Upload the plan set and the AI traces the framing — studs, plates, headers, joists, rafters, sheathing — and builds the list. Every number ties back to the line on the plan, so checking the takeoff means a glance, not a re-count.
A framing takeoff is only as good as your confidence in it. The slow part was never the measuring — it's proving the numbers are right before they go into a bid you're on the hook for. Aximos is built around that: the AI drafts the whole takeoff first, typically 80–95% accurate to final quantities, and every quantity shows the lines it was traced from and the formula behind it. You check the draft against the plan, fix what's off, and the list follows.
Framing takeoff software turns a set of drawings into the framing quantities you need to bid and build — studs, plates, sheathing, joists, rafters and headers — with lengths, counts and the cut lists that go with them. Most tools still have you draw every wall and member yourself.
Aximos drafts it. The AI calibrates each sheet from its printed scale, traces the framing by layer, reads the legend, notes and sections for plate heights and header notes, and applies your spacing, corner, waste and stock-length rules. Then it hands you the draft to check: click any quantity to see its trace and its formula, see which assumptions it made and which sheet they came from, and fix anything that's off in the same workspace.
Click a number and the plan shows the lines behind it.
Plate heights and header notes point to where they were read.
Gaps like an opening with no header are listed at the top.
Needs your attention (3)
Roof framing
Joists and rafters traced as runs, at the spacing and pitch on the plan.
Runs are packed into the stock lengths you actually order.
A tricky roof or floor you’d rather draw yourself joins the same draft.
Quantities land on your products, by the names you use, grouped by level.
Your waste rule appears in each quantity’s formula.
The same list you verified is the list you send.
Export builds the material list from the takeoffUpload the plan set.Each sheet is calibrated from its printed scale, so lengths are measured, not guessed.
Carport addition · Permit set20 pages
Scale set on 6 sheets
OPENED1/4" = 1'-0"14A101 · Floor 01 Plan
1/4" = 1'-0"15A102 · Roof Plan
16A201 · Exterior Elevations
3/4" = 1'-0"18A310 · Wall Sections
1/4" = 1'-0"5S200 · Foundation & Framing
1/4" = 1'-0"6S210 · Ceiling Framing
1/4" = 1'-0"7S220 · Roof Framing
9S300 · Sections & Details
The AI drafts the framing.Traced by layer with your rules applied — typically 2–6 hours.
Layers
Main Floor · A218
Verify against the plan.Trace, formula and assumption behind every number; fix what’s off and the list follows.
Needs your attention (3)
Roof framing
Send the list.Cut lists and the material list, out to Excel or CSV.
Material List 1· 3 sheets · 131 rows
ApprovedExportLevel 1 · Framing — Main
Roof
First-draft quantities typically come back 80–95% accurate to final. The AI can still get something wrong, so every number is built to be checked.
When a GC or a supplier questions a count, you show them the lines on the plan it came from and the formula behind it.
Spacing, corners, waste, stock lengths and header sizes are set once and applied every time, whoever runs the takeoff.
Aximos: The AI drafts the whole set; you retrace only what you want
Manual takeoff: You, member by member, sheet by sheet
Aximos: Click it — trace, formula and assumption are right there
Manual takeoff: Re-count the sheet to find where it came from
Aximos: Built-in checks flag gaps first, like an opening with no header
Manual takeoff: Read every line and hope
Aximos: Runs fitted into your stock lengths, waste shown
Manual takeoff: Built by hand from linear footage
Aximos: Adjust the trace; quantities and cut lists follow
Manual takeoff: Re-measure and re-type
Software that turns drawings into the framing quantities and cut lists you need to bid and build — studs, plates, sheathing, joists, rafters and headers. In Aximos the AI drafts that takeoff from the plan set, and you verify it against the plan in the same workspace.
First drafts typically come back 80–95% accurate to final quantities. AI can still get something wrong, so treat it as a strong starting point that you verify, not a finished bid.
Click any quantity and Aximos shows the lines it traced on the plan and the formula behind the number. Assumptions cite the sheet they were read from, and built-in checks list what needs a second look first. Fix anything that’s off and the list updates.
Yes. Joist and rafter runs are traced as their own layers at the spacing and pitch on the plan, and packed into the stock lengths you buy to produce a cut list — not just total linear footage.
Typically 2–6 hours for the draft and material list, and never more than a day. Larger or more complex plan sets take longer.
Yes. Retrace any part by hand, or do the whole takeoff manually in the same tool. Manual tracing is covered by the subscription with no project fee.
Book a demo and bring a plan set. We’ll run Aximos on it with you and walk through checking every number, live.
