Construction Takeoff Export
to PDF and Excel
Send a takeoff on in the form the next person needs: the plans as a PDF with every measurement drawn on them, a CSV with each measurement, subtotal and material, or your own Excel workbook with the quantities filled in.
How to Export a Takeoff
Open Export
Click Export at the top of the project (on a phone it is in the More menu), name the file and choose Annotated PDF, CSV Spreadsheet or Excel Template.
Choose What Goes In
For a PDF, turn measurement labels, area fills, markups, a legend, the Takeoff Summary and a markup list on or off. For a CSV, choose every row or totals only, and how to sort them.
Pick Pages or Link Cells
For a PDF or CSV, choose all pages, the measured pages or the one you are on, or click the sheets you want. For Excel Template, choose your workbook and link each quantity to a cell.
Download
The file is built in your browser and saved to your device. Groups you have hidden on the plan stay out of it.
The Sample Office Takeoff, Exported
Our sample office takeoff covers two sheets: ten ceiling areas on the lighting plan, and receptacles, floor boxes, data outlets and one home run on the power plan, 66 measurements in all. We exported it as an annotated PDF with the legend in the top left corner. Each sheet in the file is the original page with the takeoff drawn over it, so the plan's own text is still there to search, and the cloud, callout and stamp from our markup example printed where they were placed.
The legend gives each group's color, name and total for that sheet: on the power plan, 41 receptacles, 5 floor boxes, 48'-8" of home run and 9 data boxes. After the sheets comes the Takeoff Summary, with the totals of every group, 2,520.91 square feet of ceiling grid among them, and then the materials from the ceiling grid's template: 348 ceiling tiles, 56 main tees, 332 cross tees, 69 pieces of wall angle and 996 feet of hanger wire.
The same takeoff as a CSV has a row for each of the 66 measurements with its group, label, value, unit, page and scale, a subtotal under each group, and totals of 48'-8" of line, 2,520.91 square feet and 55 counts. Its materials section lists each quantity before waste, the waste percentage and the final quantity: 316 ceiling tiles before the 10 percent waste, 348 after.
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Three Formats, One Takeoff
A PDF for the people who read the plans, a CSV for the estimate, and your own workbook for the price.
The Plans With the Takeoff on Them
Each sheet is the original PDF page with the takeoff drawn on top: lines with their lengths, areas shaded in their group colors and hatch patterns, count markers and labels. Measurement labels, area fills and markups can each be turned off for a cleaner print.
A Legend on Each Sheet
Turn on Legend and every sheet gets a box listing the groups measured on it, with their colors, names and totals for that sheet. Put it in whichever corner keeps it off the title block and the drawing.
A Takeoff Summary at the End
The PDF closes with each group's totals, then the materials for every group with a template: quantity, waste percentage and unit. Export only some pages and the group totals cover those pages, while the materials still cover the whole takeoff.
Markups and a Markup List
Notes, callouts, clouds and stamps print where you placed them. The Markup list adds every markup to the summary sheet by sheet, with its type, its text and its group, so a reviewer can find each one.
A CSV With Every Measurement
One row per measurement with its group, type, label, value, unit, page and scale, plus perimeter, depth, volume, wall height and wall area where they apply. Group subtotals and grand totals follow, then each template's materials.
Totals Only, Sorted Your Way
Totals only leaves out the individual measurements and keeps the group totals and materials. Rows follow the group tree, run from A to Z by name, or sort by measurement type. With every row listed, the page column and the subtotals can each be turned off.
Your Own Excel Workbook
Excel Template fills a copy of your .xlsx with the current quantities and keeps its formulas and formatting. Link each quantity to a cell such as B12 or Labor!C4, to a defined name, or to a row of a table. The workbook stays on your device.
Links You Can Reuse
A link can take a group's length, area, count, perimeter, wall area or volume, with or without its sub-groups, or a material's final quantity or its quantity before waste and rounding. Save the links as a setup on your account to use with the next takeoff.
What an Export Leaves to You
An export is a copy of the takeoff at the moment you download it. These are the things to check before it goes out.
Exports Show What the Plan Shows
Hidden groups, and everything outside a Solo, are left out of the PDF, the CSV and the Excel workbook. Show every group before a full export; the item counts in the page list count only what is shown.
Spreadsheets Carry Quantities Only
The CSV and the Excel workbook hold measurements, totals and materials. Notes, clouds and stamps travel on the PDF, where the Markup list can repeat them for whoever answers.
A File, Not a Live Link
Easy Takeoffs does not connect to estimating or accounting programs. Quantities leave as a file, and a file does not update itself: change the takeoff and export again. A filled workbook recalculates its own formulas when Excel opens it.
Export Needs a Trial or Subscription
Every format works during the 14-day trial and with Pro. If a trial ends without a subscription, projects stay open to view, but exporting waits until you subscribe.
Takeoff Export Questions
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