Read and resolve
Coordinate drawings, identify the actual condition, and keep approved child names separate from descriptive plan titles. File review and teaching can happen while PlanSwift is closed.
BUILT FOR THE WAY BUILDERS THINK
A detail on paper.
A build you can
understand.
Get inside the assembly. See where the slab ends, how the wall sits, and what the drawing is really telling you.
Concrete. Context. A clearer way to learn.
LIVE ASSEMBLY / DEMO A–01DRAG TO EXPLORE ↔
01 Every layer has a reason.
02 Find the connection.
READ THE DRAWING↗BUILD THE DETAIL↗QUESTION THE ASSUMPTION↗KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN
ONE WORKSPACE. MORE WAYS TO UNDERSTAND.
Open a room.
Follow your curiosity.
AK Takeoff brings the drawing, the assembly, the parts, and the explanation into the same conversation.
01 / BUILD & UNDERSTAND
The assembly room
Explore 72 saved studies. Separate the pieces, expose the steel, and inspect a single component.
Enter the room ↗ 02 / LOOK CLOSERDrawing reviews
Follow the arrow, make the call, and explain your reasoning. The useful part is finding out why.
Work through a review ↗ 03 / KEEP THE KNOWLEDGEA library that grows
Catalog the question, the answer, and the evidence. Come back to a lesson when the condition appears again.
Browse the learning shelf ↗Also in the AK workflow
Parts & sizes
+Manufacturer catalogs
+Saved assembly drafts
+Construction calculator
THE ASSEMBLY ROOM / 72 SAVED STUDIES
Get inside the detail.
Find how it fits.
Real saved study geometry. Pick a model, pull it apart, hide the concrete, and inspect the actual pieces. Original project names stay behind a private source key.
Your label stays in this browser. This is a sample workspace, not customer project storage.
CHOOSE A STUDY
Your assembly, in view.
1 FINGER: ORBIT · 2 FINGERS: PINCH / PAN
EVERY PIECE HAS A PLACE
Select a component to isolate it.
Study status, dimensions & open questions UNDER REVIEW
Models are saved studies, not released designs or completed takeoffs. Representative pieces and display lengths do not establish installed quantities.
THE WHOLE PICTURE
From a drawing.
To understanding. To work.
Explore the tools, where they fit, and what you can use today. Every step connects back to the actual condition.
YOUR WORKSPACE SHOULD FEEL LIKE YOURS
Same tools. Your environment.
White, purple, graphite, drafting blue, or green. Change the whole interface and choose calmer motion.
PLANSWIFT. PLAN CONTEXT. ONE WORKFLOW.
Understand the detail.
Carry it into PlanSwift.
AK Takeoff works directly with PlanSwift Desktop on Windows through a local connection. Review the supplied drawings, resolve the conditions, and prepare source-backed takeoff items before working in the intended job.
LOCAL WINDOWS CONNECTION · NATIVE COM WORKFLOWConnect to the right job
The optional local helpers inspect the intended open, active job on the same Windows computer. Job identity, destination page, and calibration are checked before live changes.
Check what was saved
Review the native item and saved geometry against the source. A good-looking model or a successful drawing operation alone does not establish a complete takeoff.
Reuse PlanSwift’s verified saved page scale and native measurements in the local workflow. Auto Scale can help set page scales; results and differently scaled regions still require review. The public playground does not connect this webpage to your PlanSwift installation. Live desktop access requires the locally executing workflow.
A PLAN FOR PLAN INTAKE
Prepare outside PlanSwift.
Connect when it’s time.
The local workflow can review supplied files before PlanSwift opens. A private website upload and per-user desktop handoff are the next connection to build.
BROWSER-LOCAL HANDOFF PREVIEW
Try organizing a plan packet.
This preview lists the PDFs you choose and creates a checklist. File contents are not read or uploaded, and nothing is imported into PlanSwift.
No plan files selected.
The handoff we’re building toward
- Your private packet. Current drawings, revisions and the intended scope.
- Resolve the detail. Match conditions, child names, source references and unknowns.
- Your Windows setup. A per-user setup file and local connection to your own PlanSwift.
- Verify the destination. Exact active job, page and scale before applying reviewed work.
- Read it back. Compare saved items and geometry against the source.
The existing helper supports job inspection and guarded takeoff-item changes. It explicitly excludes page import; importing plans and verifying their saved pages need a separate implementation. This preview creates no desktop connection.
DON’T JUST WATCH. WORK THE DETAIL.
Your turn in the room.
Four synthetic exercises for named neon marking, material groups and drawing interpretation. The 72-study model library is above.
FREE TO EXPLORE · NO SIGN-INASSEMBLY STUDIO
The practice studio
Pick a piece. See how it fits.
DEMO A–01Masonry wall on a concrete foundationSynthetic teaching model · illustrative components
DRAG TO ROTATE · SCROLL TO ZOOM
Click a named dot to enter cost.
Trace the run described by this teaching example.
Drag to rotate the model. Select a component to inspect it.
Teach a condition · confirm an example
MARK → NAME → REVIEW → KEEP
A place to teach what you see.
Choose what you’re placing above, turn on Practice marking, and draw a neon run. Review it, name it, and confirm the example here. Plan highlights are predefined exercises, not automatic recognition.
Make a practice mark to prepare an example.
