Pre-1.0. In private testing. Not yet for sale.
Mark it up. Take it off. Price it your way.
DimSum Takeoff is desktop software for estimators. It marks up PDF plans, takes them off, and turns every measurement into a materials list through formulas you write and can read.
What it does today
Plan markup and Marked-Up Plan printing
BuiltLinear, area and count takeoff
BuiltJoist and Beam tools
BuiltTool Designer, libraries and formulas
BuiltReport Designer, PDF and CSV
BuiltWall tool and assemblies
ComingAccounts, cloud sync and remote session
ComingBuilt in the test builds todayComing designed, not built yet
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What sets it apart.
Plan markup
Dimension Lines, clouds, highlights, text, notes and stamps, on the same sheet as the takeoff. Print it all as a Marked-Up Plan.Markup →Smart framing tools
The Joist tool lays out joists at O.C. from the edge you click. The Beam tool knows plies and stock lengths.Framing →Your tools, your formulas
Build a tool once, with its parts and formulas, and place it on every job. Materials come from your own price lists.Tool Designer →Reports you design
Bands on a grid, grouping and totals, your fonts. Courier count sheets if that's what your yard reads.Report Designer →Labels you design
A label template per tool, with fields and formulas. Drag a label off and it keeps a leader line.Label designer →Speed
A Rust core and sheets drawn on your graphics card. Big plan sets pan smoothly.Speed →Formulas
Change the wall. The estimate follows.
Draw a wall, and its studs, plates and sheathing are counted. Move it, and they're counted again, everywhere they appear.
A 100' wall at 16" on center gives 76 studs. Feet, inches and square feet convert for you, rounding is written into the formula where you can see it, and a formula with a problem shows a clear error instead of a wrong number.
Price Each = {Cost Each} * (1 + {Markup %})
DimSum doesn't impose a pricing model. Cost fields are yours to fill or drive with your own formulas.
| Part | Qty |
|---|---|
Studs 2x6ROUNDUP({Item > Linear Total} / {O.C.}, 0) + 1 | 76 EA |
Plates 2x6 x 16'ROUNDUP({Item > Linear Total} * 3 / {Plate Length}, 0) | 19 EA |
Sheathing 4x8ROUNDUP({Item > Wall Area} / {Sheet Area}, 0) | 25 SHT |
Wall area{Item > Linear Total} * {Wall Height} | 800 SF |
Workflow
From PDF to parts list.
Open the plan set
The first sheet is on screen right away while the rest render behind you.
Set the scale
Auto Scale reads every sheet for you to confirm. Scale regions handle a detail drawn at its own scale.
Take off and mark up
Walls, areas, counts, joists and beams, with Dimension Lines, clouds and notes on the same sheet.
Parts roll up
Each item's parts recalculate through your formulas, matched to your own lumber lists.
Report and print
Reports from the Report Designer as PDF or CSV, and the Marked-Up Plan for the customer.
Status
Where it stands today.
DimSum is pre-1.0 and in private testing on Windows. It isn't for sale yet, and it won't be until it's ready for a real estimating desk.
No testimonials or customer logos here, because there aren't any customers yet.
PDF viewer, Auto Scale, scale regions, levels and groups
BuiltDimension Lines, markups, labels, page tools, split view and overlay
BuiltProperties, unit-aware formulas and nested parts
BuiltTool Designer, Material Library and Advanced Parts
BuiltReports tab and Report Designer
BuiltJoist and Beam tools
BuiltWall tool, then assemblies
ComingBuilding templates and 3D
ComingAccounts, licensing, automatic updates; macOS and Linux
ComingCloud sync, sharing and the web remote session
ComingPricing at release
$600 / year
Your Workspace and first estimator, every feature.
$400 / year
Each estimator you add.
14 days
Free trial, every feature, no card.
Hear first when it's ready.
Everyone on the list hears first, and a small group of estimators will get test builds as DimSum gets close to release.