In Short:
- Takeoff Boost, the AI suite in PlanSwift, cuts the setup work that slows down estimating before pricing even starts.
- The four AI tools include Auto Takeoff, Auto Scale, Auto Count, and Auto Bookmark, which automate detection, setup, counting, and navigation.
- Auto Takeoff gives estimators a fast first-pass scope, so go or no-go decisions take minutes instead of hours.
- The AI gives an estimated 80% head start, while the estimator still reviews, adjusts, and finalizes the numbers.
Every project in PlanSwift starts the same way.
Open the file. Set the scale on page one. Set it again on page two. Set it again on the site plan. Open the floor plan, start clicking walls one segment at a time. Hit page three and you’ve spent two hours on setup before you’ve priced a single line item.
That’s the part of takeoff nobody talks about: the time before the estimate starts. And it’s the part Takeoff Boost™ is built to cut.
Takeoff Boost launched in PlanSwift this month, and here’s everything you need to know about the suite of AI tools that will help you work faster.
What is Takeoff Boost in PlanSwift?
Takeoff Boost is a suite of AI tools built into PlanSwift. The four tools handle detection, counting, and setup, so your time goes toward the estimate, not the repetitive, time-consuming tasks that eat up hours of your workday.
In PlanSwift, the four AI tools include:
| Auto Takeoff | Detects walls, areas, lengths, and linear elements, and populates Conditions automatically. Instead of clicking every segment, you get walls, net areas, ceiling areas, and counts organized and ready to refine. One page measured in just minutes. |
| Auto Scale | Reads and sets the right scale directly across a whole Plan Set. No manual setup every time you change pages. |
| Auto Count | Finds and counts recurring symbols across your plan set such as doors, windows, fixtures, devices, and trade-specific symbols, without clicking each one individually. Processes up to 10 pages at a time. |
| Auto Bookmark | Builds smart links between floor plans, detail pages, and sections. Instead of scrolling and searching, you click a bookmark and go straight to the view you need. |
On a job you’re not sure about, run Auto Takeoff first. In minutes you have enough (wall counts, areas, rough scope) to decide whether it’s worth the full day. That go/no-go call used to take you two hours. Now it costs you just two minutes.
How Much Time Does It Actually Save?
Run a takeoff in just a few minutes.
“I had an estimator spend four days taking off hard ceilings — it was one type of ceiling, not 80 different types. That was four days lost that we weren’t spending on the front end of the specs. That’s what really drove us to Takeoff Boost — how do we get back time from monotonous takeoffs and plug it into more important work?”
— Shane Mills, Estimating Manager, KLOVER Contracting
(Takeoff Boost user in On-Screen Takeoff. Same AI suite, different platform)
That’s the actual cost of manual takeoff. Not just hours, but the work that doesn’t get done because counting consumed the day.
What Do You Do with the Time Back?
Estimators using Takeoff Boost are submitting two to three additional bids per month without adding staff, not by working longer, but by getting out of setup and into pricing faster.
The hours that went to clicking walls and counting symbols now go to evaluating whether a job is worth chasing and building the estimate that wins it.
Is Takeoff Boost Accurate Enough to Rely On?
Auto Takeoff gives you roughly an 80% head start. Conditions for walls, net areas, lengths, ceiling areas, and counts are populated and ready. You review, adjust, and price from there for optimal accuracy.
The AI handles the initial detection. You handle the judgment and final numbers. You’re still in control and have extra time back to feel confident about the numbers you’re submitting.
Your Next Takeoff Could Take Minutes, Not Hours
Takeoff Boost is live in PlanSwift now. Get the release notes, install the update, and run it on the next plan that hits your desk.