Drywall takeoff that
reads the legend.
Anyone can measure wall length. The money is in the wall-type legend, the gauge that changes at ten feet, the Level 5 lobby hiding in the finish schedule, and the rated corridors that double your board. Pilars reads all four against the plan at once.
The board is in the legend, not the wall
Drywall quantities don't live on the wall — they live in the partition legend, the framing schedule, the finish schedule and the UL/GA assembly callouts, and they only resolve when you read all of them against the floor plan together. Pilars builds an assembly from each wall type, classifies every segment on every sheet, applies the right stud gauge for the partition height, and returns board, framing, track, fasteners and compound by type. The 40-sheet color-coding job becomes a review of a confidence-scored list.
Where drywall bids actually leak
Two places, every time. Finish level — a Level 5 skim coat carries 30–50% more finishing labor than Level 4, and most takeoffs blend the whole job at one level because reading the finish schedule wall-by-wall is tedious. And rated assemblies — a 2-hour shaftwall is double-layer Type X, not the single-layer everyone defaults to. Pilars cross-references the finish schedule and matches partition tags to their UL/GA file, so the Level 5 zones and the rated walls show up as the line items they are.
- Board, framing, track and finishing by wall type
- Stud gauge applied by partition height
- Level 4 vs Level 5 split from the finish schedule (GA-214)
- Rated assemblies matched to UL/GA file numbers
Questions estimators actually ask
Does it read the wall-type legend and apply it across the set?
Yes — that's the core of it. It builds an assembly per wall type and classifies every wall segment on every sheet, instead of you highlighting partition types one by one.
Will it catch Level 5 finish zones?
It cross-references the room finish schedule against wall locations and flags the Level 5 areas. That's usually a five-figure line item people blend away at one finish level.
Does it handle fire- and sound-rated assemblies?
It matches partition tags to the referenced UL or GA assembly and applies the correct layer count, so 2-hour shaftwall and rated demising walls don't get taken off as single-layer.
Does it figure stud gauge, or do I still do that by hand?
It reads partition height and applies the right gauge and spacing per the framing schedule, instead of flattening the whole job to one gauge.
Pricing?
$100 per trade, per plan — no per-seat licenses, unlimited projects.