Nimbus Takeoff

Construction estimating and takeoff software

Upload plans and specifications. Nimbus processes pages for viewing, classification, text search, and project AI; individual pages can still require retry.

Use a valid detected scale, a preset, a custom equation, or two-point calibration, then count and measure with configured items.

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Processed drawing

Takeoff quantities

Separate bid forms

Base scope and alternates

Illustrative Nimbus workspace · Illustrative workspace data

Configured takeoff

Set the scale. Measure with configured items.

Use a valid detected scale, a preset, a custom equation, or two-point calibration, then count and measure with configured items.

Rate hub

Reuse the setup. Preserve the bid.

Named labor rates can price reusable library definitions for future use, while rates already copied into a project stay frozen for bid reproducibility.

Project AI

Ask the project. See the source.

Ask across processed drawings and specifications, takeoff quantities, and estimate values. Nimbus answers with project citations and can write approved content into shared Project Notes.

Live collaboration

Keep the team current.

Live project events keep collaborators' views current, and reconnects reconcile authoritative data. Bid-form configuration edits add a revision guard and a serialized per-form write lane.

Reusable items

Bring complete item definitions into the takeoff.

Reusable items can carry measurement setup, configured category, material, labor, custom costs, waste, transforms, color, and marker into an independent project copy.

Working set

Takeoff tools

A selected view of shipped measurement, transformation, organization, and export capabilities.

Measure

Calibrated drawing tools for common takeoff geometry.

Count
Place count marks with a multiplier stored on each mark.
Linear
Trace calibrated runs and keep every vertex editable.
Area
Trace closed areas and carve out openings.
Arc
Draw a circular arc through three points.
Curve
Draw and finish a multi-point spline.

Transform

Apply explicit quantity rules to measured geometry.

Roof-pitch length
Convert a measured horizontal run to sloped length.
Wall area
Turn a measured run and configured height into area.
Linear volume
Use a measured run with configured width and depth.
Area volume
Turn traced area and configured depth into volume.
Perimeter
Measure an area's boundary, with explicit cutout handling.

Organize

Carry deliberate project structure into the workspace.

Separate bid forms
Keep base scope and alternates on independently priced forms.
Configured categories
Carry configured library categories into project copies and recategorize deliberately.
Drawing overlay
Choose two sheets, adjust alignment manually, and compare them with opacity controls.
Transfer counts
Move counts between overlaid pages, including a user-adjusted alignment.
Drawing markups
Add shared highlights, revision clouds, text, dimension lines, and arrows without changing takeoff quantities or bid totals.

Use and share

Move supported project information into the next task.

Material-list CSV
Download one bid form's material and BOM rows as CSV.
Project AI
Get cited answers from processed project documents, takeoff, and estimate data.
Shared note export
Download Project Notes as a Word document.
Core shortcuts
Use keyboard shortcuts for core drawing, selection, editing, and workspace actions.

Project reporting

Track the work in your pipeline.

See project count, pipeline count and value, won and lost outcomes, won value, and win rate alongside dashboard filters.

Pipeline value

$1.84M

12 active projects

Win rate

38%

Won and lost outcomes

Illustrative workspace data

Account access

Manage your workspace from inside Nimbus.

Existing Nimbus users can sign in to manage account access.

Project workflow

Upload, measure, and bid

Upload
Upload plans and specifications. Nimbus processes pages for viewing, classification, text search, and project AI; individual pages can still require retry.
Measure
Use a valid detected scale, a preset, a custom equation, or two-point calibration, then count and measure with configured items.
Bid
Keep base scope and alternates on independently priced bid forms.

A library built from real work

Turn proven project work into reusable library items.

Add configured library items to a project as independent copies, or save project items and materials back for future work. Existing project copies keep their frozen pricing when the library changes.

Nimbus Takeoff