Framing takeoff from your plan PDF
Portravo reads the framing plans in your set and the sheets around them. It turns the printed callouts and the drawn members into framing lines, each tied to the sheet it came from.
Framing takeoff runs on its own: it starts as soon as you pay.
On the upload page, pick Framing from the trade list.
- One trade
- $75 one project
- Whole job
- $149 every trade, one project
- Plans
- from $199 a month
What it reads off the drawings
- Framing plans: floor framing, roof framing, joist and truss layouts.
- Member callouts: size, spacing and series, from the text on the sheet.
- Sections, elevations and floor plans for wall heights, wall runs, gables and roof planes.
- Foundation and structural sheets for bearing lines, beam pockets and posts.
What you get back
A list of lines. Each line has the item, the quantity and unit, the count on each sheet, and where on the sheet it was found. A Check these list comes with it: where the readings disagreed, what was not found on the plans, and what a price assumes.
Confirm a line and it is priced, with local material prices where your area has them and the source and date on each price. Add your own labor rates, then export Excel for you and a clean PDF for the customer.
Stud walls and plateslinear feet
Wall runs with stud size and spacing from the callouts and wall notes
Floor joists and rimeach and linear feet
Joists per zone from the printed spacing and the zone width, rim from the floor edge
Beams, girders and headerslinear feet
LVL, PSL and built-up members, with the size and series printed on the plans
Posts and columnseach
Posts from the callouts and the drawn post symbols
Roof framingeach
Rafters and trusses from the spacing and the drawn layout, gable ends included
Sheathingsquare feet
Subfloor, wall and roof sheathing from floor areas, wall heights, openings and roof slope
Sample output
No public framing sample is posted yet. The lines above are the kinds of lines this takeoff delivers, not results from a real plan.
To see what a finished takeoff looks like, the electrical sample shows a real, openly licensed house plan with every count marked on the drawing, the Check these list and the priced estimate. Every trade comes back as the same kind of line list, with its own Check these list.
What you check
There is no published accuracy figure for framing takeoff yet. Every line comes to you open for review, and nothing is priced until you confirm it.
- Check the joist and stud counts against the spacing printed on the plans.
- Confirm wall heights and stud lengths. When the plans state them once for a whole floor, the line says where the number came from.
- Look at the Check these list for members the readings did not agree on.
What it does not do
- Framing hardware is not taken off yet: connectors, anchors, nails and bracing.
- Interior stairs, rails and attic access are not taken off. Neither are exterior wood steps and landings.
- Engineered lumber (I-joists, LVL, PSL, rim board) and trusses are on the takeoff but not priced. You price them from your supplier.
Price and timing
- $75 for one trade on one project, or $149 for the whole job, every trade on one project. Two or more trades never cost more than the whole job.
- Monthly plans start at $199 for 5 takeoffs.
- Framing takeoff runs on its own: it starts as soon as you pay.
- If a run cannot finish, our team finishes it by hand or refunds you in full.
- Your first takeoff has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Terms