Frontier Auto Takeoff

FrontierAuto Takeoff

Framed walls — layout, sheathing, crew sheets, order

This job's buildings

One job, one file — each building on it has its own tabs, drawings and order. Tap the one you are working on.

A job can carry one of each. Two houses or two shops on one site: save them as two jobs.

What we build — untick what your company never builds and it stays out of the way: Foundations Pole barns Timber barns

Everything

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These live on THIS device and stamp every printout, plan set and quote request. Another company opening the shared app sets their own here.

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Job rules

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changed from companyfrom plansplans value changedplan note ≠ your default

A rule changes every wall and opening in this job that still follows it — anything set by hand on a wall keeps what it was set to. A new job starts from the company defaults; jobs already started keep their own numbers.

How this works

1 · Describe the building. Walls tab → the Quick build box. One wall per line, or the whole house:

all: 2x6 9' zip, dbl top
schedule: W1 3050, W2 6050, D1 3068, GD1 9x7
box 40 x 28                 ← or  trace: E 40, S 28, W 20, N 10, W 20, N 18
N wall 40'  W1 @ 4' 12' 20', D1 @ 30'
E wall 28'  W2 c            ← c = centered · W1 x3 = three · ? = couldn't read it

Ctrl+Enter builds. Or the Takeoff tab reads the plans. Or paste a JobTread estimate row (Name ⇥ Description).

2 · Check each wall. The strip of chips is your walls — tap one. The drawing is live; Tape shows the layout numbers. Openings: the one-line box (3050 window at 12') or the cards. Corners & ends: what each end runs into. Rake / slope for sloped top plates.

3 · Hand it out. Crew sheets → PDF (one page per wall, big type) · Order (the lumber list, the way the yard reads it) · Crew tab: Today's list and the phone stations (Yard / Cut / Foreman) · 3D: the walls stood together.

Simple / Pro (top right): Simple hides the deep sections — channels, beam pockets, panels, hardware, pricing. Flip to Pro when you need them.

Rules the app builds on: splices on a double stud, bottom and top plate break together, cap laps 4' past · 16d framing, 8d sheathing · jack nailed to the king on the deck · headers, beams and hardware per the plans — the app never sizes structure.

Offline: once it has opened, it runs with no signal. Jobs save on the device; Save job / Load job moves them between people.

PDF preview

Three steps. That's the whole app.

1 · Describe the buildingType it in the box below (one wall per line), trace the outline, or open the plans on the Takeoff tab.

2 · Check each wallThe drawing, the openings, the corners. Tap a wall chip to switch. Everything saves itself.

3 · Hand it to the crewCrew sheets → PDF gives one page per wall. Order gives the lumber list. The Crew tab runs the phones.

Quick build

Say it or type it. Get the layout, the cut list and the crew sheets.

● Listening — 0:00 · take your time, press stop when you are done

Type the whole house

One row per wall. Tab across, Enter for the next row. Paste a column straight out of a spreadsheet. Anything you leave blank uses the defaults.

Height Stud Spacing Sheathing

	Wall	Length	Height	Stud	Openings

Swipe the drawing for the next wall · hold a chip to copy, rename or delete

Wall Length Height Stud OC

Wall Spec

Size & where it sits

Wall type template Wall name Drawn as viewed from Reference point (left end) Bearing Mirror Length Height — bottom of bottom plate to top of cap Sits on

Floor build-up — sill Joist depth Subfloor

Studs & headers

Studs — precut or cut to fit Top plate steps?

Step in the top plate

Step at (from left end) Height LEFT of the step Height RIGHT of the step

A stepped wall is framed and lifted as two panels: the taller one stands first and its end stud is the riser of the step; the shorter panel's plates butt into it. The split keeps the stud layout running through on the same 16" grid, moves each opening, post and backer to its side, and links the two ends as an in-line step so the caps don't try to lap. Openings that straddle the step get flagged.

Stud Spacing Studs Double studs ata pair on the spot — point loads, beam ends Double-stud wall — a second stud wall inside, a gap between the two

Inner wall stud Gap between Inner wall lengthblank = same as this wall

Steel stud wall

One track top and bottom, the studs cut 1/4" under the wall height so they seat in both. Box headers with a track top and bottom, a sill track over the sill cripples, screws for nails. Gauge, spacing, headers, bridging and every connection per the approved plans or engineer of record.

Bridging

Grade / species Plates & flat stock Over the header Header default (new openings)

Code check — 2021 IRC

What this wall carries — header & stud checks

Work out header sizes and stud checks for the engineer — candidate numbers with the basis printed, not a design

Roof snow (psf)Bozeman: 46 ground / 41 roof Roof dead (psf)trusses + sheathing + roofing + ceiling Roof tributary (ft)half the span bearing here Floor tributary, each floor (ft)0 if nothing bears above Floors above this wallstacks the floor and the wall on it Wall above, each floor (plf)weight of the wall standing on each floor Floor live (psf) Floor dead (psf) Anything else bearing on the headers (plf)

Wind on the studs

Wind speed (mph)ultimate, ASCE 7, Risk Cat II — look up the site ↗; Livingston / Park Co. runs much higher Exposure Mean roof height (ft)blank = the wall height Hill factor Kzt1.0 unless on a ridge or bluff Stud deflection limit Stone outside Adhered stone weight (psf)

Braced partway up

Braced at (from the floor)a floor, ledger, strongback or tied-back roof holding the studs Brace spans (ft)between its braced ends — sizes what it needs

Plates

Bottom Top PT bottom Plate stock length Steps in the top plate Double stud at plate splices — splice lands on the pair's joint Double stud at every sheathing seam — the seam splits between the pair, each sheet edge gets a full stud Build in panels — set them separately with the telehandler How many panels Break the panels atblank lets the app pick Measured from Longest one you can lift Sheathing at the joint Cap plate at the joint Least overhang you want Strap the joints Top plate lap it needs Pull layout from Header build-upGlulam headers go in bare — no flats — unless you set flats on that opening. Sawn header filler (2x6 walls) Wall bears on Slab below the plate line — top of the stem wall down to the slab (bottom of the bottom plate, not the top). Doors run to the slab. What drops to the slab Anchor bolt ⌀ Bolt spacing (max OC)

Plates split to stock length with every splice landing on a stud (double the stud at splices). Cap plate splices auto-offset at least 4'-0" from top plate splices and from wall ends — you get a warning if the wall can't make that work. On concrete, bolts land ≤12" from every plate end and at the max spacing between — embed & size per plans.

