Cut your takeoff time in half and increase productivity and efficiency throughout the bid process.
Automatic On-the-Fly Fitting Generation
Save time and improve accuracy: AutoBid® automatically inserts every fitting and hanger correctly as you take off the pipe - no wrong fittings, no omissions, no mistakes. As you move through takeoff, Graphical TakeOff (GTO) senses the need for fittings and automatically supplies the correct ones. Taking off a run of pipe that turns 90 degrees? Just touch the corner and continue down the run - GTO will do the rest, instantly adding the 90-degree elbow you need.
GTO (Graphical TakeOff)
QuickPen's Graphical TakeOff method not only speeds up the take off process, it also reduces mistakes by giving you a visual detailed visual summary of TakeOff status. But the real power of GTO? An audit trail made of connected real-world items, not just a quantity list of unconnected pipe and fittings.
On-Screen View TakeOff
Harness all the power of GTO - right on your screen. Import drawings into AutoBid and display them on-screen to perform takeoff directly from electronic drawings without a digitizer table or bulky paper drawings.
Assembly Generator and Library
Got a list of items you take off repeatedly? Easily select any group of items (including other assemblies) and convert them to an assembly. Use them in your current bid or save it to your library.
Easy Insertion and Deletion
Because GTO displays and color codes every system in your plan, inserting and deleting items is easy and fast - just click on the graphic and insert the item.
Do More BidsWhat Our Customers Are Saying"AutoBid makes it so easy it is impossible not to succeed. It has made our estimating department more efficient. We are able to take jobs off accurately and efficiently, make changes on the fly and do it quickly with AutoBid."
Dan Johnson, Estimator Mechanical Service & Systems, Midvale, UT
"Not only is estimating using QuickPen faster than other takeoff methods, the fatigue that I used to associate with doing a large takeoff is gone. Even time-consuming and stress-inducing mistakes or changes are easily found and fixed. We have even used it at inventory time to cost and generate spreadsheets of stocked material." Cory Epp, Junior Estimator Comfort Heating (1981) Ltd., St. Albert, AB "We are able to estimate a larger amount of jobs which allows us to increase our profit margins. Value engineering can be done quickly and easily. Also, when addendums come out, it is easy to make changes to material and other items." Kenny Reuland, Project Manager/Estimator Howe Heating & Plumbing, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD "The best feature I love is the graphical takeoff. What better than to see exactly what you took off from a drawing on your computer screen? Especially if you get interrupted in the middle of a job or takeoff, all you have to do is look to see where you left off and continue right on!" Mike Kodlowski, Estimator Lake Mechanical, Eustis, FL |