0 teaching examples saved on this browser
These are visitor-confirmed review candidates. Screen coordinates, model version and view are recorded so the example has context. Saving examples does not train a detector, verify a project child, or change a PlanSwift job. Customer-plan examples need the separate private project system.
THE SELECTED PIECE
Optional material worksheet · experiment with your costs
FROM THE MODEL TO YOUR WORKSHEET
Name the item. Add your cost.
Start with the shown demo counts. Edit descriptions, quantities, units, and prices for your own study.
| Item / size / length | Your qty | Unit | Your unit cost · USD | Extension |
|---|
Your inputs stay in this browser. The starting quantities are shown demo counts, not a project takeoff. Model resizing does not change these quantities. CSV opens in Excel; it does not connect to your workbook. Material extensions exclude tax, waste, labor, and delivery.
⌖ Public teaching examples. Your private job drawings and local workspace stay separate.
FROM THE PIECE TO THE PLAN
A model is useful.
Knowing where it goes
is the whole point.
These highlighted locations are predefined teaching examples, not detected features. A section shows the shape; the plan shows its assigned location. Use them to learn the relationship before measuring a real project.
Follow the highlighted wall line. The section explains the layers; the plan establishes the run.
AK / LEARNING PLANDEMO P–01
ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN · NOT TO SCALE01 / 03
CHOOSE THE PIECE. LOCATE IT. BUILD THE LIST.
Start with an assembly.
Keep its place on the plan.
A small working example of the next workflow: connect an assembly to a defined teaching-plan location, inspect it in 3D, and build a reusable placement list.
SYNTHETIC PLAN / THREE DEFINED LOCATIONS
Choose an assembly to highlight its example location on the plan above.
Your placement list
0 of 3 example locations listed
| Assembly | Location | Reference | Review | Action |
|---|
Saved in this browser. These entries are assigned teaching locations, not automatic plan recognition, a whole-building 3D reconstruction, or calculated material quantities. Actual plans need scale, elevations, source coordination and overlap checks.
THE QUESTION IS WHERE IT STARTS
Look for the mistake.
Find the understanding.
A wrong answer is useful when you investigate it. Practice reading the evidence, then keep the explanation you can use again.
DRAWING EVIDENCEDEMO R–01
Move the arrow. Follow its tip.
Drag the orange target between the two surfaces, or use the labeled arrow-position buttons.
Review this endpointTEACHING DIAGRAM · NOT TO SCALE
QUESTION 01 / 03
Which surface does callout 1 point to?
A finish layer sits above the concrete. Start at the arrow tip.
Practice answers stay in this browser. These cards make no takeoff changes.
PLAN VALUES IN. VISIBLE ARITHMETIC OUT.
Work the section.
See what changes.
Enter the actual dimensions and reinforcement schedule from your plans. Changing a section never invents a new bar size or structural design.
YOUR ENTERED VALUES · NOT SOURCE-VERIFIED
Enter the reinforcement schedule
No reinforcement is inferred from the concrete size. These inputs count the schedule you supply.
—net entered section · yd³
Enter the length, width and depth from the plan.
Tie positions include both ends of the usable run and are distributed at or below the entered maximum spacing. Actual end rules may differ. Hooks, laps, bends, terminations and intersections require the source detail; add only the lengths that apply. The two-side face calculation is optional scope, not a forming requirement. This calculator does not resize or validate the saved study models.
THE KNOWLEDGE SHELVES
Good questions
shouldn’t disappear.
Save the lesson with its reasoning. Find it when the next detail makes you stop and think.
Your saved practice notes will appear here.
01Notice the mismatch.
→Something doesn’t line up. Start there.
02Ask a better question.
→Find the cue, the assumption, or the missing piece.
03Test another scenario.
→Change the condition. Does the reasoning hold?
04Keep the evidence.
Turn a discovery into something reusable.
THE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER
One known rule.
Fewer ways to get lost.
Knowing how two conditions relate can narrow the choices. Try this scoped example: what changes when two entries cover the same formed face?
RULE 001 / SAME FACE · SAME SCOPECHANGE THE CONDITION
This teaching rule checks a defined overlap in scope. Adjacency alone does not prove a conflict. More rules need their own evidence, applicability, and exceptions.
BUILT FROM REAL QUESTIONS. OPEN TO NEW POSSIBILITIES.
For the people who want
to understand the build.
Estimators checking an interpretation. Builders working through a connection. Instructors making a detail click. Learners asking one more question.
The public playground is available here. Paid learning packs and broader product access are in development.
A FEW THINGS WORTH KNOWING
What can I try on this site?
Rotate and resize synthetic assemblies, switch to X-ray, explode the layers, select components, follow conditions onto a teaching plan, answer review questions, calculate a rectangular volume, and save or export your practice notes.
Are customer projects stored here?
This is the public sample library and teaching playground. Sample workspace names and practice inputs stay in your browser. A separate private customer project store is being designed to preserve original files, revisions, source links and audited support access. This public page does not accept customer plan contents or provide customer accounts.
Are the models project specifications?
The library contains 72 approved source-derived studies under neutral sample IDs, plus four synthetic practice assemblies. Their unresolved dimensions and source limits remain visible. Representative pieces are not installed quantities. Actual dimensions, reinforcement, scope and applicability come from the project’s drawings and specifications.
Can I buy access?
Paid product access and learning packs are being developed. Pricing and purchase options will be published when an actual offer is ready. The interactive playground is free to explore now.