Plates already cut

Rake / slope

Top Define by Pitch /12 High end / peak height — same, to the top of the cap Peak position (gable only) Sloped ACROSS for rafters (flat top only) Slope across /12 Tilted plates

Plates lie tilted to the pitch on angle-cut studs, so the rafters bear flat — no birdsmouth. Height is the top of the cap plate at the OUTSIDE face. Bearing and connections per the approved plans or engineer of record.

Those heights are measured to Wall in front of the LEFT end Wall in front of the RIGHT end

A rake butting into a straight wall. The plan gives the rake height at the outside corner of the building, but this wall's first stud sits behind that by the depth of the wall it butts into (5 1/2" on a 2x6). The slope has already been climbing for those 5 1/2", so the first stud is NOT the height on the plan. Left on auto it reads the corner off the job — through = no hold-back, butt or T = the other wall's depth. Type a number to set it yourself.

“Height” above = the LOW end(s). Single rake: pitch or the high end's T.O.P. — type the height or the truss plan's delta with a plus (+5' 10 3/16"). Gable: both slopes rake to the peak — set peak height (or pitch) and where the peak lands (default center). Framed as ONE wall, laid out from the left end.

Layout pull

Pull layout from Measure doors, windows, channels, pockets, posts & marks from Corner offset

Corner offset "auto" reads what this end runs into: butting into another wall it holds the layout back that wall's depth, so sheets still break on layout from the building corner. Type a number to override, 0 to pull straight off this wall's own end.

Corners & ends

Left end Right end Left corner angle Right corner angle

What each end meets

Set what a wall end runs into and the app sets both walls: the corner assembly on each, whose cap laps over whose, the channel and cap leave-out where a T-wall lands, and it checks that a closed box actually closes. Walls built from a plan get these filled in.

90 = a square corner. Type the inside angle the plan shows where this wall meets the next one — 135 for an octagon (45° clip), 120 for a hexagon. Anything but 90 puts an ANGLE cut on both plate ends and a bevel rip on the corner studs, and the wall length is the LONG POINT.

Angle corner calculator

Channels (T-walls)

Where a wall tees in

Blocking & backing

Presets:

Ceiling backer on the cap Where the ceiling framing runs parallel to this wall — the board needs wood along the wall line.

Openings

Type them in one line, as many as you want, and they land on the wall with the wall's header default and the head height if one is set. Sizes: 3050, 36x60, 3'x5', 9x8 garage door, 6' slider, or a schedule mark. Positions: at 4', 12', 20' (centres from the left), at 6' from the right, centered, centered between W1 and W2, 8' right of W1. Nothing said about position spreads them evenly.

Posts & stud packs

Solid wood plate to plate where the plans put a point load on the cap (girder truss, beam above) or a hold-down. No pocket — the beam is above the wall. Hardware and bearing below per plans.

Existing in the wall (remodel)

Tape it in the field — the centre of each pipe, duct or stud. Layout studs slide off pipes and ducts; existing studs stay and aren't cut or ordered.

Beam pockets

Run the plates through the pocket and cut it out after layout

Beam on top of the wall

The glulam (or LVL, PSL, timber) that lands on the top plate and carries the floor above. Two ways it gets framed — pick the one the plans show, because it changes every stud length on this wall.

A beam sits on top of this wall

Beam Plies How it sits on the plates The wall height you typed is measured… Across the wall Mark Starts at (off the left end) Ends at

The beam is set after the wall is standing, so it stays out of the panel lift weight — its own weight and crew call show up in the warnings. Size, depth, ply count, bearing length, the connection down to the wall, where it is allowed to break and everything under it are per the approved plans and the engineer of record. This tool never says a beam is big enough.

Hardware marks (per plans)

Sheathing

Sheathe this wall Block at sheet breaks Material Sheet Orientation Run past bottom Run past top (floor band + lap onto wall above)

Drywall on this wall

Sides Board Sheet Hung

Counted per wall, per side, openings taken out, +10%. An exterior wall gets the inside face; an interior wall both sides. The 3D "Finished" look shows it. The Finish tab's room drywall is a separate count — use one or the other.

Stacked stories: set “run past top” to the floor-system depth plus the lap onto the next wall (e.g. 14" rim + 12" lap = 26"). The sheet map shows where every sheet breaks across the band and how each one gets cut.

Plan tags — annotations only

SHEAR / braced wall — per approved plans No field changes without engineer approval All panel edges blocked (per plans) Nailing schedule ref (from plans)

These print big on the sheets and highlight the panels — the tool never decides shear itself; you copy the callout off the approved plans.

Nailing — house standard (all walls)

Per stud end, 2x6+ Per stud end, 2x4 Plate nailing OC King/trimmer stitch … every

Sheathing edge / field

Guys on the wall (build time) Crew pace (build time)

Pick limit (lb) — forklift / crane

Drives the nail counts, the tap-a-piece steps, and the nailing line on every crew sheet. Two nails on the job: 16d for framing (stud ends, stitch, plates, headers, blocking), 8d for sheathing. Typical IRC-style schedule — shear walls and anything on the plans win.

Revision & field status

Status Revision Revision description Field notes

Layout verified Wall framed Wall sheathed Stood & braced Field change made Field change — what, who, when

Issue snapshots this wall's pieces. Change anything after issuing and the changed pieces get flagged on the drawing and list until you bump the rev again.

Dimensions: type 12' 6 1/2", 9', or 92 5/8". A bare number over 30 reads as inches, otherwise feet — the blue readout under each box shows how it was read.

