01How does it measure?
- Reads DWG, DXF and PDF drawings
- Quantities come from the layer name, following a naming convention, and a template drawing with the layers already set up is provided
- The scale is derived from the drawing grid, bay by bay, not from the title block — a sheet whose grid does not close is rejected rather than measured
- A drawing that declares no units is counted but not measured, and the row says exactly that with the fix named
- A reading that falls outside the drawing is kept in the list and marked as not on the picture, never nudged onto it
02How does an engineer check the result?
On a review screen that renders the drawing with a coded mark at every reading, a side list with editable length, width, depth and count, and the item each reading feeds with its formula. Hovering a row highlights its mark. Corrections keep both the value read and the value used, with the reason.
On the projects measured so far, 97% of readings land on their drawing, and for PDF drawings 100%.
03What do I get out of it?
Three workbooks — takeoff, bill of quantities, and priced bill of quantities — generated at the moment of download from the live figures, so a correction appears in the next download without regenerating anything. The language is chosen at download: the same project can go to the consultant in English and to the site in Arabic on the same day.
04Has it been checked against a human takeoff?
Yes. On a villa project its totals matched an independently produced manual takeoff to three decimals — footing concrete 139.167 and column concrete 36.096 — without the reader ever seeing the manual file.
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