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It reads the vector layers. No one else does.

Drop a plan; the engine reads the engineer’s vector layers, auto-scales with no setup, paints the takeoff on the engineer’s own sheet, and drops out a bid-ready schedule & estimate. Today it does concrete foundation takeoff — built for concrete & foundation contractors and the estimators who bid them. The same engine then extends to framing, the other trades, and the general contractor’s full estimate.

See the schedules & estimate — the magic

The full 36×24 sheet — painted plan with every footing, wall & step, plus the takeoff schedules.

Every schedule the engine produces

From one plan, bid-ready — click any to read full size.

Drop a plan → the engine paints it → bid-ready schedules

1 · Drop a plan

PDF or image

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2 · Engine paints...

footings · walls · piers · rebar

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3 · Bid-ready schedules

quantities + waste ↓

MIROR ENGINEER · WALL HEIGHTS5%

627 LF · 144→151 CY +W

Color = wall height. CY = thk x ht x LF / 27. Elevations TOF/TOW per row; waste% live from concrete·walls.

	HEIGHT	TOF	TOW	THK	LF	CY	W%	+W CY
	4'-0"	6960.50	6964.50	10"	231	26.1	5%	27.4
	4'-6"	6965.00	6969.50	10"	44	6.0	5%	6.3
	4'-9"	6960.50	6965.25	10"	22	3.3	5%	3.5
	5'-3"	6965.00	6970.25	10"	12	1.9	5%	2.0
	5'-6"	6960.50	6966.00	10"	33	5.6	5%	5.9
	7'-6"	6965.00	6972.50	10"	51	11.8	5%	12.4
	8'-0"	6960.50	6968.50	10"	5	1.2	5%	1.3
	8'-6"	6964.00	6972.50	10"	15	3.8	5%	4.0
	10'-0"	6960.50	6970.50	10"	20	6.1	5%	6.4
	11'-6"	6952.00	6963.50	10"	17	6.1	5%	6.4
	12'-6"	6952.00	6964.50	10"	29	11.2	5%	11.8
	12'-9"	6952.00	6964.75	10"	53	21.0	5%	22.1
	13'-3"	6952.00	6965.25	10"	88	36.2	5%	38.0
	16'-0"	6948.50	6964.50	16"	7	3.6	5%	3.8
	TOTAL				627	144
	+ WASTE → ORDER							151.2

S-100 · sample job

MIROR ENGINEER · FOOTINGS5%

Cont 627 LF · Ret 191 LF

Continuous & retaining footings stacked. CY + waste live from concrete·footings; T.O.F. per row.

CONTINUOUS FOOTINGS (FC) · 627 LF · 30→32 CY +W

	MARK	WIDTH	T.O.F.	LF	CY	W%	+W CY
	FC-2.0	2'-0"	per wall	502	23.9	5%	25.1
	FC-1.7	1'-8"	per wall	125	5.5	5%	5.8
	TOTAL			627	29.4
	+ WASTE → ORDER					30.9

RETAINING FOOTINGS (RW) · 191 LF · 51.4 CY

	MARK	WIDTH	LF	CY	W%	+W CY
	RW 3'-9"	3'-9"	34	5.8	5%	6.1
	RW 4'-3"	4'-3"	30	5.8	5%	6.1
	RW 6'-0"	6'-0"	55	15.0	5%	15.8
	RW 7'-3"	7'-3"	59	19.5	5%	20.5
	RW 9'-0"	9'-0"	13	5.3	5%	5.3
	RETAINING TOTAL		191	51.4
	+ WASTE → ORDER				54.0

T.O.F. 6948.5–6965.25 ft — tops follow the wall T.O.F. schedule. Retaining reinforcing routed by base slab (Det 14/16); stem steel 3,614 lb rolls into Total Steel.

Continuous LF/type est. by callout ratio · retaining CY apportioned to 51.4

MIROR ENGINEER · SPOT FOOTINGS5%

66 EA · 126→132 CY +W

Spot/spread footings (FS) by size off S-100. Size, depth, qty, CY, waste% and +W per row.

