TakeoffCraft Try
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TakeoffCraft — quantity takeoff and estimating

Measure the drawings. Count the work. Price the job.

  1. Open PDFs (or drop them here). They open on this computer; nothing is uploaded.
  2. Give each sheet a scale: pick a Preset, or Calibrate on a dimension you know.
  3. Make an item under Items (linear, area or count), then click on the sheet to take it off.
  4. Add costs and an assembly to the item; the quantities and the job total below update as you go.
  5. Save takeoff keeps everything in a project file that reopens on top of the same PDFs.

Quantities

TakeoffCraft settings

These settings are only for TakeoffCraft, and you can change them only here, in the app.

Feet and inches

How lengths read on the sheet, in the panels and in the status bar. Only the display is rounded: quantities, costs and exports are worked out from the exact lengths (exports show 1/16").

New items

Every item you make from now on starts with this waste. You can still change it per item, and items you already have keep theirs.

Auto count

Where the Match slider is when a search finishes. Lower finds more look-alikes for you to reject; higher offers fewer. 75% is the start.

Drawing

Runs, outlines and cut-outs then go at 0°, 45°, 90° or 135° from the last point; hold Shift to click at any angle. Arc points and circles are never snapped.

Corner indicator

In the 3D check view only. The view cube sits at the top right: click a face, edge or corner to look from there, drag it to orbit, drag the compass ring to turn. The axis icon is a small X, Y, Z marker at the bottom left. The flat sheet has neither.

Theme

The theme applies to every CadCraft app and the site.

Screen

Browsers allow full screen only after a click or key press, so it starts on your first click in the drawing.

Toolbar

Arrange: drag tools within their group, and drag a group by its name.

Panels

You can also drag a panel's inner edge. Double-click the edge to put it back.

Panels

Drag a panel by its name to dock it left, right or at the bottom, or drop it over the drawing to float it. A new window can go on your other screen. Reset layout puts every panel back where it started.