This wall as framed — every piece off the cut list, coloured like the drawing. Tap a piece for its ID and cut · Explode pulls it apart · Build step goes in the foreman's order.

✓ auto-saves

Wall Stack — Full Elevations

Story 1 (bottom / walkout) Floor over story 1 Story 2 Subfloor Story 3 (top — rake OK) Floor over story 2 Sheathing mode

The whole assembly, framed elevations stacked: walkout basement, main floor, upper — each wall its own height, rake walls draw with their slope (put those on top). Floor bands sit between stories, and every wall's sheathing draws over the framing so you can see sheets carry across the bands. Gaps in band coverage get flagged.

Assembly — Walls Together

Place your walls

Footprint

Front wall Right wall Back wall Left wall

Second floor (leave blank for one storey) — the walls that stand on the deck over these. The 3D sets them on the floor from the Stack tab: joist + subfloor on top of the tallest wall below.

Upper front Upper right Upper back Upper left

Allow angled (non-90°) corners

Leave this OFF and every turn on the plan is squared — a wall typed 1/2" off will not quietly become an 87° corner with angle-cut plates. Tick it only when the plans really do show an angled corner; you can always set one wall's end angle by hand on the Walls tab.

Round building — octagon, hexagon, any regular shape

Sides Given Dimension

Every wall gets built off the wall you have open now — same height, stud, sheathing — with the corner angles filled in and the walls stood up in order. Wall lengths are LONG POINT (outside face).

Footprint plan

Roof overlay

Show roof plane (uses the Roof tab spec) Trusses — off the truss package, or the Roof tab's truss roof Outlookers, sub fascia & fascia on the trusses Deck — the decks off the plans framed in full (a balcony off its plan outline, the deck under a deck roof off the truss plan with its roof beam and posts) Floor system on top — the Floor tab's framing stood on the walls: joists, rim or ledger per edge, headers, blocking, edge beam and posts. No floor built yet = plain rim + joists the short way Floors between the storeys — the Floor tab's floors built off the plans (joists, rim, beams, posts, stairwell), each storey standing on its subfloor Subfloor on it (hides the joists) Show the foundation under it (uses the Concrete walls) 3D model shows

Simple box: pick a wall for each side. Custom: trace the floor plan — add walls in order and give each one a direction — eight compass points, or “at an angle…” for any bearing in degrees; the little plan shows the footprint forming as you go, so L-shapes and jogs are easy. Roof plane draws on closed rectangular footprints. Corner overlaps aren't trimmed.

Drawing

Cabinets — the supplier's shop drawings + estimate on the framed walls: checks, blocking before drywall, rough-ins, count, 3D.

Insulation — whole house

Insulation is in this job Wall batts Ceiling Ceiling R Ceiling sf (blank = off the roof) Exterior wall sf net (blank = off the walls) Rim joist Floor over an unheated space Floor R Floor sf (blank = ceiling sf) 6 mil poly on the warm side

Zone 6 defaults. Bag coverage is a typical chart number — check the bag. The energy path on the plans governs the R-values.

Interior finish

Room

Length Width

Ceiling …or type the perimeter How many walls

Openings in this room

Trim

Base in this room Base profile Casing profile Reveal Crown

Closet & drywall

Closet shelf run Shelf depth Rod and sockets Count the drywall Ceiling too Sheet size Outside corners (bead) Rough sawn accent — wall or ceiling Material Accent wall — which one

Trim profiles, reveals and stock are the builder's call. Door sizes, hardware, fire ratings, egress and any rated assembly come from the approved plans or code — this tab counts and cuts, it does not specify.

Crew stations

One job per screen, made for a phone. Tap one and it stays in that mode until they tap Full app.

Signed in, check-offs are shared live with everyone on this job. Not signed in, they stay on this phone.

Today

Who is on the deck, what stands when, and how far along each wall is.

Crew Mode

View Wall Panel Find a piece — or a panel code Cut list order

Handouts — separate sheets for the crew

Which walls Paper Print in

How to build = one page per assembly — header & opening, corners, T-wall channel, plate splices & cap, beam pocket, panel joint, fire blocking — what it is made of, the order it goes together, the nailing, and the ones on this job with their marks. Stock list = pull sheet for the laborers (what to grab from the piles, by wall). Cut list = the cut station sheet (precuts, every cut by size, which stick it comes out of). Build list = the foreman's sheet (elevation, build order, staging & stand-up checks). Each one previews, then saves as its own PDF to hand out.

Check-offs live on this device. Tap ✕ on a damaged or missing piece and it lands on the replacement-cut list at the top.

No plans open

no scale

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Sheets show here.

Drop a plan set hereOpen a plan setPDF from the designer (best — it reads the text and lines), or a photo / screenshot (AI reads it).

scale

Scan the sheet

Reads the sheet's own text and line work: title, scale, window & door schedules, every wall with its length, and the marks on each wall. Nothing is guessed — lengths are checked against the printed dimensions.

Read with AI

For photos, scans and PDFs with no text layer. Box the walls (or the schedule) first for a sharper read; with no boxes it reads the whole sheet in tiles.

Plan notes

Every note block on every sheet — general, framing, structural, foundation, roof, keynotes, the schedules' notes — and the callouts that give a number. What a note sets is on Job rules, marked “from plans” with the note (your own number on the job still wins). Tick a field note to put it on the crew sheets.

Find a note

Walls off this sheet

Wall height (floor to top plate) Exterior wall studs Interior wall studs Exterior sheathing

Scan a sheet first. Every wall is editable — tap one to change its length, height, stud or openings. Lengths are outside-to-outside on exterior walls (what the printed dimensions give) and face-to-face on interior walls.

Window & door schedule

Scanning a sheet with a schedule fills this in. Every mark can be dropped onto an opening, and you can attach the manufacturer's sheet to a mark.

