ai steel estimating software

for steel estimators who need accurate bids, faster

Steel Genie by Allplan helps steel estimators generate accurate takeoffs directly from structural drawings. By automating steel takeoffs and producing estimating-ready models in minutes, Steel Genie allows teams to evaluate projects faster and submit more competitive bids. 

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Create accurate estimates in a fraction of the time

As a steel estimator, speed and accuracy are critical to winning work. Steel Genie automates steel takeoffs directly from structural drawings, allowing estimators to generate quantities and estimating-ready models in minutes instead of hours. 

This allows teams to evaluate structural scope quickly and prepare bids with significantly less manual effort. 

turn drawings into estimates quickly

Steel Genie analyzes structural drawing sets using AI to detect beams, columns, braces, joists, and other structural members automatically. It generates estimating-level 3D models and quantities in minutes, eliminating hours of manual counting and measurement. 

Estimators can validate structural scope, understand framing layouts, and generate takeoffs before committing to a bid. 

connect estimating to detailing workflows

For teams using SDS2, estimating models created with Steel Genie can support downstream detailing and modeling workflows. SDS2 provides detailed modeling, connection design, and fabrication-ready outputs that help teams transition smoothly from estimating to project execution. 

This integrated workflow helps fabricators move from estimating to detailing with greater accuracy and efficiency. 

why steel estimators use Steel genie

Steel Genie analyzes structural drawings and generates steel takeoffs in minutes instead of hours of manual counting.

Fabricators using Steel Genie have increased estimating productivity, enabling teams to process significantly more steel per estimating hour. 

Automated detection eliminates hours of manual measuring, counting, and data entry from the estimating process. 

Faster takeoffs allow estimators to respond earlier to bid invitations and pursue more opportunities.

Estimating-level 3D models help estimators visualize framing layout and verify that structural members and quantities are captured correctly before bidding.

Estimating-level 3D models help estimators visualize framing layout and verify that structural members and quantities are captured correctly before bidding.

Estimating models generated by Steel Genie can serve as the starting point for downstream modeling workflows.

With faster takeoffs and clearer scope visibility, estimating teams can evaluate more bid opportunities with the same staff.

WHAT industry experts are SAYing about steel genie:

“Steel Genie is an industry-changing tool for structural steel takeoff. Even during testing, we've seen how it can dramatically accelerate estimating. Once fully integrated into our workflow, we expect it to more than double our estimating throughput.”

Steven Tillery, Steel Service

“Steel Genie consistently saves us one to two days on smaller projects and dramatically more on larger ones. I completed a full structural takeoff on an 11-story and a 14-story building in just over a week - work that would have taken significantly longer by hand. Even compared to the optimized Bluebeam workflow I'd already built, Steel Genie made us faster.”

Martin Newton, ATM Steel

“From what I've seen, Steel Genie shows real promise as a tool for steel estimators to be more productive, helping them bid more jobs and land more projects.”

Hal Cartee, Cartee-Berry & Associates, LLC

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