Drop architect's drawings here
PDF elevations, plans or detail sheets — drop one or several at once, they'll combine into one takeoff.
Then calibrate the scale on each and trace your takeoff.
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How it works: pick a material below (it becomes the active "pen"), choose a takeoff tool on the left, then trace on the drawing. Every markup auto-totals into that material's quantity and the BOQ. Rates start at R 0 — enter TILT's real rates.
Current elevation / screen / area
Set this once — every trace you make will be tagged with it, until you change it again. Lets the BOQ break down by elevation.
Material & rate library
Takeoff markups — page —
Bill of quantities
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Live supplier price reference. Raw cost, excl VAT, updated as suppliers submit pricing. Search or filter by supplier, then use the number to set your material rate manually — nothing here auto-applies to your quote.
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Cutting-stock calculator. Works out how many stock lengths you actually need, given real cut lengths from your markups and available stock sizes. Real math, not a placeholder — runs entirely in this page.
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Available stock lengths
Cross-check against the design team's actual BOQ. Upload an Inventor BOM export (cladding, frame, or brackets file) or a hand-typed Illustrator BOQ. Auto-detects panel area, cut length, or piece count from the columns present, then compares the total against a BidForge material of your choice so you can see if the design team's actual numbers match what was quoted.
Upload design BOQ
No spreadsheet for this job? Common for smaller Illustrator-based jobs where the BOQ is only a formatted PDF. Read the totals off the PDF yourself and enter them below instead — don't trust an auto-parser against a PDF text layer that can have hidden revision artifacts.
What have we charged for this before? Real sold rates and reference costing templates pulled from Tilt's cost archive, 2018–2026 (Nico's costing library). Search a product type, dealer, or client name to see historical R/m² rates — useful for sense-checking a quote against what the market has actually paid.
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Standard quote terms. These get appended to every Excel/PDF export. Defaults match Tilt's standard wording — adjust the per-project bits (dates, fixing points, programme) before exporting. Choices are saved with the job.