One of the most important success factors in construction projects is to make sound financial estimates. A project that starts off unpredictable and faces a shortage of funds after the start of activities is a failed project. No one wants this to happen, so experts estimate different costs before doing the project. Although this is possible manually, human error is very common, the work efficiency is greatly reduced, and the costs is higher.

In this case, various programs have been developed to estimate materials and costs of construction. Thereinto, PlanSwift claims to be the fastest and easiest takeoff software available for construction estimating. It helps quantity surveyor save time and money, and helps contractor get faster, more accurate estimates to win more profitable jobs. As a matter of fact, we all can see the high importance of this kind of software for all the construction industry students and professionals.

As one of the most demanded software in the construction industry for taking off quantities and preparation of material schedules, PlanSwift is designed to help users estimate construction costs very quickly. Using it not only improves accuracy and saves time, but also maximizes the company's profits. Specifically, it can help you estimate the cost associated with foundation, the amount of necessary building materials, the cost of renting construction equipment, cars, workers' wages, contractors' wages, etc.; estimate the tonnage and total cost of building steel and concrete skeletons; calculate the amount of profit and loss from the project with great accuracy.

Using PlanSwift does improve the speed and accuracy of construction estimation. There is no need for a calculator, pen or paper next to you. Instead, you only need to enter the required values ​​into the program and get a complete and accurate report in the end. Even better, one of the advantages of estimation with software is the possibility of change in the future. You can see other prices updated at any time by changing one parameter, while in the manual mode one part of the calculation is equal to re-estimating the other part.

Key Features

Estimating Features Takeoff Tools
  • Create custom assemblies
  • Import Excel Items
  • Calculate Labor
  • Calculate Material
  • Calculate Taxes
  • Create custom formulas
  • Includes standard reports
  • Create unlimited number of custom reports
  • Add Markup Percent
  • Manual Adjustments
  • Metric Support
  • Export report to Excel
  • Link to Database Lists
  • Supports product item numbers
  • Supports cost codes
  • Integrates with 3rd party programs
  • Excel integration
  • Print to PDF
  • Point of Sale export
  • Auto Count
  • Drag and drop assemblies on items
  • Labeled point counts
  • Scaled point counts
  • Add hyperlink to items
  • Custom point count symbols
  • Send Takeoff Data to 3rd party applications
  • Calculate Roof Areas
  • Calculate Cubic Yards
  • Snap to CAD lines
  • Snap to axis
  • Box takeoff mode
  • Custom Line Widths
  • Separate linear takeoff items
  • Easily copy and paste takeoff items
  • Hip and Valley Calculator
  • Standard Digital Takeoff Capability (Area, Linear, Segment, Count)

Official Demo Video

System Requirements

  • Windows 8+

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the PlanSwift Professional/Pro Metric Edition multilingual full installers and all versions universal keymaker, as well as portable full registered versions for Windows 32-bit & 64-bit.

Installation Notes

for v10.2.5+:
  1. Download and extract program
  2. Launch program, and close the "Welcome to PlanSwift" window
  3. Done
*** Make sure the path is short and has no special character like "[", "&". And you may need to run it as administrator.

for v9.0.18:

  1. Download and install PlanSwift
  2. Launch program, and close the Welcome window
  3. Enter "Help/Activate PlanSwift Professional/Manual Activation"
  4. Copy the "Computer ID" to keymaker, and click 'Generate'
  5. Copy the "Activation Code" to program, and click 'Activate'
  6. Done
*** This Keymaker is only valid for this version, so do not update program! And you'd better block it with your firewall.

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Download URLs

License Version Download Size
Professional Edition v9.0.18 reserved 25.3 MB
Pro Metric v10.3.0 39.1 MB
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