quantities, accessories, specification references
Holds equipment counts apart from duct lengths, so a unit count and a linear-foot quantity are never added together.
Plumbing
Read the plumbing takeoff guideCaptures: Pipe runs, fittings, fixtures, size and material
Ties every quantity to a size and material, because a pipe length without its specification does not price.
Concrete
Read the concrete takeoff guideCaptures: Placement dimensions, thickness, net volume in CF and CY, order adjustment
Records thickness next to the volume, so a yard figure can be checked back against the section that produced it.
Electrical
Read the electrical takeoff guideCaptures: Zones, item counts, units, schedule references, review status
Carries the schedule reference with each line, so a device count traces to the schedule that set it.
The material takeoff workbook
The workbook turns a checked drawing quantity into a material order: measured quantity, an allowance, a pack size, and the whole-pack count that follows from them. It has a blank sheet for your project and a separate Example sheet with the arithmetic worked through.
The workbook and the printable PDF are linked fromthe material takeoff template post.
Reading a drawing takes the longer part
A worksheet records what you measured. Measuring a PDF drawing set, and turning the result into a priced estimate, is what CyanBuild does. Upload a drawing and compare the draft quantities against your own before you commit to a plan.
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