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Painting takeoff software, free in your browser

Measure wall and ceiling paint areas by room, take off trim and doors, and roll up quantities for your painting bid, all on any PDF plan set in the browser. TRACEBUILD auto-detects rooms, so ceiling area takeoff goes fast, with nothing to install.

Try TRACEBUILD free See the 2 minute demo

Free while TRACEBUILD Lite is in early access. No download, no credit card.

What you can take off

Wall paint areas measured by length and height to scale.
Ceiling areas in square feet, by room and coating.
Rooms detected and named automatically with Detect Spaces.
Trim, base, and frame lengths in linear feet.
Doors and windows counted for paint sides and openings.
Quantities exported to CSV and Excel, ready for your estimate.

How painting takeoff works

Open your drawings. Drag the floor plans and elevations into the browser. Nothing uploads, nothing installs.
Set the scale. Click a known dimension and type its length, or pick a standard scale. Every measurement then reads in real feet.
Detect and measure. Run Detect Spaces to outline rooms, then measure wall and ceiling areas and linear trim, and count doors and windows.
Export. Send areas and trim lengths to Excel or CSV, then add your coats and coverage for the bid.

Built for painting estimating

Area by room, fast

Detect Spaces outlines and names rooms from the drawing's own text for fast ceiling areas, and the wall tool measures wall areas by length and height.

Keep coatings apart

Put each coating or room type on its own takeoff group so areas roll up separately for pricing.

Works on any PDF

Vector or scanned plans and elevations, with text search and OCR to find finish schedules and notes across the set.

Estimate-ready export

Clean CSV and Excel output that drops straight into the way you already bid painting.

Common questions

Can I measure wall and ceiling paint areas?

Yes. Measure wall areas by length and height and ceiling areas in square feet to scale. Detect Spaces outlines and names rooms so ceiling areas come together fast, and the wall and perimeter tools handle wall areas.

Can I separate paint areas by coating type?

Yes. Keep each coating or room type on its own takeoff group so areas roll up separately, and take off trim, base, and door and window counts alongside them.

Is TRACEBUILD really free for painting takeoff?

TRACEBUILD Lite runs free in the browser during early access, with markup, measurement, and takeoff included. A Windows app, Pro, adds pricing and on-device AI and is coming soon.

Can I export my painting takeoff to Excel?

Yes. Wall and ceiling areas and trim lengths export to CSV and Excel so they drop straight into your estimate.

Takeoff by trade

TRACEBUILD does takeoff for every trade, from MEP to sitework and finishes. Browse construction takeoff software by trade to find yours.