Metal framing estimating software for drywall and framing contractors. Partitions measured by wall type, converted to stud counts at the specified spacing, with track, headers, bracing, deflection connections and backing counted from the wall type legend and the details.
Metal framing is measured in linear feet of wall and priced in something else entirely. A 10-foot-high 20-gauge shaft wall at 16 inches on centre with a deflection head and full-height bracing has almost nothing in common, cost-wise, with an 8-foot 25-gauge office partition at 24 inches on centre — yet a linear-foot rate treats them as the same product. That is the gap this software is built to close.
BidcoreAI measures partitions by wall type. Each type carries its stud size, gauge, spacing, height and head condition from the wall type legend, so a measured length converts directly into stud counts, track lengths and the connection details that go with them. Openings generate their own framing — jambs, headers, sills and the extra studs a wide opening needs — rather than being deducted from the wall and forgotten.
The items that make framing slow are counted too. Deflection track and slip connections at structural interfaces. Bridging and bracing rows by height. Backing for millwork, grab bars, TVs, handrails and equipment, taken from the interior elevations and details, which is the scope most often discovered on site rather than in the estimate. Fire-rated and acoustic assemblies carry their own detailing and their own labor.
Because framing and drywall share the same walls, the same measurement produces both. One pass over the plan set yields the framing package and the board, tape, insulation and finish quantities — which is the practical reason drywall contractors end up doing the framing takeoff twice in most workflows, and why doing it once is worth this much attention.
Read from the wall type legend, the floor plans, the interior elevations and the framing details.
Wall lengths measured per wall type, with size, gauge, spacing and height taken from the legend.
Converted from length at the real spacing, with corners, intersections and ends counted.
Jambs, headers and sills generated from the door, window and borrowed-light openings.
The structural interface details that decide how long a wall actually takes to build.
Bridging rows and in-wall backing taken from the details and interior elevations.
Suspended framing, furring and soffit framing measured as their own quantities.
Wall types drive the quantities; the details drive the labor. Both are read.
Wall types recognised from the legend and measured across every level, with lengths proposed for confirmation on the sheet.
Lengths converted to stud counts at 12, 16 or 24 inch centres, with corner, intersection and end studs counted properly.
Stud lengths and bridging rows follow wall height from the sections, so a two-storey wall is not carried at 8 feet.
Jambs, headers and sills generated automatically from the door and window schedules and reconciled against the plans.
Slip and deflection connections identified from the details, and priced as the labor item they are.
In-wall backing taken from interior elevations and details, which is where the scope hides until somebody hangs a grab bar.
One measurement produces framing, board, tape, insulation and finish quantities, so the wall is measured once.
Fire and acoustic assemblies tracked by UL design number with their detailing requirements carried into labor.
Applied per component — stud, track, channel — and shown as applied rather than folded into one blanket allowance.
Material lists in order units: sticks by length, track by bundle, screws by box, ready for a supplier quote.
Quantity sheets and priced estimates to Excel or CSV with wall type and sheet reference on every line.
Quantities grouped by level, zone or phase to match how framing is sequenced and billed on a multi-storey job.
Division 05 40 00 and the Division 09 assemblies that sit on top of it.
Interior build-outs, healthcare, hospitality, education and multifamily — anywhere the walls are stud and board.
Wall type legend first, then the plans, then the details nobody reads until they cost money.
The wall stops being a linear foot and becomes what it actually is.
Gauge, spacing and height are carried per wall type, so a shaft wall and an office partition stop sharing a rate they never deserved.
In-wall backing taken from the interior elevations is scope that is otherwise discovered on site — at which point it is a change order you are paying for.
Jambs and headers generated from the schedules mean a wall full of doors costs more than a blank one, which is the actual state of the world.
Framing and drywall from the same measurement removes a whole duplicate takeoff from every interior bid.
UL assemblies carry their detailing and firestopping implications, so the rating is priced rather than assumed to be free.
Sticks by length and track by bundle means the delivery matches the wall, instead of arriving in a length the crew has to cut down.
Because the wall type legend is the most useful page in the set, and most tools ignore it.
Gauge, spacing, height and head condition are properties of the type, so quantities and productivity follow automatically.
One measurement produces both packages. Interior contractors bid both, and measuring twice is pure waste.
Deflection connections, bridging and backing are pulled from the details and elevations where the scope actually lives.
Fire and acoustic assemblies keep their UL references, with the detailing labor priced rather than assumed.
No workstation licence, and the marked-up plan set opens on a tablet in the field.
Framing and drywall packages can be measured for you through drywall estimating services.
Send the plans and the wall type legend and have the interior package measured for you: partitions by type, stud and track counts, opening framing, backing and bracing, plus the board and finish quantities from the same pass — priced against your own rates.
One platform, one cost database, one set of drawings — whichever scope you are pricing today.
Bring a floor plan with a wall type legend and see the framing and drywall quantities come out of the same pass.
