ProjectAI Takeoff
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Takeoff for
Industrial
Piping

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

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. 03
A museum exhibit titled 'Early Misclassifications' displaying three identical 90-degree pipe elbows labeled different ways - illustrating how the same fitting gets written different ways on isometric drawings

Fig. 01 — Three separate parts? Not quite.

June 16, 2026 / Product Update

The Purplefish Pipeline || June: Introducing Smart Merge (Advanced Roll Up)

Smart Merge finds duplicate BOM line items written different ways and rolls them up cleanly, saving estimators hours per packet. Here's what shipped in June, plus a look at what's next.

Read More
04/ Get Started

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