MeloBids · Solutions

What a takeoff is for.

A commercial plan set in, a reviewed, marked-up quantity takeoff out — and each of the jobs an estimator does with it, on its own row.

01 · Painting

Wall area, net of the openings that count.

Paintable wall square feet per room from the plan's geometry and the ceiling height, with openings deducted per opening once they pass the threshold — a door doesn't deduct, a storefront does. Every number is a mark on the sheet you can point to.

  • Net wall SF per room, ceiling height resolved
  • Openings deducted per opening, over 100 SF
  • A mark on the sheet behind every quantity
02 · Addenda

The addendum, as a diff.

A new version of the set is a new version of the takeoff, and the diff between them lists what was added, removed and changed — the exhibit for a change order, not an afternoon of re-measuring.

  • A published takeoff is locked; the addendum is a new version
  • Added, removed and changed, line by line
  • Usable as a change-order exhibit
03 · Flooring

Floor area by room, off the schedule.

The finish schedule and the room schedule are read as tables and checked against the plan's geometry, so each room's floor area carries the finish the schedule gives it — with the source sheet on every line.

  • Schedules read exactly, cells validated
  • Floor area per room from the geometry
  • Finish per room from the schedule
04 · Proof

The marked set, on paper.

Export the drawing with every mark drawn on it and a legend — the proof a reviewer, a GC or your own future self can check a quantity against. A number the engine cannot draw goes to the review queue, never into the takeoff.

  • Every quantity drawn on its sheet
  • A legend per condition
  • Nothing unplaced ever reaches the totals
05 · Trim

Perimeter minus the doors.

Base linear feet per room is the room's perimeter less its door openings, from the same geometry that gave the floor area — so base, floor and wall never disagree about a room.

  • Base LF per room
  • Door openings taken out
  • One evaluator for every formula
06 · Pricing

Your rates on the reviewed quantities.

One click turns the reviewed takeoff into a draft quote at your own unit rates, each line naming its source sheet and tolerance. Waste is applied at pricing, never to a quantity, and a missing rate prices at zero and says so.

  • Your rate table, your assemblies
  • Source sheet and tolerance on every line
  • A missing rate is zero, and flagged

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Upload a plan set and see what comes back marked — then check it against a takeoff you already did by hand.