Electrical takeoff & estimating software

Electrical takeoff and estimating you can trace back to the plans.

Upload a PDF plan set. Where a legend or fixture schedule defines the symbols, Metruno locates them for you to confirm. For everything else, select one example and find matching shapes across your drawings. Every quantity stays linked to its source.

Rather not count it yourself? We prepare your first takeoff free, within one business day. Matches require review; conductors and raceways are not measured automatically.

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Metruno sample quantity review: eight new Type B lights and two removals, each linked to E101 — **Sample workspace · Review counts with their drawing references**Eight new lights and two removals, kept separate and linked to E101.

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Original PDF preserved
Counts linked to their drawings
Final estimates stay locked

The workflow

From drawing to a bid you can stand behind.

An estimate is easier to trust when every quantity stays connected to its source. Metruno keeps drawings, review, and pricing in one traceable workflow.

Upload the plan set

Bring the PDF drawing set into the project. The original file stays attached while Metruno processes the sheets.

Confirm what Metruno finds, count the rest

Where a legend or fixture schedule defines the symbols, Metruno locates them for you to confirm. For other items, choose an example and search selected sheets. Exclude false matches, add missed items, and separate new work, existing items and removals.

Set pricing and labor

Start from flagged starter labor hours, then use your own material costs, labor rates, overhead, and markup. Your rate book carries them to the next bid.

Finalize and handle revisions

Lock the estimate when it is ready, and review source changes before creating a revision.

Review before you price

Keep every quantity connected to its source.

Open the drawing, verify the quantity, and see what changed before it affects the estimate.

See how reviewed takeoff becomes an estimate →

Metruno sample estimate: $680 materials, $360 labor and a locked $1,281.28 total including overhead and markup — **Sample workspace · Reviewed estimate with source trace**Eight new lights and two removals, priced with illustrative rates.

Start with one project

Run your first project before you pay.

Process up to 25 sheets with no card required. Continue with Metruno Estimator for $299 USD/month.

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Questions before you upload

Clear answers for the first project.

What can I upload?

Upload PDF electrical plan sets up to 150 sheets. Preview the PDF and choose up to 25 pages to process on your free project, wherever the electrical drawings appear in the set.

Is the first project really free?

Yes. No card is required. Your first project processes up to 25 sheets. Upgrade to Metruno Estimator for $299 USD/month to process additional plan sets up to 150 sheets.

How does symbol counting work?

Select an example on your PDF and choose which processed sheets to search. Metruno finds similar shapes, including quarter-turn rotations and small size differences. You check item types and scope, exclude false matches, add missing symbols and save source-linked quantities. Each count supports up to 200 matches; split larger searches into sheet groups.

Does Metruno automatically count every electrical item?

No. Metruno locates items on its own only where the drawings define them clearly, such as a legend with drawn symbols or a fixture schedule with type tags on the plan, and every located item needs your confirmation. Other items start with an example you select. Similar shapes can represent different item types, and changed symbols, large size differences or poor scans can need separate selections or manual counts. Conductors and raceways are not measured automatically.

Can Metruno prepare the takeoff for me?

Yes. From the plan page, ask Metruno to prepare the takeoff and our team will have it ready within one business day. Your first prepared takeoff is free. Every count stays linked to the drawing so you can review it before pricing.

Can I review what Metruno finds?

Yes. Quantities remain connected to the source drawing so you can open the sheet and verify, add, or remove items before pricing.

What happens when a reviewed quantity changes?

Metruno surfaces the change before you create a revision so the final estimate does not silently change underneath you.

Ready to start?

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First project free · process up to 25 sheets · no card required

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Guides and downloads

Work through an example.

Practical examples for checking the drawing, organizing counts and pricing reviewed work.

Worked PDF example

Count electrical symbols in a PDF

Follow the E101 lighting plan from one selected symbol to reviewed, source-linked CSV counts.

Free Excel download

Electrical takeoff spreadsheet

Group counts by drawing, page and code. Keep new, existing and removal scope separate, with checks for duplicates.

Worked estimate

Turn reviewed takeoff into an estimate

See materials, labor, overhead and markup calculated from a small, clearly scoped set of quantities.