Electrical Takeoff Software (AI-Powered)
Upload electrical plan sets and get structured takeoffs in minutes. Aginera counts every component, traces every conduit run, and identifies every device — automatically.
Electrical takeoff software uses AI to read electrical construction drawings and automatically count switchgear, devices, fixtures and wire pulls, and measure conduit and raceway — producing a structured quantity list ready for estimating. Instead of counting symbols sheet by sheet with colored pencils, the estimator reviews AI-generated quantities that each trace back to the sheet and location they came from.
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A real lighting plan is already marked up below — every fixture, downlight, exit sign and switch the AI found. Switch detection types, or drop your own drawing to run it live.
Drop an electrical drawing — devices found in seconds
PDF format · max 10 MB · nothing is stored
Electrical takeoffs take too long
Every electrical estimator knows the drill: print the plans, grab colored pencils, and start counting symbols sheet by sheet. A 50-sheet commercial plan set means 8-12 hours of tedious, error-prone manual counting before you can even start pricing.
Miss a device on sheet E-12? Undercount conduit on the mezzanine floor? Those mistakes turn into change orders that eat your margin. And when you're juggling multiple bids, there's no time to triple-check every sheet.
Aginera's AI electrical takeoff software reads your drawings the way an experienced estimator would — but in minutes instead of hours, and without the fatigue that causes mistakes at 2am.
How It Works
Three steps from plan set to bid-ready takeoff.
Upload your drawings
Drag and drop your PDF or CAD electrical plan sets. Aginera processes all sheets — floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, single-line diagrams, panel and luminaire schedules, risers, and details.
AI extracts components
Computer vision identifies switchgear, conduit, wire, devices, fixtures and equipment. Quantities are counted and conduit/wire lengths are calculated, with schedules read to resolve tags to real gear.
Review and estimate
Review the takeoff with per-line confidence scores and drawing references, so verification is a targeted spot-check. Export to Excel, generate a BOM, or build an estimate directly.
What the AI Extracts from Electrical Drawings
Full-scope electrical takeoff — from high-voltage distribution to low-voltage data.
Distribution & Switchgear
Transformers, switchgear, disconnects, transfer switches, MCC, distribution boards
Conduit & Raceway
EMT, RGS, PVC, MC cable, cable tray, wireways, bus duct — with linear footage
Wire & Cable
Building wire, feeders, branch circuits — quantities derived from conduit routes
Devices & Outlets
Receptacles, switches, dimmers, sensors, junction boxes, floor boxes
Lighting
Fixtures, emergency lighting, exit signs, controls, occupancy sensors
Fire Alarm & Low Voltage
Smoke detectors, pull stations, horns/strobes, data outlets, access control
Why Estimators Use Aginera for Electrical Takeoffs
Hours of counting become a review pass
A commercial plan set that takes a day to count by hand typically extracts in well under an hour. You start from a populated takeoff and adjust it, rather than starting from a blank sheet at 2am.
Consistent from the first sheet to the last
The same methodology is applied to sheet 90 as to sheet 1 — no fatigue drift late in a set, and no quietly different counting rules between two estimators. Every line traces back to the sheet it came from, so a disputed quantity is checked in seconds rather than re-counted.
Bid more projects with the same team
When takeoffs take minutes instead of days, your estimating team can handle 5-10x more bid invitations without adding headcount.
Straight to BOM and estimate
Takeoff quantities flow directly into bills of materials and cost estimates. No re-keying numbers into spreadsheets.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is electrical takeoff software?
Electrical takeoff software automates the process of counting and measuring components from electrical construction drawings. Instead of manually counting symbols on printed plans, the software identifies switchgear, conduit runs, devices, wire pulls, and fixtures — producing a structured quantity list ready for estimating.
How does AI electrical takeoff differ from manual takeoff tools?
Traditional tools like Bluebeam or On-Screen Takeoff require you to click on every symbol and trace every run manually. AI electrical takeoff software reads the drawing itself — recognizing symbols, reading schedules, and tracing routes — so you review results instead of starting from scratch. This reduces takeoff time from hours to minutes.
What file formats does Aginera support?
Aginera processes PDF plan sets and CAD files (DWG, DXF). Most electrical contractors receive plan sets as multi-page PDFs — just upload the file and Aginera processes all sheets in the set.
How accurate are AI-generated electrical takeoffs?
It varies by sheet type, and that is the honest answer. Panel and luminaire schedules — structured tables — extract more reliably than dense power plans where symbols overlap dimension strings and keynotes. Vector PDFs beat scanned raster sets. Every item carries a confidence score and a reference back to the sheet and location it came from, so verification is a targeted spot-check rather than a recount. Treat any vendor quoting a single accuracy figure across all drawing types with caution, including us.
Does the extraction get better over time?
Yes, and it is worth being precise about how. We run a ground-truth benchmark suite over real plan sets, score every change against it, and gate releases on regression — so extraction quality for a given drawing type improves release over release, and every customer gets those improvements without doing anything. What we do not do is quietly train a shared model on your drawings in the background. For Enterprise customers who want a model tuned to their own drawing conventions, symbol libraries or in-house standards, that is a deliberate, contracted engagement — not something that happens to your data by default.
Can it handle multi-story and large commercial projects?
Yes. Aginera processes full plan sets with dozens of sheets. It handles floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, single-line diagrams, equipment schedules, riser diagrams, and detail sheets. Quantities are aggregated across all sheets with duplicate detection.
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