Window order → schedule

Attach the supplier's order or quote (PDF, CSV, or a photo — photos are read with AI) or paste the lines. Every line gets matched to a mark on the schedule; you fix any it guessed, then Apply writes the real rough openings to the schedule and to every opening in the job that carries that mark. It also tells you what is on the plans but not on the order, and the other way round.

Takeoff

Lengths, areas and counts you take off the sheet. Tap a line to make it a wall. Everything here saves with the job.

Ask the sheet

Questions answered from this sheet's text and what's on screen — "what's the header over D04?", "list every 2x6 interior wall", "what ceiling height is called out?".

Settings

AIchecking…

Inside the Claude app the AI runs on your Claude account and needs nothing. On the website copy, paste an Anthropic API key — it stays in this browser only.

Anthropic API key (website copy only) Model Wall thicknesses to look for (inches, drawn wall) Foundation sheets

Keyboard: Space hold to pan · + / − zoom · 0 fit · Esc cancel · Enter finish · Backspace undo point · Shift lock square · F full screen.

What does that dimension read?

Stair spec

Stair name Shape Turns Total rise — FINISHED floor to FINISHED floor

Measure it for real, both ends, before you cut anything. If the finish floors aren't down yet, put their thickness in below and measure subfloor to subfloor — the app does the rest.

Risers How many risers Riser I'm aiming for Tread run (nosing to nosing) Nosing Rough width (wall to wall)

Stringers

Stringer stock How many Top attachment Bottom bears on Finish floor — bottom

Stringer size, spacing and the hardware at the top are per the approved plans or the engineer of record — the app checks the throat left under the notch against the manufacturer's minimum and nothing more.

Treads & risers

Tread stock Tread thickness Riser stock Risers Skirt boards both sides

Landing

Landing after riser # Landing depth (travel direction) Landing joists Landing posts

Landing has to be at least 36" in the direction of travel and no narrower than the stair (IRC R311.7.6). Post bearing and the ledger fasteners come off the plans.

Floor above & headroom

Floor above — total thickness Opening you have (0 = tell me)

Floor thickness = joist + subfloor + ceiling finish, top of upper finished floor down to the drywall. Headroom is checked at every nosing against 6'-8" (IRC R311.7.2).

Section — the way it goes together

Stringer — mark it off this

Deck

Deck name Width — along the house Projection — out from the house Height — grade to the top of the decking At the house

Framing

Joists (PT) Joist spacing Beam (PT, built up) Beam plies Beam back from the front edge (joist cantilever) Posts (PT) Most between posts End posts in from the ends Pier diameter Pier depth Pier top above grade

Joist, beam, post and footing sizes come off the plans — IRC R507 has the span and footing tables. The app lays out what you pick; it never says a size works.

Decking

Decking Board gap (0 = the material's usual) Fascia Picture-frame border

Guard

Left end Right end Front Height Material Post spacing Most between balusters

Stair

A straight stair down to grade

Off the Centred at (from the left / the house) Width Tread run Stringers Riser boards Handrail

Hardware — models off the plans

Joist hanger Joist-to-beam tie Post base Post cap

Ledger fasteners Ledger fastener spacing

Section — through the deck

Cut list

Order

Floor system

Floor name Shape Off the plans

Span — outside rim to outside rim (joist direction) Across the joists Joist Series / product (off the placement plan) Spacing Rim Pull layout from Layout offset Cantilever past the LEFT wall Cantilever past the RIGHT wall What is it

Loft edges & rail

Near side (S = 0) Far side Ledger stock Ledger bolts (for the drilling marks) Bolt rows in from the edges Side ledgers (down the span edges)

Beams in the rim line

Where the near or far edge crosses an opening between two walls (a vestibule, a garage door), a flush beam carries that stretch: the rim stops either side, the joists over it hang on top-flange hangers, the beam bears on the walls. Size and bearing per the plans.

Open edge & rail

Edge beam Edge beam plies Edge posts Edge post spacing Edge post height (blank = cut on site) Guard rail wall Rail height Rail studs

A loft is a floor with one or two sides that do not sit on a wall. Ledger: joists hang on hangers off a member bolted to the wall or posts. Open edge: a flush beam on posts carries the joist ends and the rail wall stands on the deck. Ledger bolting, beam size, post footings and rail height are per the plans and code.

Decking, rail & footings

Decking Board gap (0 = the material's usual) Fascia (open edges only) Pier diameter Pier depth Guard rail Guard material Guard height Max baluster gap Guard post spacing

Decking replaces the subfloor below — fascia goes on every edge that is not a ledger against the house. Guard rail follows the same open sides picked in "Guard rail wall" above; post spacing, baluster gap and height are per code (typically a 36" residential guard, ≤4" sphere) and the plans — this only counts what you set here. One footing pier goes under every post above; diameter, depth and frost line are per the plans / local code.

Covered — build a shed roof over it

Pitch (rise per 12) Rafter Rafter spacing Header beam (on the deck posts) Overhang past the header Roof covering

Shed roof off the house: ledger high on the wall, rafters slope down to the header on the same posts that carry the deck beam. Sub fascia only — no finish fascia, matching the house standard. Rafter size, ledger attachment and post continuity from footing to header are per the plans / engineer. Standing seam always goes over sheathing, mechanical lock (field seamed) — this always sheathes the roof. A gable porch with end walls — build those in the Wall and Roof tabs instead; this covers the common lean-to porch roof.

The span is the joist direction, outside of rim to outside of rim; the exterior walls are the two end bearings. A cantilever moves the wall inboard of the rim by that much. Joist series, spacing and depth come off the plans or the supplier's placement plan — type what they show.

Bearing lines inside the span

A joist longer than the longest stock breaks over a bearing — I-joists and LVL butt over it, sawn joists lap. Beams and their posts are on the plans; this only needs where they sit.

Openings — stairwell, chase

Point loads from above

A post, a hold-down pack, a wide header’s jamb pack or a beam pocket in a wall above is a point load through this floor. Say which rim or bearing line the wall sits on and how far along it the load is; the floor puts squash blocks and solid blocking under it and marks it on the plan. One that lands mid-span with nothing under it goes red — that is a beam or post for the engineer, not this tool.

