Upload a plan set and the AI traces the framing and builds the material list on your own SKUs. Every quantity ties back to the line on the plan, so you check it instead of counting it — and the list goes out in hours, not days.
Most lumber estimating software still expects you to do the takeoff: scale the plan, draw every wall, assign every assembly, then read off a list. Aximos starts from the other end. The AI drafts the whole takeoff first — tracing and material list — and your job is to check it. First drafts typically come back 80–95% accurate to final quantities, every number shows the lines it came from, and anything that's off you fix in the same workspace. The list updates as you go.
Lumber estimating software turns a set of construction drawings into the framing quantities and the material list you need to quote a job — studs, plates, headers, sheathing, joists, rafters and openings — by stock length, with waste applied, on the products you actually sell.
With Aximos the AI produces that list from the plan set on its own. It calibrates each sheet from its printed scale, traces the framing by layer, reads the legend, notes and sections for what the lines don't say, and maps the quantities to your catalog. You review the draft with the plan beside it: click any quantity to see its trace and its formula, fix what needs fixing, and export the approved list to Excel or CSV.
Studs, plates, headers, sheathing, joists and rafters, each traced on the plan as its own layer.
First-draft quantities typically land within 80–95% of final. A starting point you check, not a finished bid.
Draft and material list typically back in 2–6 hours, never more than a day.
Layers
Main Floor · A218
Quantities land on the products you stock, by the names you use.
Framing lumber by the lengths you carry, waste applied and never hidden.
The same list you checked is the list you send.
Export builds the material list from the takeoffStud spacing, corners, waste, stock lengths and header sizes, applied to every draft.
Bring your material list once and every takeoff maps to it.
The same rules on every draft, whoever runs it.
Estimating rulesYour yard
Applied to every draft the AI makes for you.
Upload the plan set.Drop in the PDF. Each sheet is calibrated from its printed scale — no setup, no templates.
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 takeoff.Framing traced by layer, quantities on your SKUs, your rules applied.
Layers
Main Floor · A218
Check it in one workspace.Every number links to its trace and its formula; checks flag what needs you first.
Needs your attention (3)
Roof framing
Send the list.Export the approved material list 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.
Draft and material list back the same day — work that takes half a day to a full day by hand, or days in an outside estimator’s queue.
Every quantity links to the lines on the plan it came from. Walk a builder through any count without re-doing the takeoff.
Aximos: The AI drafts the whole set; you check it
Manual takeoff: You trace every wall and assign every assembly
Aximos: Built from the trace, on your SKUs, in your stock lengths
Manual takeoff: Built from assemblies you set up, then re-keyed
Aximos: Click it — the trace and the formula are right there
Manual takeoff: Re-count the sheet to find where it came from
Aximos: Adjust the trace; the list follows
Manual takeoff: Re-measure and re-type
Aximos: Typically 2–6 hours, never more than a day
Manual takeoff: Half a day to a day, when someone is free
Software that turns construction drawings into the framing quantities and the material list you need to quote a job. Aximos goes a step further: the AI drafts the takeoff and the list from the plan set on its own, and you check it 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.
Yes. Bring your material list and the AI maps quantities to your own items and names, in the stock lengths you carry. Pricing stays in your quoting system or ERP; export the approved list to Excel or CSV.
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. Trace any section yourself in the same tool, or the whole set if you prefer. Manual tracing is covered by the subscription with no project fee.
A subscription covers the workspace. AI takeoff adds a fee per project that scales with the size of the plan set, and you see it before the AI runs.
Book a demo and bring a plan set. We’ll run Aximos on it with you, on your own catalog.