In short:
- Automate project setup with AI-powered Auto Scale and Auto Bookmark to reduce manual prep time and accelerate takeoff workflows.
- Generate quantity takeoffs in minutes using Auto Takeoff and Auto Count to detect, measure, and count objects directly from plan sets.
- Speed up estimating with AI tools that automate repetitive counting, measuring, and takeoff tasks.
- Submit more bids and focus on pricing, analysis, and business growth by spending less time on manual takeoff work.
In today’s competitive construction market, speed and accuracy in estimating are more important than ever. Contractors and estimators are constantly under pressure to review more plans and submit more bids without sacrificing quality. The traditional process of digital takeoffs is slow, repetitive, and leaves room for costly human errors. Many estimators find themselves bogged down by tedious, manual clicking.
The good news is that technology has taken a major leap forward. PlanSwift, a trusted name in the industry, now integrates a powerful suite of AI-powered tools, known as Takeoff BOOST™, to automate the most time-consuming parts of the project set up and takeoff process. This allows you to focus on what matters most: creating winning bids and growing your business.
Automate Tedious Tasks with AI
PlanSwift’s new suite of artificial intelligence features, Takeoff BOOST, is designed to dramatically increase how fast you get estimates done. Instead of spending hours or even days setting up your project and then measuring and counting items on a plan set, these AI-powered tools do the heavy lifting for you. These recent updates to PlanSwift can speed up manual, repetitive tasks.
Read the PlanSwift with Takeoff Boost™ AI-Powered Tools Release Notes to see all the great updates we’ve made to PlanSwift.
3 ways PlanSwift with Takeoff BOOST™ transforms estimating workflows.
1. Simplify Setup with Auto Scale and Auto Bookmark
Two of the most common setup tasks, that previously took hours, are now automated. Auto Scale intelligently detects the scale on your plans, saving you from having to set it manually for each page. Meanwhile, Auto Bookmark scans your plan set and creates bookmarks between plans and details, making large projects easy to navigate.
2. Get Instant Results with Auto Takeoff
Auto Takeoff uses AI to automatically detect and measure linear objects (like walls), areas (like ceilings and floors), and count items (plumbing fixtures, doors, windows, etc.). You simply import your plans into PlanSwift, like usual, click the Auto Takeoff button, tell Auto Takeoff what to detect, and the software generates takeoffs and Takeoff Items in minutes, not hours. This gives you an incredible head start, allowing you to finish takeoffs faster and move on to pricing and analysis.
3. Count Hundreds of Items in Seconds with Auto Count
Counting outlets, light fixtures, doors, windows, and plumbing fixtures can take hours. But using Auto Count, you can identify a single object, and the AI automatically finds and counts every similar object across multiple pages (up to 10 at a time). This level of plan takeoff automation ensures accuracy and frees you from tedious manual counting.
See Auto Count in action here: https://youtu.be/zBCxvL89A-I.
From Hours to Minutes: How AI Accelerates Your Workflow
By automating the initial phases of a project setup and takeoff, PlanSwift’s AI gives you what you really need: more time. The process is simple: leverage Takeoff BOOST’s tools and let the AI provide a measurable head start, often getting you 80% of the way done before you even begin your review.
This allows you to:
- Make faster go/no-go decisions: Quickly get a sense of a project’s scope to decide if it’s the right fit for your business.
- Submit more bids: With takeoff time reduced from days to hours, or hours to minutes, your team can handle a higher volume of bids, without increasing headcount or sacrificing quality.
- Focus on high-value work: Spend less time clicking and more time fine-tuning your estimates, analyzing costs, and building relationships with clients, GCs, and subcontractors.
AI provides the incredible speed; you provide the expertise and remain in control throughout the process. You can easily review and adjust AI’s results, ensuring 100% accuracy. You can see for yourself what happens when you run an AI takeoff in PlanSwift and how it fits into a modern estimator’s workflow.
The Power of Digital Takeoff and Estimating
At its core, PlanSwift is a takeoff and estimating software that replaces outdated pen-and-paper methods with powerful digital tools. Even before the introduction of AI, it has long been recognized as a leading construction takeoff software for its accuracy and flexibility.
Key benefits include:
- Point-and-click measurements: Easily measure areas, lengths, and volumes directly on digital blueprints.
- Drag-and-drop assemblies: Instantly calculate material, waste, and labor costs.
- Excel integration: Seamlessly export your takeoff data into a formatted estimate for easy sharing and final pricing.
These foundational takeoff and estimating software features provide a solid base that, when combined with Takeoff BOOST’s AI tools, make PlanSwift one of the best takeoff software solutions available for estimators today. See real results in PlanSwift in under five minutes.
Get Started with Faster Quantity Takeoffs Today
Stop letting manual, repetitive work slow you down. By embracing PlanSwift with Takeoff BOOST’s AI project setup and takeoff capabilities, you can achieve get from reviewing plans to submitting better bids faster than ever and position your company to win more profitable work.
Ready to see how much time you can save? Claim your personalized demo of PlanSwift now and get a 14-day free trial to experience what AI-powered takeoff and estimating can do for your business.