	MARK	SIZE	DEP	QTY	CY	W%	+W CY
	FS-2.5	2'6×2'6	12"	5	1.2	5%	1.3
	FS-3.0	3'0×3'0	12"	3	1.0	5%	1.1
	FS-3.5	3'6×3'6	12"	6	2.7	5%	2.8
	FS-4.0	4'0×4'0	12"	8	4.7	5%	4.9
	FS-4.5	4'6×4'6	12"	6	4.5	5%	4.7
	FS-5.0	5'0×5'0	12"	6	5.6	5%	5.9
	FS-5.5	5'6×5'6	12"	4	4.5	5%	4.7
	FS-6.0	6'0×6'0	16"	5	8.9	5%	9.3
	FS-6.5	6'6×6'6	16"	3	6.3	5%	6.6
	FS-7.0	7'0×7'0	16"	8	29.0	5%	30.5
	FS-7.5	7'6×7'6	16"	5	20.8	5%	21.8
	FS-8.0	8'0×8'0	24"	3	14.2	5%	14.9
	FS-8.5	8'6×8'6	24"	3	16.1	5%	16.9
	FS-9.5	9'6×9'6	24"	1	6.7	5%	7.0
	TOTAL			66	126.1
	+ WASTE → ORDER					132.4

T.O.F. per wall schedule · CY pending footing detail

MIROR ENGINEER · CONCRETE PIERS5%

6 EA · 3.8→4 CY +W

Mark = size. CY at 4' placeholder; elevation sets true height. Pier rebar in Rebar panel, section 3.

	MARK	SIZE	H ft	QTY	CY	W%
	CP-18	18"x18"	wall	1	0.33	5%
	CP-24	24"x24"	10.0	2	1.19	5%
	CP-26	26"x26"	wall	2	1.39	5%
	CP-30	30"x30"	wall	1	0.93	5%
	TOTAL			6	3.8

◆ 2 isolated piers carry a steel column (T.O.P. 6962'); 4 embedded follow their wall.

* CY needs pier depth

MIROR ENGINEER · REBAR

#4 423 · #5 327 STK +W

All reinforcing in one panel: footing · wall · opening+pier. Base, waste% and +W per row.

CONFIRMED TOTAL · BY SCOPE			#4	#5
	Walls (vert + horiz)		182	311
	Footings (horiz + J-bar)		220	-
	TOTAL 20' STICKS		402	311
	+ WASTE → ORDER		423	327

1 · FOOTING REBAR5% — horiz + all J-bar + steps + spot mat

ITEM	BAR	STK	W%	+W STK
Footing horiz + J-bar	#4	220	5%	231
Spot-footing mat (eng dflt)	#5	220	5%	231
Footing-step dowels (eng dflt)	#4	6	5%	7

556 J-BAR dowels at footing–wall interface. Spot-mat (#5 @12" E.W.) & step dowels are engine defaults — not in the 402/311 confirmed total; confirm vs FS/step detail.

2 · FOUNDATION WALL REBAR5% — verticals + horizontals

	WALL VERT CUTS	BAR	SP	CUT	QTY	STK	W%	+W STK
	4'-0"	#4	16"	3'-8"	173	32	5%	34
	4'-6"	#4	16"	4'-2"	33	7	5%	8
	4'-9"	#4	16"	4'-5"	17	4	5%	5
	5'-3"	#4	16"	4'-11"	9	3	5%	4
	5'-6"	#4	16"	5'-2"	25	7	5%	8
	7'-6"	#4	16"	7'-2"	38	14	5%	15
	8'-0"	#4	16"	7'-8"	4	2	5%	3
	8'-6"	#5	12"	8'-2"	15	7	5%	8
	10'-0"	#5	12"	9'-8"	20	10	5%	11
	11'-6"	#5	12"	11'-2"	17	10	5%	11
	12'-6"	#5	9"	12'-2"	39	24	5%	26
	12'-9"	#5	9"	12'-5"	71	45	5%	48
	13'-3"	#5	12"	12'-11"	88	57	5%	60
	16'-0"	#5	12"	15'-8"	7	6	5%	7
	556 VERT · #4 182 / #5 311

3 · OPENING & PIER (CP) REBAR5%

FDN OPENING SPAN	LINTEL REINF	d MIN
≤ 4'-0"	(2) #4	8"
4'-1" to 6'-0"	(2) #4	12"
6'-1" to 9'-0"	(2) #5	12"
9'-1" to 10'-0"	(2) #5 T&B	16"

At each opening: (1) #4 jamb each side & (1) #4 sill, extend 24". Lintels 414 lb (Det 3).

