ProjectAI Takeoff
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Takeoff for
Industrial
Piping

Accurate material and labor takeoff from isometric drawings in minutes, not days or weeks.

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Trusted by
Shaw
Trade
Haskell
30,000+
ISOs Processed
99.9%
Accuracy
Michael DaughtersHaskell Corp.

Manual takeoff is grueling and time consuming. Purplefish gives our estimators a way to respond faster and bid more work without sacrificing control or accuracy.

Michael Daughters/VP, Haskell Corp.
01 / The Problem

Manual takeoff is killing your estimating team.

01 / Sr. Estimator · Pipe Fabricator

Endless
data entry.

“We get a stack of 500 ISOs and we sit there for weeks typing every fitting into Excel. Drawing after drawing.”

02 / VP Estimating · Mech. Contractor

Costly
errors.

“If you fat-finger one line item, your whole bid is wrong. Wrong price, wrong material order. And we’re doing this across a thousand drawings.”

03 / President · Fab & Construction Co.

Missed
revenue.

“We couldn’t get to at least 10 to 15 bids last year. Didn’t have enough estimator hours. Every one was a project we could have won.”

04 / VP · Industrial Piping Contractor

Wasted
talent.

“A good estimator is worth their weight in gold, and I’ve got them spending most of their time on data entry. That’s not what I hired them for.”

05 / Estimating Mgr · Pipe Fab Shop

No
solution.

“We’ve looked at every takeoff tool out there. Nothing reads an ISO and actually pulls the material. So we do it all by hand, same as we did 16 years ago.”

02/ The Solution

Takeoffs More Accurate Than Humans (99.9%), That Keep Your Estimators In Control.

Purplefish platform showing ISO drawing on left with AI-extracted bill of materials on right

01

Upload & Extract BOMs and Weld Counts

Upload a packet of ISOs. Purplefish analyzes them using multiple custom models and extracts the takeoff in minutes.

02

Bid smarter, not just faster

Purplefish doesn't just extract. It highlights discrepancies, and items worth a closer look, so your estimators spend their judgment where it counts.

03

No black box

Every material line and weld count links back to the exact spot on the drawing. Your estimators can validate any number in one click, then export to Excel.

What if you got material out for pricing same day, every time?

03/ Blog

Field Notes On Takeoff, Estimation, And Industrial Piping.

PF · Field NotesNo. 05
Pen-and-ink cartoon of an estimator holding a clipboard labeled 'Materials' in front of a massive industrial pipe rack crowded with pipes, flanges, valves, and workers, captioned 'Now do labor.' - illustrating why labor takeoff is the harder half of the estimate

Fig. 01 — Materials was the easy half.

August 24, 2026 / Product Update

The Purplefish Pipeline || August: LTO Levels Up (Field Welds, Tie Points, Centerline Length & More)

Field welds, tie points, and open ends are now auto-detected. New LTO tables cover pipe length, threaded connections, valves, and supports, plus centerline length by NPS.

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04/ Get Started

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