Turn construction plans into framing-specific quantities — studs, plates, sheathing, headers, joists, and roof members — and a reviewable estimate you can edit and send.
ROOM TAKEOFF
Upload the plans
Start with the framing plans and floor plans from the drawing set.
Identify the sheets
Vega helps classify framing plans, floor plans, and structural schedules so the right quantities are read off the right sheets.
Wall & opening takeoff
Wall lengths, heights, doors, and windows are read off the plans and shown on the canvas for review.
Framing quantities
Studs, plates, sheathing, headers, joists, and roof members are calculated from the takeoff — per wall and per floor.
Materials & labor
Lumber quantities and framing labor are built from the takeoff, with unit costs and labor rates that stay editable.
Review & estimate
Check the quantities, adjust what the plan got wrong, and carry the framing estimate into a proposal.
Vega assists at each stage — review and estimator judgment remain part of the process.
Framing is the most component-intensive trade in a house — thousands of pieces. Vega measures the geometry off the plans and calculates the lumber and labor behind it, grouped the way a framing estimate is actually built.
Quantities are calculated from the plan takeoff and remain editable. Trusses are an engineered allowance — replace with the supplier quote before bidding.
A framing estimate is only as good as the takeoff behind it. Vega shows the walls, openings, and quantities on the canvas and lets you correct what the plan got wrong — then flags the numbers that look off.
See every wall
Wall lengths, heights, and openings are shown on the takeoff canvas — not buried in a black-box number.
Edit the takeoff
Draw or correct walls, add missing doors and windows, and set the bearing condition where the plan is silent.
Adjust the inputs
Stud spacing, wall height, exterior stud size, roof pitch, and truss count are all editable — the whole chain recomputes.
Edit any price
Every unit cost is click-to-edit. Your overrides are saved and never replace the system defaults.
Warnings you can act on
Vega flags missing wall geometry, budgetary trusses, and estimates that fall outside the expected range — each with the field to go fix.
Cross-check vs real bids
The estimate is checked against a set of real framing bids per SF of building, so a wrong number is visible before it goes out.
Illustrative breakdown — quantities and prices shown as placeholders, not actual Vega output.
FRAMING SUBCONTRACTORS
Focus on the framing scope — wall by wall, opening by opening — and carry it into a trade-specific bid without rebuilding the takeoff from scratch.
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Estimate framing alongside concrete, drywall, roofing, and the rest — in one project, one workflow, and one proposal — instead of rebuilding each scope.
Framing estimating software helps contractors turn construction plans into framing-specific quantities — studs, plates, sheathing, headers, joists, and roof members — and then into materials, labor, and a reviewable estimate. Vega is built around that workflow for framing contractors.
Yes. Upload the drawing set and Vega reads the framing plans and floor plans to extract wall lengths, heights, doors, windows, and floor area. The results are shown on a takeoff canvas where you can review and correct them before they feed into the framing estimate.
Yes. When wall geometry is available, Vega counts field studs, king and jack studs, cripples, and corner posts wall by wall — accounting for the openings that displace studs and the corners that add them. Stud spacing, wall height, and exterior stud size are all editable.
Vega reads the printed beam and header schedule off the plans when one is present, capturing the mark, size, material, span, quantity, and ply. Headers for individual openings are sized by opening width and bearing condition, and the schedule rows are matched to openings so the same header is not billed twice.
Yes. Vega can estimate roof trusses (with a count read from the schedule or derived from the building footprint) or stick rafters, plus roof sheathing with a waste factor that changes with the roof form — gable, hip, or complex. Trusses are an engineered allowance and should be replaced with the supplier quote before the estimate goes out.
Yes. Quantities and wall geometry are editable on the takeoff canvas. In the estimate, stud spacing, wall height, stud size, roof pitch, truss count and price, beam and header rows, and every unit cost are editable. Edits are saved as your overrides and the whole estimate recomputes forward.
Both. Framing subcontractors can focus on a single framing scope from plan to bid. General contractors can carry framing alongside other trades in one project estimate. Vega offers plans for each role.
No. Vega assists the estimator by reading plans, building the takeoff, and calculating quantities and costs. Review and judgment are still required — Vega shows its work and every number remains editable.
See how Vega turns a framing plan into wall-by-wall quantities, materials, labor, and a reviewable estimate.