PIER (Det 12)	H ft	VERTS	#3 TIES	W%	+W lb
CP-24 ◆ (2)	10.0	8×#6	28	5%	—
CP-18 (1)	wall	8×#6	23	5%	—
CP-26 (2)	wall	12×#6	23	5%	—
CP-30 (1)	wall	12×#6	28	5%	—
PIER STEEL (lb)	1,494				1,569

◆ = 2 isolated CP-24 (T.O.P. 6962'); other 4 embedded (top = wall T.O.W.). Pier & lintel steel drive Total Steel via the rebar·walls knob.

Walls #4 182 / #5 311 · Footings #4 220 · Grade 60

MIROR ENGINEER · HOLD-DOWNSno waste

24 EA

Hold-down hardware by mark. Hardware count — no waste factor; +W = qty.

	MARK	SPEC	QTY	W%	+W EA
	HD-3	anchor	8	—	8
	HD-4	anchor	6	—	6
	HD-5	anchor	5	—	5
	HD-6	anchor	2	—	2
	HD-7	anchor	3	—	3
	TOTAL		24		24

Holddown schedule S-100

MIROR ENGINEER · STEPSno waste

35 STEPS

Footing + wall steps. Each forces a wall break. Count — no waste factor; +W = qty.

	STEP TYPE	SPEC	QTY	W%	+W EA
	Footing steps (F.S.)	break	14	—	14
	Wall steps (W.S.)	break	21	—	21
	TOTAL		35		35

drives the wall count

MIROR ENGINEER · ORDER (+ WASTE)

Four waste knobs — concrete & rebar, footings & walls. Each drives its order qty + schedule cards live.

WASTE %	FOOTINGS	WALLS
Concrete
Rebar

ORDER	BASE	+WASTE
Footing conc (CY)	207.6	218.0
Wall conc (CY)	147.0	154.3
Ftg rebar #5 (stk)	311	327
Wall rebar #4 (stk)	402	423

STEEL WEIGHT (lb)	BASE	+WASTE
Walls + footings #4/#5	9,536	10,013
Pier verts (#6)	1,054	1,107
Pier #3 ties (153)	440	462
FDN lintels #4/#5	414	435
Retaining stems	3,614	3,795
TOTAL STEEL (lb)	15,059	15,812
TOTAL STEEL (ton)	7.53	7.91

Total steel now folds in piers (verts + #3 ties), lintels & retaining stems — driven live by the rebar·walls knob. Bar weights: #3 .376 · #4 .668 · #5 1.043 · #6 1.502 lb/ft. Pier/lintel/retaining counts are rule-applied — confirm vs plan.

Footings = spot + continuous + retaining. Walls = walls + piers. Waste live; report inherits.

The schedules are the product. Quantities pull from the painted plan; unit prices pull from your own cost DB (860+ SKUs); it exports to Google Sheets, QuickBooks & Revit — a bid-ready printout, not a markup someone still has to total by hand.

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See the Foundation Report

The full priced takeoff/estimate the engine generates from a dropped plan — a real, rendered report (sample job).

Drop the Plan. The Model Builds Itself.

That’s where this is going. You drop your foundation plan — any stamped PDF — and the AI builds the 3D Revit model for you. Every wall. Every footing. Every form. Every tie. Placed automatically. Counted automatically. Estimated automatically. No Revit experience required. No manual placement. Just drop the plan and walk away. Come back to a complete, accurate estimate ready to send to your contractor.

This is the WiseBIM integration — currently in development. When it’s live, Mirror Engineer goes from the best estimating methodology in construction to the fastest. Drop, mirror, estimate, order. Fully automatic. Right now, the included 20-video training series gets you there manually — and the methodology is identical. Same families. Same schedule. Same estimate. Just you placing the walls instead of the AI.

Built by a builder who learned software.

Alma Jessop — 30+ years in construction; a Parade of Homes award-winning general contractor. The founder-market fit is the hardest part of this to replicate.

• Mastered finish carpentry, framing & concrete; framing company at 20, then a licensed GC. Parade of Homes Co-Chair; SLC HBA Board of Directors.
• Helped develop EstimatorPro & MaderaSoft; demoed at NAHB IBS for years; built Mirror Engineer.
• Founded Concrete Form Services; co-invented the EZ-Footings forming system. Regional Sales Manager at Western Forms.
• Designed, patented & built the prior hardware company (Climate-Deck™ & Climate-Wall™); unreleased post-tension systems in development.
• Today: lead estimator on $10M+ jobs, SWPPP, permits, CAD liaison across all disciplines at Upland Development.