Measuring
Set scale and use the area, length, and count tools to measure off a drawing.
Measuring
This is how you turn a PDF drawing into structured quantities the rest of the app can price.
Step-by-step
- Open a project and go to Takeoff.
- Pick the drawing/document and the page.
- Set the scale — click two points of known distance and enter the real measurement. All subsequent measurements use this scale. Get this right once per page.
- Use the toolbar to measure:
- Area — for slabs, walls, paint.
- Length — for pipework, skirting, kerbs.
- Count — for doors, fixtures, fittings.
- Each shape is added to a Takeoff Group in the panel on the right. Groups collect related shapes — e.g. all the ground-floor slab measurements go into one group called Ground Floor Slab.
Why scale matters
If your scale is off, every measurement on that page is off. The good news: you only set it once per page, and the app uses it for everything you measure afterwards.
If you suspect a wrong scale, click Set Scale again and re-pick two points. All shapes on the page recompute against the new scale.
What’s a takeoff group?
A takeoff group bundles related shapes so they can be priced as one line in your estimate. For example:
- All ground-floor slab pours → one group → one estimate line.
- All copper pipe runs on a level → one group → one estimate line.
- All internal doors on a floor → one group → one estimate line.
Once you’ve grouped your measurements, you apply an assembly to the group to compute the rate.