Drywall Takeoff Software

Take off wall and ceiling area in square feet or square metres, deduct openings, and measure linear track and stud runs. Board counts come off the area, so a drywall and framing package produces the sheet count, track length, and finished area a bid needs.

Wall and ceiling areas post net of openings, and because a sheet covers a known area, the board count follows from the measured area instead of a separate manual tally; track and stud runs stay linear. Every line feeds the Bill of Quantities and traces back to the geometry that produced it, so editing the drawing updates the quantity instead of starting a re-keying job — in the office or on the iPad on site, within the wider construction takeoff software workspace.

Measure wall and ceiling area as polygons, subtract door and window openings, and read the finished area back directly. Track and stud measure as linear runs along the same walls, so the framing and the board come off one set of plans instead of two takeoffs.

Board math, shown in full: measure 412 m² of wall, deduct 38 m² of doors and windows, and 374 m² remains. A standard 1200 × 2400 mm sheet covers 2.88 m², so 374 ÷ 2.88 = 130 sheets, and a 10% cut-waste allowance takes the order to 143. In imperial the same logic runs on 4 × 8 ft sheets at 32 sq ft each. Because the deduction polygons live on the drawing, a revision that adds two windows updates the finished area — and the sheet count — without redoing the takeoff.