OpenDrawing
What is OpenDrawing?
OpenDrawing automates electrical takeoffs by extracting components, quantities, specifications, and panel information from electrical drawings. The software converts drawing data into structured bills of materials that can be exported to estimating, procurement, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and asset-management systems.
Key Capabilities
- Automated electrical takeoffs: OpenDrawing identifies electrical components in diagrams and produces structured component and quantity lists, supporting its placement in Construction Takeoff and Estimating.
- BOM generation: The software converts information found in electrical drawings into bills of materials that can be exported to Excel or downstream business systems.
- Panel schedule extraction: OpenDrawing extracts circuit identifiers, breaker sizes, pole counts, load descriptions, load values, and panel totals from electrical drawings. It supports CAD-generated PDFs, scanned documents, and typed or handwritten circuit descriptions.
- Parts-catalog matching: Detected components can be matched to an organization's parts catalog and associated with specific stock-keeping units.
- Structured data export: Extracted information can be delivered as CSV or Excel records for use in estimating platforms, load-calculation tools, procurement systems, and facility-management applications.
Audience and Use Cases
- Audience: Electrical estimators, electrical contractors, engineering teams, equipment manufacturers, procurement teams, and facility managers.
- Use cases: Preparing project takeoffs, generating component BOMs, digitizing legacy electrical schematics, extracting panel schedules, matching drawing symbols to part numbers, and transferring drawing data into downstream systems.
Categories & Use Cases
Technical Details
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FAQs
What is OpenDrawing?
OpenDrawing automates electrical takeoffs by extracting components, quantities, specifications, and panel information from electrical drawings. The software converts drawing data into structured bills of materials that can be exported to estimating, procurement, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and asset-management systems.
How much does OpenDrawing cost?
OpenDrawing starts at $399.