Floor-to-floor ties

Where a hold-down or a shear wall above has to reach the wall below. Laid out here so it goes on before the deck and the wall cover the rim — whether it is required, and what it is, comes off the shear wall schedule.

Blocking, squash blocks, deck

Blocking at every interior bearing Mid-span blocking rows Squash blocks (I-joists) Subfloor Fastener Glue the deck (28 oz tubes counted)

Stock & hangers

Stock lengths (ft, comma-separated — blank = the usual for this joist) Hanger — tail joist to header Hanger — header to trimmer Hanger — joist to flush beam Mudsill under this floor Pocket bearing

Beam pockets → Concrete

Concrete wall at the LEFT end Measure from Concrete wall at the RIGHT end Measure from

The pocket lands on that wall at the beam's own position along the span, measured from the end you pick. Bearing plate or grout pad, the air space and the beam-end treatment are per the plans.

Hangers are counted, never chosen — the model is the plan's or the supplier's call. Type it here so the order line reads right.

Joist series, depth, spacing, hangers, beams, cantilevers and blocking are per the approved plans, the supplier's placement plan or the engineer of record — this tab produces the layout, the cut list and the count.

Beams

Schedule name Machine over, lb Two hands over, lb

This tab does not size beams. Put in what the plans call for and it gives you the order length, the ply count, the weight and where to put the straps.

The beams

Each beam, with the strap points

Siding

Job name Product Batten Gap between boards Stone corners, lf Color Custom color

Elevations

Trim, corners and flashing

Trim board Outside corners Inside corners Kick-outs at the roof Belly band board

Skirt board at the bottom Shadow board behind the trim Case the windows and doors Frieze board under the soffit Water table at the bottom Z-flashing over the openings Starter strip J-channel / batten at the panel seams

Weather barrier

Wrap the house

Wrap

Rainscreen — furring behind the siding

Furring Furring spacing

Soffit and fascia

Soffit and sub fascia on this job

Overhang Soffit material Sub fascia Rake overhang Finish fascia Figure the eave and rake runs off the roof and the walls Eave run, lf Rake run, lf

Continuous vent in the eave

Paint or stain

Finish it on this job

System Color Coats Coverage, sf per gallon Material comes primed — skip the primer coat

Elevations

Price the job

Square feet (for the $/sf check) Contingency %

Crew on this job

Fuel stipend $/day Days (blank = from the hours)

Labor not in the model

Subs & quotes

Equipment & rentals

Margin

Labor ÷ Materials ÷ Subs ÷ Equipment ÷

Sell = cost ÷ the number: 0.80 is a 20% margin, 0.67 is 33%, 1 is no markup. Your numbers stay in your company's account — nobody else sees them.

Customer & the estimate

Customer Site address

Included Not included Note to the customer

Company address, phone, licence, payment terms and how long the price holds come from Company (the logo button).

Proposal — Frontier Building Group only

The work (written out)

Deposit at signing % At rough framing complete % At completion %

Paste the yard's quote

It reads what each line IS — 2x6, 16', treated, 7/16 OSB — and matches it to the job line it belongs to, so the yard’s wording does not have to match the app’s. You see every match before it is saved.

Prices are yours and the yard's. This adds up what the app counted and applies your margins — it does not know the market, and it is not a contract. Check the quantities against the plans before anything goes out the door.

The whole job

Everything this job has in it, in one place — what is built, what it weighs, what it costs, and every warning from every tab collected together. Nothing here is a new number: it is what the other tabs already worked out.

A rollup, not a bid. Structural sizing, engineering, permits and inspections are per the approved plans and the authority having jurisdiction. Check quantities against the plans before anything is ordered.

Did we make money on it

The bid against what each wall really took — off the wall timers and the hours typed on the Crew tab. Lock the bid when the job is signed so it stays what you sold.

Day reports

Send to JobTread

On the phone

Photos & as-built log

What actually got built, with a picture of it. Tag each photo to the wall, floor or stair it belongs to — blocking before it is covered, a header that came in different, anything that changed in the field. The entries save with the job; the pictures are kept on this device and print out as their own sheet.

Change orders

Set the baseline when the job is signed. Something came in different from the plans? Make a CO off the changes since the baseline, or write one up by hand while it is fresh and hang the photo on it — both price the same way the bid did. Prints as a one-page CO for a signature; copies out for the JobTread push. Nothing here changes the contract until the customer signs it.

Questions for the engineer / architect (RFI)

Crew days

The hours this app already counts, laid on a calendar. Wall and floor hours come off the build-time model (calibrated against your taped hours on the Crew tab); everything else runs on a plain production rate you can overwrite right in the table. Weather, inspections and the other trades are not in here — add them as float or as a row of your own.

Start Schedule Hours a day How many on the job Float / weather days More hands run it faster (with the usual falloff)

Day by day

A plan, not a promise. Crew sizes, production rates and the calendar are yours to set; nothing here accounts for weather, inspections, deliveries, or the trades that are not yours.

Time log — what actually happened

Hours in at the end of each day, by person and phase. It holds the plan above to account: estimated man-hours against real ones, estimated labor dollars against real ones. It never changes the estimate by itself — it shows you the gap.

Estimate vs. actual

What the takeoff said against what the job really took — lumber by size, sheets, concrete by the pour, rebar, hours by phase. The foreman logs deliveries, returns, yard trips and truck tickets (Foreman station or the button below); the hours come off the time log above and the wall timers. Close the job when it is done and it goes in your company history.

Material Order — All Saved Walls

Simple list — for the yardFull detail — cutting plan & waste

Delivery — where, when, who to call

Fill this in once and it prints at the top of the order, the quote request and the text you copy to the yard. A driver who knows where to set it does not phone you from the road.

