National Lumber & Building Materials

Estimating · Sheets NL-08 / NL-09Quantities + preliminary pricing

Two ways to your number

Have drawings? The AI plan read (beta) is live. It reads your actual sheets into a material list priced from our price book, and an estimator verifies every line before anything is ordered. No plans yet? Ballpark it by parameters in seconds.Upload the sheets for an AI read priced from our price book, or ballpark it by parameters. An estimator verifies every line before anything is ordered.

  1. 01Upload the sheetsPDF sets or clear photos, sent once and kept nowhere.
  2. 02Model measures, code countsAssembly rules and the price book do the arithmetic. No guessed prices.
  3. 03An estimator confirmsEvery line verified by a human before anything is ordered.
Tool NL-09 Beta · live AI plan read

Upload PDF sheets or photos. A real model measures the drawings, our assembly rules count the materials, the price book prices them.

Open the tool Tool NL-08 Instant · nothing sent Ballpark by parameters

No drawings yet? Footprint, stories, pitch and walls give you whole-shell quantities with preliminary pricing as you type.

Ballpark it

Tool NL-09 · AI plan readBeta · live

Upload the sheets, the AI reads themUpload the sheets

PDF plan sets or clear photos. A real model reads the drawings the way an estimator starts a takeoff: scope, materials, and the questions it can't answer. Planning-level, priced from the price book; our estimator confirms before any order.A real model reads your drawings the way an estimator starts a takeoff, priced from the price book. Planning-level, and our estimator confirms before any order.

The AI read: sheets, project, notes

Step 1 · The sheets

Drop the plan sheets here Or click to browse: PDF sets or clear photos of the sheets Tap to browse your files or photo library: PDF or clear photos PDF · JPG · PNG · WebP~7 MB per file3 files max · beta

PDF or photos · up to ~7 MB each · 3 files max for the beta

    Step 2 · The project

    Step 3 · Notes for the read optional

    Add notes optional
    Up to 4,000 characters.

    Your sheets are sent once, to run this one AI read, and the site keeps nothing. The read is planning-level with preliminary pricing from the National Lumber price book, and an estimator confirms every line before anything is ordered.

    Verified by a human estimator Beta, honestly. The model reads real drawings, and it misses things a working estimator catches. That's exactly why every AI list, and its preliminary pricing, is verified by a human before anything is ordered. Rather skip straight to the human? Start the free takeoff.

    Tool NL-08 · Planning estimatorNo plans yet? Ballpark it

    Ballpark the materials

    No drawings to upload? Describe the building and get planning-level quantities for the whole shell, framing to roofing, with preliminary price-book pricing, in seconds. When the drawings exist, the real takeoff is free.

    The building

    The building · updates as you type

    One floor's area, not the total. 100 – 50,000.
    Adjust the model 8 ft ceilings · 2×6 walls at 16" · 6/12 roof · openings counted for you · roofing, drywall, insulation and siding included
    Leave blank and we'll assume a typical count.
    Updates as you type · nothing is sent anywhere
    What this is, and isn't. A planning tool on a simple rectangular model, good for budgeting and sanity checks (figure ±15% on a typical plan). It is not a quote. The package total is a preliminary figure from the price book. Real orders get a human takeoff from your actual drawings, free, and confirmed package pricing.

    Exact numbers come from the drawings.

    Upload the set (PDF, CAD, or clear photos) and our estimating team returns a review-ready list and package quote. Target: 2–3 business days.

    Upload the plans How takeoffs work