Prepare
Build the quote item from your resources or assembly.
From PDF drawing to reviewed price
Measure the work.
Build the price.
Keep them connected.
Save your measurements, link quantities to draft quote items and reuse the materials and labour behind your rates.
Built for the trade. By the trade.
Takeoff & quotingThe actual app
One job. Connected records.Drawing → quantity → quote
Actual app screen · fictional demonstration data.
01 / Revisit saved measurements
02 / Reuse resources and assemblies
03 / Review the price before sending
01 / Takeoff & quoting
Keep the measurement useful.
Measure lengths, areas and counts from your PDF drawing. Save the detail, then apply reviewed quantities to prepared quote items. When the scope changes, revisit the drawing and review the effect on the draft.
From our experience at Atlas Construction
We used pen and paper, then a separate takeoff app costing £3,000 a year. Checking or changing work often meant measuring again. We built Civion to keep the measurement connected to the price.
Illustrative photography. These are not Atlas projects or the fictional demonstration job.
02 / Takeoff & quoting
A rate should reflect how you build.
A wall at 400 mm stud centres needs a different material build-up from one at 600 mm. A double top plate changes it again. Resources, assemblies and variables let you maintain the workings behind your rate.
From our experience at Atlas Construction
We used to calculate materials and labour for every quote item. Spreadsheet rates were hard to maintain. Reusable build-ups gave the next quote a useful starting point.
Explore the principle behind assembly variables
Change the specification.
See why the quantity changes.
A simplified 6 m straight wall, 2.4 m high, using nominal 100 mm studs. Compare stud centres and top plates.
This illustration shows material quantities only. It is not the Atlas assembly or a construction specification.
Try the existing guided takeoff sample ↗Illustrative stud-wall build-up
- Stud count, including both ends
- 16
- Top and bottom plates
- 12 m
- Gross timber length
- 50.4 m
Idealised gross geometry. Excludes plate allowances for stud length, openings, noggins, bracing, waste, fixings, labour and prices. Review the full build-up for an actual job.
Illustrative photography. These are not Atlas projects or the fictional demonstration job.
Follow a fictional townhouse refurbishment
The detail stays with the job.
Measure
Set the drawing scale and save the quantity.
Link
Apply the reviewed measurement to the draft item.
Review
Check scope, cost build-up and selling price before publishing.
Illustrative workflow. Availability and permissions depend on your plan and company configuration.
Watch. Learn. Revisit.
From drawing to quote. Watch both steps.
Real app recordings with fictional records. Play when you’re ready; use full screen for the detail. Takeoff lessons have a spoken brand opener, then captioned instruction.
CAPTIONED TUTORIAL
Measure the drawing
Calibrate the drawing and save a checked kitchen measurement.
Read captions ↗CAPTIONED TUTORIAL
Turn measurements into quote quantities
Link the saved quantity, review the calculation and apply a waste allowance.
Read captions ↗
The work behind the records
Price the work
before it starts.
From a small alteration to a full refurbishment, keep the specification, measured quantities and materials behind your quote understandable.
Explore the connection ↗Illustrative photography. These are not Atlas projects or the fictional demonstration job.
Useful questions
Understand the workflow.
Then put it to work.
Will a changed measurement silently alter an agreed price?
Quantity updates need the applicable review workflow. Published prices are not silently rewritten.
Does this replace checking the scope?
No. Review deductions, waste, specification, labour and the actual scope before sending the quote.
Built for the trade. By the trade.
Less time on admin.
More time for the work.
The drawings, prices and job records belong together. Civion brings the everyday work into one place, so you can spend less time piecing it back together.
Follow a job through Civion ↗Built for the trade. By the trade.
Bring the work you price most often.
Explore takeoff & quoting during your trial. Personal onboarding follows your first subscription payment.
TRY A GUIDED SAMPLE
Scale a drawing.
Measure the work.
Choose a floor or roof plan, set the scale from a known dimension, then measure and price the work. These fictional AI-generated drawings are prepared for this guided demonstration.
Drawing is not scaled yet.
1. Select R1 and R2 at the ends of the 6000 mm dimension, then Set scale.
6000 mm = 6 m. Use the dimension printed on the selected drawing. Setting a new scale clears the sample quote quantity.
Tap near a labelled reference, corner or numbered symbol. The guided sample snaps to those points. Use the buttons below as a keyboard alternative.
Set the drawing scale before measuring
Start by setting the scale from the drawing.
Measure the internal floor boundary.
PREPARED QUOTE ITEM
Kitchen floor finish
Illustrative unit cost £45/m² · 20% markup · VAT excluded
- Applied quantity
- 0.00 m²
- Estimated cost
- £0.00
- Selling price before VAT
- £0.00
Finish an area, then explicitly apply it. Lengths, counts and notes do not change this item. Reapplying replaces the quantity.
Your measured quantity now feeds the item you priced. Explore how the job continues.
Explore job management ↗AI-generated fictional drawings · guided sample with no uploads or saved data · reset or reload to start again.
Read the takeoff lessons
Read lesson 05 · 05 · Measure a drawing
- Measure a drawing with Takeoff Upload a drawing, calibrate a known dimension and save room measurements.
- Use the correct drawing revision and check its dimensions. The fictional kitchen is 6 metres by 4 metres.
- Name the drawing and assign the correct job. This PNG is a demonstration plan; PDF drawings are also supported.
- Always calibrate before measuring lengths or areas. Use a dimension that is clearly stated on the drawing.
- The selected reference line represents 6 metres. Enter metres here, even though the drawing labels it as 6000 mm.
- Room measurement saves floor area, perimeter and internal wall area. Trace the internal room boundary, not the outside of the walls.
- Enter the internal wall height: 2.4 metres in this example. Wall area here is perimeter × height, before any openings are deducted.
- Check the saved results against the drawing dimensions. 6 × 4 = 24 m² floor; 2 × (6 + 4) = 20 m perimeter.
- At 2.4 m high, the gross internal wall area is 48 m². Review openings, deductions and waste separately for the priced work.
- Recap: upload the right revision, calibrate, trace and check. The next lesson links saved measurements to quote quantities.
Read lesson 06 · 06 · Apply quantities to your quote
- Link Takeoff measurements to quote quantities Use the saved kitchen floor area as the quantity source for a priced line.
- The drawing and draft quote must belong to the same job. Check the drawing revision, scale, measurement and unit before linking.
- Select the measurement that represents this work. Floor area is in square metres; perimeter is a different quantity.
- Keep the multiplier at 1 when the measured unit matches the priced unit. Avoid mixing lengths, areas and counts in the same quantity.
- The draft line now takes its quantity from the saved measurement. Review the resulting quantity and price before sharing the quote.
- Reopening the link shows the saved source and calculation. Waste is a pricing allowance; it does not change the measured room size.
- This example adds 5% waste: about 24 m² × 1.05 = 25.2 m². Apply an allowance only when it is appropriate for the work and pricing basis.
- Review the quote after a linked quantity changes. A revised drawing or measurement can also require review before publishing.
- Recap: match the job and units, link the correct source and verify the result. Keep measured quantities, waste allowances and rates understandable.