Deliver to PO # Needed by Site contact Where to set it / access Anything else for the yard

Lumber — what each wall is framed with

Garage in dimensional 2x6, house in LSL — set it here and the order, the cutting plan and the crew sheets all follow. Change one wall in the list, or set a whole group at once with the row above it. Auto — best stock for the wall height reads each wall's tallest stud and picks dimensional, LSL or LVL off the two limits in Stock & lengths below; the wall stays the same depth either way. Sizes and species are per the approved plans or engineer of record.

Set name contains Stud Grade / species Plates Headers on those walls

Stock & lengths

Sawn stock lengths (ft) LSL lengths (ft) LVL lengths (ft) Sawn studs up to LSL up to (past that → LVL)

Precut studs

Precut lengths (in)

Job waste factor %

Your header stock — measured

Every header is framed off the NOMINAL depth unless you tell the app otherwise. Measure one board off the pile and type it here — the cripples over every opening, the header itself and the fit check all come off your number instead of the book's. Leave a box blank to use nominal. Saved with the job.

Rake-wall studs longer than “sawn up to” get ordered as LSL, past the LSL limit as LVL 1-3/4", matched to the wall depth. Everything nests into the fewest sticks with the least waste (1/8" kerf) — headers can come as short as the first sawn length in your list, and with precuts on, an odd-height wall (say 115" on a walkout pour) orders trim-down precuts when that wastes less than nominal stock.

JobTread: the package is the order as cost items — one per yard line, Materials, sell = cost ÷ 0.80, specs on, every custom field pre-filled the way the estimate standard wants, quantities in. Prices stay blank for the quote. Import it, or tap Copy and paste it to Claude with the job name and it pushes the tree into that job (you confirm before it writes). Labor goes in as its own line from the build-time estimate. This push still includes floors and interior finish alongside framing, so JobTread gets the whole job in one go.

Every saved wall rolled into one order: framing nested into stock lengths with a stick-by-stick cutting plan, plates and blocking by footage, sheets by material, nails and ZIP tape totaled. Estimates — check against the plans before you call it in.

Type or paste the pile

A yard ticket, a quote, or a count off the stack. Copy the text out of the PDF and paste it — it reads a size, a length and a count off each line wherever they sit. Anything it cannot read is listed back to you instead of being dropped.

Trim, doors and drywall rolled up from the rooms set up in the Finish tab — nested to stock the same way framing is. Set up rooms there first if this is empty. The combined JobTread/CSV export on the Framing tab still includes this alongside framing.

Foundation Wall

Wall name What is this wall holding?A retaining wall's stem, footing and steel are engineered. Put the stamped numbers in below; the app forms it, counts it and pours it.

Off the stamped drawing: stem thickness, footing width and thickness, toe and heel, the key, the rebar schedule and whether drainage is required. A retaining wall holds back soil with a surcharge behind it — nothing on this page sizes any of that.

Footing — off the engineer's section

Footing width (toe to heel) Footing thickness Toe (in front of the stem) Heel (behind the stem)

Key in the footing for the stem

Forming the stem

Form facesA one-sided form is held by strongbacks, walers and kickers. There is no tie schedule on a face with no back form — that bracing is engineered, not counted here. Run shapeA straight run gets a run plan, one row per face per tier. A closed rectangle gets the four-sided plan.

Behind the wall

Drainage behind the wall (per the engineer)

Drain rock — width of the chimney Perforated pipe Weep holes (0 = none)

Filter fabric over the rock Drainage board / waterproofing on the back face Count the backfill behind it

Length Height (top of footing to top of wall) Thickness Forms

Trace the foundation

One wall per leg, corners set from the turns (a 45° clip gets hinged corners, the filler and bent bars), and the Footing tab draws the whole plan with the footing on it.

Corner at the left end Corner at the right end Left corner angle Right corner angle

Angle corner calculator

Inside corner form Outside corner starts with Fillers go Tie

Steel-Ply: 24" panels with 4"–22" fillers (plus 5" and steel 1", 1½", 2"), dados 12" o.c., inside corners 4×4 or 6×6, outside bay corner 7×7, one 2x4 waler row per tier, strongbacks about 8' apart.

Aluminum pin-and-wedge: 36" and 24" panels with 2"-step fillers, the outside corner is a 2" corner form plus a make-up filler (wall + inside corner − 2"), inside corners 6×6 or 8×8, pins and wedges down every joint and a flat tie on the 12" dado. Tie rating and the panel list per the manufacturer's chart for your wall and pour rate.

Job-built: ¾" form ply, 2x4 studs 12" o.c., doubled 2x4 walers, snap ties on a 24" × 24" grid. Tie spacing and form pressure per your forming plan and pour rate.

Walers & strongbacks

Top waler down from the top Waler rows Row spacing (when by spacing) Waler lumber Which faces Waler clamps Strongbacks OC Strongback lumber 2x stock length Show walers & strongbacks on the drawing

One aligning waler per tier is the Steel-Ply standard — 6" or 18" down from the top of the panels, on the alignment side. The one-piece waler clamp hooks any side-rail slot that is not holding a tie and takes one or two 2x4s. Strongbacks run vertical, 90° to the walers, doubled 2x lumber, commonly 8′ o.c. and snapped to a panel joint. Walers and strongbacks straighten the form — the braces and stakes are what hold it.

Rebar & anchors

Horizontal bar Horizontal spacing Vertical bar Vertical spacing Anchor bolt A.B. spacing (max) A.B. from each end Brick ledge width Ledge below top Dowels from the footing Keyway Damp proofing

Openings

Steps in the top of wall

Steps in the footing — grade drops

Drawing

Form Plan — looking down

Corner (set on the Walls tab) Footprint

Colours are panel widths — the crew reads the plan and grabs that form. Both faces of a wall run identical between the corners so every joint lines up and the ties pass: the inside starts with the corner form and a standard 24" panel, the outside starts with a wall + corner filler. Footprint comes from your concrete walls, or the dimensions on the Footings tab.

