Buildxact

Upload your plans into Buildxact following these few simple steps.

How do I upload plans into Buildxact?

A guide on how to measure footings in Buildxact

How to get an idea of earthmoving volumes and costs in Buildxact

This article outlines what to do if you receive a locked or protected error message when uploading a PDF to Buildxact.

You can rename your uploaded plans to make them easier to find and use.

Use the Buildxact takeoff tool to scale your plans. Learn how to apply a common scale to your plans or choose to scale your plans manually.

Learn how to rotate and flip plans or delete those you don't need so you can streamline your takeoff process.

How to print/export the highlighted takeoff drawings to give to someone

This guide will step you through how to remove a linked measurement from an estimate item.

Tips and tricks on how to use the tool bar when drawing take offs

I am having trouble seeing the colors when I draw, can I change the colors?

If you have a raked wall, here's how to measure it in m2

You can do take off measurements in cubic meters

The m² tool allows you to measure materials to clad walls.

Using the m² tool allows you to measure materials to line walls

Using the m2 tool allows you to measure materials for roofing

How do I do takeoffs for a wall area? Like tiling or plaster?

If you have received plans with no dimensions, this article explains how to scale them in Buildxact.

This article explains how to have Buildxact measure volume using inches as the depth.

This article explains how to do cubic feet and cubic yards measurements in Buildxact.

Learn how to count individual items on plans using the 'each counting' tool

Learn how to do a basic takeoff, vertical takeoff and a pitched takeoff in Buildxact using SF.

Learn about the most common lineal feet takeoffs you can do with the Buildxact takeoff tool.

What to do if you want to check that your measurements are accurate when scaling plans.