AI electrical takeoff software. Every device, fixture, and homerun counted.
AI electrical takeoff software reads your E-sheets, counts devices and fixtures against the legend, traces each homerun to its panel, and measures the conduit and wire behind it, with every quantity tied to the sheet it came from. Below, watch it count a lighting and power plan, see the checks that catch a missed fixture, and get a free takeoff on your own set.
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Clients include
Construction companies working with Ruh
Is there AI electrical takeoff software that counts the whole set?
Yes. Ruh counts every device and fixture on your E-sheets by type, traces each homerun to its panel, and counts the set a second time, blind, before anything is priced. It starts you with 37 electrical assembly recipes you can edit, and your first takeoff is free.
- electrical recipes to start from, yours to edit
- 37
- on every device and fixture, the second one blind
- 2 counts
- a full takeoff on your own E-sheets
- 1st takeoff free
What happens when Ruh reads an electrical set?
Ruh sorts the sheets, counts every symbol on the lighting and power plans against the legend, then traces each homerun back to its panel and measures the conduit and wire it needs. The counts build as the sheet is read, so nothing is totaled by hand.
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Each symbol on the sheet is counted against the legend as the scan passes, and every count is marked where it sits on the sheet.
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Each homerun is traced back to its panel, so the conduit length follows the circuits. Where a run is not drawn, the route is generated and marked as generated for your estimator to check.
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The counts land in Quantities, each line tied to the sheet it came from and marked Measured.
Where an electrical bid loses money
Electrical bids are lost in the count, not the math: a homerun nobody traced, a hand tally that drifts, or an addendum that moves devices after the takeoff is done.
The homerun you did not count
A homerun is not one line item. Miss it and you miss the conduit run, the conductors it carries by gauge, the terminations, and the labor to pull it. On a lump sum bid, that margin does not come back.
Hundreds of symbols, counted by hand
One floor can carry hundreds of receptacles, switches, and fixtures keyed to a legend and a fixture schedule. Tallying them by hand is slow, and one missed symbol or double count moves the bid before anyone sees it.
Addenda move the count mid-bid
An addendum swaps a fixture type or relocates devices, and every affected count, conduit run, and homerun has to be reconciled before the deadline. The recount is where errors and late nights live.
Our view: An estimator's judgment belongs in the price and the risk, not in tallying symbols. The tally should be done for them, shown to them line by line, and quick to check against the sheet.
What gets counted on an electrical set
An electrical takeoff is count-driven first and length-driven second. Below, each electrical item is matched to the sheet that shows it, the way it is taken off, and the cost it carries into the bid.
| Item | Where it is on the set | How it is taken off | What it drives in the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptacles, switches, and devices | Power plans and the device legend | Counted per symbol against the legend | Device, box, plate, and labor per device |
| Light fixtures | Lighting plans and the fixture schedule | Counted per type tag against the schedule | Fixture material by type and installation labor |
| Homeruns | Lighting and power plans, panel schedules | Traced from the arrow back to its panel and circuit | The conduit, conductors, and terminations for that circuit |
| Conduit and raceway | Plans, the riser, and the one-line | Measured where the run is drawn; a run not drawn is generated and marked as a generated route | Conduit, fittings, bends, and labor per foot |
| Conductors | Homeruns, panel schedules, and feeder schedules | Carried with each circuit, by gauge | Wire by gauge and pulling labor |
| Panels and distribution gear | The one-line, riser, and panel schedules | Taken off the one-line and checked against the schedules | Gear material, lead time, and setting labor |
| Feeders | The one-line and feeder schedule | Measured along the documented route between pieces of gear | Feeder conduit, wire, and terminations |
| Fire alarm devices | Fire alarm plans | Counted against the fire alarm legend | Devices, cable, and labor, where fire alarm is in your scope |
Typical practice, not a standard. Sheet names and schedule layouts vary by engineer, so the takeoff reads the legend and schedules on your set rather than assuming them.
How do you know the device count is right?
Before a device is priced, the E-sheets are counted a second time without sight of the first count, conduit and wire lengths wait on a confirmed scale, and each line links back to its sheet. A disagreement becomes an issue to settle, not a number to trust.
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A blind second count
Every fixture, device, and homerun is counted again without seeing the first pass. When two counts of a fixture type disagree, both figures stay on screen until someone settles it from the E-sheet.
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No scale, no quantity
If a sheet's scale cannot be confirmed, the length is withheld until someone checks a dimension on that sheet.
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Every line cites its sheet
Each quantity links to the sheet it was taken from, so review starts where the risk is.
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Your estimator owns the price
Every device, fixture, and footage line shows where its price came from, and no proposal goes out until your estimator approves the budget.
From bid invite to a priced electrical takeoff in three steps
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Send the set
E-sheets, the one-line, and the panel and fixture schedules, as PDF or CAD, straight from the bid invite.
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Ruh counts and checks
Devices and fixtures are counted, homeruns traced, conduit and wire measured, and the run is checked by a second count before anything is priced.
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Your estimator signs it
Clear the flagged items, price on your own price files and rates, and export. The bend schedule comes out as a PDF or CSV, and a field map colored by panel and circuit, with each run's footage, comes out as a PDF for the foreman.
Your first electrical takeoff is free.
We run the takeoff on your own E-sheets at no charge. A missed homerun takes its conduit, wire, and labor with it, so judge the count on a set you already know. Would rather count it yourself first? The electrical takeoff worksheet is a free CSV with the items, units, and a labor-hours column for your own units.
In a customer's own words
“Our estimators spent more time retyping quantities than thinking about scope. Ruh reads our drawings like a senior estimator and hands back a priced estimate we want to review, not rebuild.”
Director of PreconstructionADF Group- faster bid turnaround
- ~50%
- ADF Group, structural steel
- on every takeoff, the second one blind
- 2 counts
- Checks tab, before anything is priced
- tied to the sheet it came from
- Every line
- Takeoff and price sheet
Questions electrical estimators ask
What electrical contractors ask before trusting an AI takeoff on a real bid.
What is AI electrical takeoff software?
AI electrical takeoff software reads electrical drawings and produces the counts and lengths an estimator prices: devices, fixtures, homeruns, conduit, and wire. Ruh does the counting and measuring for electrical contractors and subcontractors, ties each quantity to its sheet, and leaves the pricing decisions to your estimator.
How accurate is the electrical takeoff?
Which electrical drawings can it read?
Does it price on our own labor units and rates?
What does it export?
Is this electrical takeoff services or software?
Is there a free electrical takeoff tool?
What do you need from us for the free takeoff?
Send a set. Judge the takeoff yourself.
One electrical set, a free takeoff, and a 30-minute walkthrough of the counts, the homeruns, and the conduit and wire. If the counts do not match your own, it cost you nothing.