Footing Plan

Footprint from Building width Building length Footing width Footing thickness Wall thickness on it Continuous bar Bars around Step riser (sloped sites) Soil / bearing note Keyway for the wall Footing drain

Pad footings

Interior footings & pony walls

The sheet the architect leaves out: footing outline, wall line on it, pads located, bar count and the yardage. Widths, depths and bearing still come off the plans or the engineer.

Foundation 3D — bolts & straps

Drag to spin · pinch or scroll to zoom · bolts and straps are drawn oversize so you can find them. numbers fill under slabs

Looking down — each wall is measured along its outside face from its start corner (▶)

Job rules — where the straps go on their own

Read the framed walls above — bolts each side of their sill-plate splices and doors, their hold-downs / straps off the plans Straps at outside corners In from the corner Each side of every overhead (garage) door Each side of every walk door Off the door edge Strap model (per plans)

Bolt size, spacing and the distance from each end are on the Walls tab (each wall). A hold-down called out on the plans wins over the standard strap at the same spot. Model, embedment and nailing per the approved plans.

Bolt spacing — miss the framing layout

Bolt max spacing (every wall) End distance — max End distance — min Miss the framing layout — slide each bolt into a stud bay, clear of every stud Studs at Pulled from Layout starts (offset) Stud width Clear each side Or type the bolt spacing (job)

The stud layout comes off the framed wall above where it is matched (its o.c. and where its layout starts); these are for a wall with nothing framed on it yet. A wall can set its own below. A typed spacing lays the bolts exactly — a bolt that lands on a stud is flagged red.

Slab on Grade

Slab name Outline

Length Width

At X (east of the foundation's start corner) At Y (north of it, − = south)

Pick a room (house plan)

Walk the outlineSame as tracing a foundation: one leg per side, it closes back to the start. Thickness Crushed stone / gravel base Pit run depth (blank = footing rule; a number = override)

Control joints at (blank = auto) Pour day (blank = job rule)

Edges & thickenings

Thickened edge

Edge width Below the slab

Interior thickenings

Under it & in it

Vapor barrier Vapor barrier Rigid insulation under Insulation thickness Steel

Bar Each way @

Edge forms (off for a slab poured inside the walls)

Yards with the job's waste go on the Order and the plant total; the slab stands in 3D here (cut-away, from below, the layers and the steel) and in the concrete 3D. Thickness, base, steel, edges and the joint layout per the plans.

Slab in 3D

Call the Plant

Concrete rules — this job

Concrete waste % Rebar stock Form board stock Truck holds (yd) Short load under (yd) Joints max × thickness (spaced evenly) Footings pour day Walls pour day Slabs pour day

Fill under the slabs — crushed stone / washed gravel under the slab, pit run (structural fill) under that, compacted in lifts.

Crushed stone, tons a yard Pit run, tons a yard Lifts (in) Stone compaction +% Pit run compaction +% Gravel under slabs, min (in) Pit run under slabs Porch / patio / walk slope away from the house (in / ft) Garage floor falls to the door (in / ft) Apron top below the garage slab at the door (in) Apron falls away from the door (in / ft)

Forming — the spacing the Form & Hardware list and the order count off. Ties follow the form system.

Turnbuckle brace every (ft) Braced faces Stakes per brace Strongback every (ft) Waler rows — 4' panels Waler rows — 8' panels Waler rows — taller Walk brackets over (in) Walk bracket every (ft) Form oil — sf a gallon Duplex nails — sf a pound Grade nail every (ft) Chamfer strip

Every job carries its own copy — change the company numbers and the old jobs keep theirs. Joints: spaced evenly across every slab, no more than 2.5 × the thickness in feet apart — a 4" slab, 34' long, gets 4 panels at 8'-6".

Rebar Cut & Bend Schedule

Foundation Order

Rough sawn is full dimension — an 8x8 here is eight inches by eight inches, not 7 1/4. Every length below is the real timber. What holds the building up — timber sizes, spans, joinery capacity, brace size, post bases and connectors — comes off the approved plans or the engineer of record.

The frame

Name How is it framed? Joinery Length Width (bent span) Post height Bent spacing Species Post base

Timber sizes

Posts Tie beams / cross beams Wall plates Wall girts Knee braces Brace leg

Pegged joinery

Tenon length (each shouldered end) Peg Pegs per joint

Tenoned lengths in the timber list include the tenons; the tie beam sits on the posts and is the bent span. Cut the shoulders to the joinery drawing — the shoulder-to-shoulder dimension is what sets the frame, not the overall length.

View

Roof

Shape Pitch /12 Overhang Purlins Purlin spacing (up the slope) Rafters Purlins Ridge

What goes on the outside

Enclosure SIP thickness Infill studs Siding board Batten Gap between boardsSpaced so the boards can breathe and move. Nailer spacing

Timber Order — whole frame

Rolled up by size and stock length, the way the mill quotes it. Hand this to the sawyer; the list above is what the crew cuts from it.

Mill price, $ per bd ft

Start from one of ours

Every field below gets set to the way we build them. Change what's different about this one.

What's in it

How it's built

Or describe it

One building. Four walls, the gable ends, the roof, the slab and the trim in one number.

The building

Name What is it Width (clear span) Length Height to top of post Bay spacing Roof shape Pitch (/12) Tall side (single slope)

Open sides

An open side keeps its columns and gets a header across every bay — no girts, splash, steel or trim. Loafing sheds, hay sheds, equipment bays.

Front Back Left end Right end

Shape of the floor

Wing width (how far it sticks out) Wing length (along the wall) Which side Height to top of post Starts at (from the left end)

Columns and footings

Column Embed depth Hole / pad Footing Uplift Endwall columns Gable stud Gable stud spacing

Girts, splash and wainscot

Girt Girt spacing Girt stock Splash plank Splash rows Wainscot height

Steel

Wall panel Panel cover Wall color Custom wall color Wainscot color Custom wainscot color Roof color Custom roof color Trim color Custom trim color

Wall sheathing

Roof

Trusses bear on Truss spacing Purlins Purlin size Purlin spacing Roof cover Roof deck Roof panel Eave overhang Rake overhang

Extras

What the brochures list. Every one of these lands on the order, the budget and the spec sheet.

