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Painting Takeoff and Estimating on Your Own Cost Data
Measure walls, ceilings and trim by coating system with AI, price it against your company's shared cost databases and bid as a team from any browser. No installs, no VPN, no starting from scratch.
01 — WHY TRUEBUILT
One Platform for Painting Takeoff and Estimating
One Cost Database for the Whole Company
Price coatings, prep, coverage rates and labor from shared cloud cost databases. Update a rate once and every open estimate picks it up.
AI Takeoff You Can Check
TrueBuilt finds and measures walls, ceilings and trim by coating system on your plans. You review and adjust instead of clicking every line.
Bid Together from Any Browser
Several estimators can work the same plans and estimate at the same time, from the office or from home. Nothing to install, no VPN, no license dongles.
02 — HOW IT WORKS
AI takeoff and METIS, on your own cost data.
Painting Takeoff, Built the Way You Bid
Measure walls, ceilings and trim by coating system, with coverage rates, prep and labor applied as you take off.
METIS AI Learns How Your Company Bids [CONFIRM]
Say the scope and METIS reads the plans, draws the takeoff and prices it on your rates. It learns how your company and your estimators work inside a safe, secure, siloed workspace. TrueBuilt does not train AI models on your data. [CONFIRM]
Frequently Asked Questions
What is TrueBuilt for painting contractors?
TrueBuilt is cloud takeoff and estimating software that runs in your browser. Painting contractors use it to measure wall, ceiling and trim surfaces by coating type on PDF plans and price the work against their own shared cost databases for coatings, prep, coverage rates and labor.
How is TrueBuilt different from desktop On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid for painting contractors?
On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid are desktop software from ConstructConnect, installed on Windows PCs. TrueBuilt runs in any browser with nothing to install, keeps takeoff and estimating in one platform, and stores your cost databases in the cloud so every estimator prices from the same rates. TrueBuilt can also export a job budget file in the Quick Bid / Plexxis format.
How does AI takeoff work in TrueBuilt for painting contractors?
TrueBuilt's AI tools speed up the repetitive parts of takeoff. Auto Count finds symbols or text tags across a sheet and checks each detection with a vision model before you accept it. Auto-Walls and 1-Click Walls detect wall runs and tags. You review every result, and every measurement stays editable.
Can I do a painting takeoff from PDF plans?
Yes. Upload PDF plan sets, draw a box around the title block once to name every sheet, and TrueBuilt numbers and sorts the sheets and links referenced sheets to each other. Revision sets and addenda are tracked, with overlays built from the revision history.
How do I price a painting estimate in TrueBuilt?
Quantities are priced against your own cloud cost databases for coatings, prep, coverage rates and labor, including assemblies, payroll classes, wages and burden. Update a rate once and every open estimate can pick it up. Supplier quotes come in through a vendor portal and can be compared line by line before you choose a price.
Can multiple estimators work on the same painting bid?
Yes. TrueBuilt is browser-based, so estimators in different offices can open the same project, plans and estimate with no VPN, installs or license dongles, and permissions control who can edit what. [CONFIRM simultaneous editing]
What is METIS AI, and how is my data handled?
METIS is TrueBuilt's AI estimator [CONFIRM]. Today it works through the TrueBuilt MCP server in an AI assistant [CONFIRM supported assistants]: it acts only with your own TrueBuilt permissions, admins choose what it can read or write, and every action is logged. TrueBuilt does not train AI models on your data [CONFIRM].
How do I get started with TrueBuilt for painting?
Book a demo and the TrueBuilt team will walk your estimators through a live bid on your own plans. [CONFIRM free pilot]
Run Your Next Painting Bid on TrueBuilt
Start a free pilot on your own plans. We'll load your cost book so your estimators can bid the next job without starting over.
