Everything TakeOn does, in the order it matters.

Templates are reusable definitions of the things you count and measure. Each one has its own custom properties — wire type, gauge, circuit, fixture model, mounting style, anything you want.

Value lists keep input consistent. Conditional properties hide fields that don't apply. Sticky properties carry forward to the next placement so you don't re-enter circuit numbers all day.

Bracket-name formatting builds annotation labels from property values automatically — "L-1 [Type A] [277V]" instead of you typing the same string a hundred times.

Two annotations with the same template but different property values land in separate groups. Each group gets its own color, its own count, its own running total.

Roll up by template ("all lighting fixtures") or drill in by property ("only Type C, 277V on circuit L-1"). One takeoff supports any breakdown your estimating spreadsheet wants.

No competitor — across open source or commercial — does this. It's the single biggest reason estimators move to TakeOn.

Find Similar matches one symbol you draw against every instance on the page. Confidence is a slider, false positives dismiss with a click, and nothing lands in the takeoff until you accept the set.

Chat with your spec book: ask a 600-page specification a question in plain language and get an answer that cites the exact pages, with one click to jump there. It's retrieval grounded in your document — every claim points back to a page you can verify, not a guess.

Auto-name a 200-sheet set by dragging a box over one title block — the same extraction runs on every page, and the results land in a preview you edit before any of it sticks. Auto-organize the named pages into folders by prefix when you want.

Note OCR pulls text from any region on the PDF straight into a note. Works on rasterized scans and native PDF text both. Edit it, keep it, scrap it.

Save a named checkpoint before addenda land or change orders come in. Restoring is one click — your current state is auto-saved first, so jumping back doesn't lose work.

When a revised plan arrives, upload it to the same project and overlay it on the old set. Tint each one a different color, drag, lock, and spot what changed in seconds.

Export the takeoff against any checkpoint to compare line-item quantities — Added, Changed, Removed, with exact deltas. Price the change order without redoing the takeoff.

Open a project in two browsers and you'll see each other's cursors in real time. Annotations, property edits, page navigation — all live. No saving, no refresh, no "are you in the file right now?"

Share individual projects or plans by link. Per-resource permissions mean you can hand a single plan to a sub without giving them the whole workspace.

Follow another estimator's view to walk a plan together — useful for handoffs, training, and bid-day check-ins.

Every count and measurement updates totals as you go. No "compute" button. No waiting for a recalc.

Totals exist at three levels: per group, per page, and across the whole plan. Click any number to see the contributing annotations.

Export to Excel covers Plan, Name, Qty, Unit, and every custom property column. PDF export composites every annotation back on the original sheets, ready to email to a GC.