Vented ridge — vented cap and closures both slopes Soffit Snow retention 5" seamless gutters and downspouts on the eaves Cupolas Cupola size Liner steel inside

Slab

Pour a slab

Thickness Reinforcing Thickened edge depth Thickened edge width 10 mil vapor barrier under the slab

Insulation and inside

Insulation

Finished space inside (barndominium)

Interior wall, total lf Ceiling height Stud Stud spacing

Openings

Lean-tos and porches

Drawing

Budget

What it runs. The building you just described, priced off your rates, as a range you can hand a customer.

Quick build

Describe the building. Four walls, the openings and the roof in one go.

Post Frame Wall

Wall name Wall length Height to top of post Post spacing Column Embedment Footing pad

Girts & splash

Girts (on flat, outside face) Girt spacing Splash plank Splash rows Girt / plank stock Wainscot height (0 = none)

Steel

Wall covering Wall panel Board Batten Gap between boardsSpace them so they can breathe and move — the batten bridges the gap and lands on both boards. Wall sheathing (standing seam needs it) Panel coverage Drawing Panel color Wainscot color

Openings

Posts land flush at both corners and on center from the left corner; an opening whose edge misses a post gets a jamb post. Girts run on flat across the outside face with splices on a post. Column, footing, header and uplift design come from the approved plans.

Post Frame Roof

Roof name Shape Pitch /12 Span (building width) Building length Trusses bear on Post spacing Truss spacing Glulam size Carrier size Plies Heel height Eave overhang Rake / gable overhang

Purlins

How they run Size Spacing

Roof covering

Covering Deck Roof panel Panel coverage Seam Seam height Gauge Underlayment Clip spacing Panel color

Truss order — quote request

Loads come off the approved plans — type what they call out. Blank lines print as “per plans” for the truss company to fill in.

Ground snow (psf) Top chord live Top chord dead Bottom chord dead Bottom chord live Wind (mph) Exposure Risk category Bearing width Truss type Bottom chord pitch (scissor) Tail cut Needed by Job site Contact

Special trusses

Truss profile, carrier size, bearing hardware and bracing come from the truss package and the approved plans — this lays out the framing and counts the material.

Post Frame Order — whole building

Barndo off the plans

Shell + stick interior. Off the floor plan scanned on the Plans tab: the outside walls are the shell, the inside walls stay stud walls.

Exterior Paper

Post Frame Crew

Which walls Paper

Same three sheets as the stick-frame side, written for post frame: what to pull, what to cut, and the order the building goes up in.

Roof Spec

Roof name Shape Framing Building width (span) Building length Pitch /12 Sub fascia Spacing Rafter size Eave overhang Rake (gable) overhang Overhang measured Wall sheathing thickness

Outlookers

Size Orientation How they sit Placement Max spacing (fills between breaks) Gable ends with outlookers Block between outlookers at the wall line Blocking at the bearing walls

Wing (valley tie-in)

A wing ties into this roof — two valleys and their jacks Wing span (width) Wing length out from the main wall Wing pitch /12 Wing centre along the building

Equal pitch only. Same pitch both ways puts the valley at 45° in plan, which is what makes the jack schedule a straight step — the common difference is printed on the cut list. A wing at a different pitch is a plans-and-engineer valley and the tool says so instead of guessing.

Dormers

How many Kind Width Depth back into the roof Dormer pitch /12 Front wall height

Every dormer is a hole in the roof: a doubled trimmer rafter each side and a 2-ply header top and bottom. Those carry roof load — size, hangers and connections come off the approved plans or the engineer of record. A shed dormer has to run flatter than the roof it comes out of.

Roof covering

Covering Color Roof deck Underlayment Snow retention

Standing seam goes on a solid deck, every time, and there is no rake trim on it — the panel wraps the rake edge. Hips step the panels down into the corner; the schedule below is grouped by length so the shop can run it. Min slope, clip spacing and snow-load layout are the manufacturer’s numbers, not this tool’s.

Roof sheathing starts at the sub fascia and works up the rake in 4' courses — “on breaks” drops an outlooker dead on every course line so the panel edges land on wood, with fill outlookers between so nothing exceeds your max spacing. Flat outlookers lay over a dropped gable truss; on-edge (e.g. 2x10 into a 2x10 drop truss) hang in the drop truss and bear back to the first common. Outlooker length = one truss bay + overhang to the back of the sub fascia.

Trusses in 3D

Roof in 3D

Octagon roof — 8 hips, cupola

This building is an octagon

Side at the plate (long point) Top of wall plate Pitch (rise per 12) Overhang (level) Rafters Hips Hip plies Rafter spacing

Cupola in the middle — the main roof lands on its walls

Cupola side (long point) Cupola top of plate Cupola pitch Cupola overhang Cupola rafters Cupola hips

Layout & material tool only — header, beam, rafter and connection sizing comes from the approved plans, manufacturer tables, or the engineer of record. Verify all dimensions against the plans before cutting.

Three steps. That's the whole app.

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Wall Stack — Full Elevations

Assembly — Walls Together

Interior finish

Crew stationsES

Today

Crew Mode

Scan the sheet

Read with AI

Plan notes

Walls off this sheet

Window & door schedule

Takeoff

Ask the sheet

Settings

What does that dimension read?

Stair spec

Section — the way it goes together

Stringer — mark it off this

Deck

Section — through the deck

Cut list

Order

Floor system

Beams

Siding

Price the job

Material Order — All Saved Walls

Foundation Wall

Form Plan — looking down

Footing Plan

Foundation 3D — bolts & straps

Slab on Grade

Call the Plant

Rebar Cut & Bend Schedule

Foundation Order

Timber Order — whole frame

The building

Post Frame Wall

Post Frame Roof

Post Frame Order — whole building

Post Frame Crew

Roof Spec

Wall Spec

Crew stations