On-Screen Takeoff Takeoff Boost™ Service Update Release Notes (2025-03-04) - OST DPC

AA-05031

Improvements

  • Takeoff Boost™ now more accurately draws:
    • Drawing takeoff on the center of walls
    • Removing extraneous net areas outside of buildings

Why is this a big deal?

Takeoff Boost™ previously was not doing a great job at aligning walls to what was shown on the drawing. Even if the measurement of the wall was correct, estimators noticed this issue and sometimes lost confidence in the results. Because Takeoff Boost wasn’t meeting our customer’s expectation in how estimators draw their walls, we knew we had to retrain the models to improve this.

This update also eliminates the amount of times net areas are drawn erroneously outside of the building.

Examples

Please note the before and after results below.

Before After
Before the update, Takeoff Boost did not align the takeoff to the plan correctly
Notice, many of the takeoff segments were drawn next to the indicated walls.
After the update, Takeoff Boost aligns wall takeoff to the plans
After the update, the takeoff objects are centered on the walls.
Before the update, Takeoff Boost did not align the takeoff to the plan correctly
Again, the takeoff did not align with the plan.
After the update, Takeoff Boost aligns wall takeoff to the plans
The takeoff now aligns with the plan accurately.

Before the update, Takeoff Boost did not align the takeoff to the plan correctly
Another example of a line drawn next to a wall.

After the update, Takeoff Boost aligns wall takeoff to the plans
After the update, the linear takeoff is centered on the wall.
 Before the update, Takeoff Boost incorrectly drew net area outside of the building's boundariesThe lighter green area takeoff should not have been drawn. After the update, Takeoff Boost did not draw net area outside of the building's boundaries
After the update, Takeoff Boost ignores the area outside of the building. 
 Before the update, Takeoff Boost incorrectly drew net area outside of the building's boundariesAgain, the light green area should not have been drawn.   After the update, Takeoff Boost did not draw net area outside of the building's boundaries
After the update.
 Before the update, Takeoff Boost incorrectly drew net area outside of the building's boundariesLast example of net area takeoff drawn where it shouldn't have been.  After the update, Takeoff Boost did not draw net area outside of the building's boundaries
And after this update, the takeoff is correct.