AI framing takeoff & estimating software
A framing bid is a lumber takeoff, and the plan gives you the structure, not the board feet. JobReadyIQ reads the framing plans and returns the lumber, sheathing, and hardware so you can price the package without ticking off every stud.
Run a framing plan free →What JobReadyIQ reads for framers:
- →Wall framing — studs, plates, and headers by opening
- →Floor and roof framing — joists, rafters, or trusses from the plan
- →Sheathing for walls and roof by area
- →Beams, posts, and connectors from the structural notes
- →Board feet rolled up, with engineered members flagged to verify
…bid-ready in about 60–90 seconds, with a code-cited inspection checklist and every quantity tied back to the sheet it came from. You review and own the final number.
How a framing takeoff actually runs
- 01
Drop in the set
Upload the plans — the system finds the framing plans, structural notes, and details itself. The structure is on the drawings; the board feet are not, and that conversion is the takeoff.
- 02
Walls become lumber
Wall framing comes back as studs, plates, and headers sized per opening, with wall and roof sheathing by area. Floor and roof members — joists, rafters, or trusses — follow what the plan calls, read from the framing layout.
- 03
The engineered scope is separated, not smeared
Beams, posts, and connectors come off the structural notes, and engineered members — trusses, LVLs, I-joists — are flagged for the supplier quote rather than priced as stick lumber, since those are vendor-priced. What the set doesn't dimension is flagged to verify.
- 04
Board feet against your supplier
The package rolls up to board feet and sheet counts you can price against your supplier's current numbers — lumber moves weekly, so the quantities are the durable part. You review and own the bid.
Framing estimating — straight answers.
Does it do a lumber takeoff?+
Yes — it returns studs, plates, headers, sheathing, and framing members by the plan, rolled up to board feet you can price against your supplier.
Does it handle trusses and engineered lumber?+
It reads trusses and engineered members where the plan calls them and flags them for the supplier quote, since those are vendor-priced rather than stick-built.
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