Carlson Takeoff Suite 2026

Carlson Takeoff Suite - The Ultimate CAD-Based Earthwork and Construction Takeoff Solution

Dominate your bids and streamline your site work with Carlson Takeoff Suite—the industry-leading, all-in-one software package for accurate earthwork volumes, trench excavation, pipeline estimating, strata analysis, and construction data prep

Stop leaving money on the table. Built on two powerful CAD engines - IntelliCAD or AutoCAD OEM; the new Carlson Takeoff Suite 2026 provides the precision and flexibility you need to go from construction site plan to finished project with confidence

Unmatched Earthwork Volume Calculation

• Precise Cut & Fill Quantities - Get clear, detailed volume reports for the entire site or specific areas of interest. Calculates quantities using the most accurate method with 3D surface modeling

• Detailed Material Breakdowns - Accurately determine quantities for subgrade volumes, strata volumes (dirt vs. rock differentiation), topsoil removal / replacement, and over-excavate volumes

• Visual Verification - Use 3D Drive Simulation, Cut & Fill Color Maps, and Quick Profiles to verify your quantities and present findings clearly to stakeholders

Construction-Ready Data Prep

• Field-to-Finish Workflow - Use your takeoff data to create 3D models for construction layout, construction staking, or machine control systems

• Universal File Format Compatibility - Unlike most competitor takeoff software platforms, Carlson Takeoff Suite is compatible with most major Machine Control OEMs - Topcon, Trimble, Leica, and more...

• Roads and Trenches

• Road Design Features - Calculate earthwork volumes from cross-sections, and create complex 3D models for machine control (including super elevations) using powerful road and civil design tools

• Trench Excavation - Easy input for Pipe, Trench, and Borehole data; generating reports on cut volumes, backfill quantities, and linear footage

The Carlson Takeoff Suite Modules

The Suite bundles four powerful modules into one integrated takeoff software

1. Carlson Construction - 3D surface modeling, site/roadway quantity calculation, and data prep

2. Carlson CADnet - Digitizing and imaging tool to convert vectorized PDF & BIM files, in addition to raster images into usable CAD data

3. Carlson GeoTech - Imports drillhole data for strata modeling and calculating subsurface material quantities

4. Carlson Trench - Specialized tools for accurate pipe, sewer, and utility line quantity estimation

Carlson Takeoff is available in two configurations: Takeoff Suite and Takeoff Suite OEM R13. Takeoff OEM R13 features an embedded AutoCAD® engine and all the same ingredients as Takeoff Suite. Takeoff Suite features an IntelliCAD-based engine. The Takeoff Suite is comprised of the Carlson CADNet, Carlson GeoTech, Carlson Trench, and Carlson Construction

Important: The software module is a new, end user perpetual license. If you are a current Carlson Software user, please contact us to discuss renewal options

CAD Advantage

• Carlson Takeoff is the only estimating software built on either the AutoCAD or IntelliCAD engine. Working in the .dwg environment natively gives Carlson Takeoff users a distinct CAD Advantage when estimating from an engineer’s electronic files
• Some helpful tools to check for mistakes and fix problems include: Drawing Cleanup (removes bad elevations, empty layers, invalid line work, converts special entities to standard polylines, and joins broken line work all-in-one command), XREF and DGN Import, and automated 2D To 3D elevating commands

Digitizing PDFs

• If no CAD file is available, Carlson Takeoff offers the flexibility to digitize from paper plans or on-screen digitizing from a PDF, TIF, JPG image file
  
• Carlson Takeoff can automatically trace line work in a PDF and merge Raster Files, which allows a user to easily combine multiple sheets at their match lines. Once line work is created, the steps to calculate quantities are the same as with a CAD file

Earthwork Volumes

• Clear and detailed volume reports include Cut/Fill volumes, Subgrade volumes, Strata volumes, Topsoil Removal/Replacement, and Over-Excavate volumes. Volumes are calculated using 3D triangulation models, the most accurate way to estimate. The program calculates Cut/Fill volumes for the entire site or within Areas of Interest
• Visualizations are used to verify quantities and present findings with commands such as 3D Drive Simulation, 3D Drawing Viewer, 3D Surface Viewer, Quick Profile, Cut/Fill Color Map and Cut/Fill Contours with Daylight lines. Also supports Shrink/Swell factors and Export to PDF or Excel

Takeoff Commands

• Takeoff Surfaces – Added options to densify breaklines.
• Assign Contour Elevations by Label – Allow processing multiple layers for the contour lines.
• Edit Assign Polyline Elevations – Added a dynamic profile view in the dialog. Added by crossings option to add vertex on reference crossing polylines. Added option to label non-control points and setting for label alignment.
• Trench Quantities By Profiles – New command to calculate trench quantities using trench and surface profiles.
• Define Layer Surface/Material/Subgrade – Added method to create solids of subgrades.
• Display Surface – Added option to draw triangulation as a surface object.
• Edit Assign Polyline Elevations – Added function to set elevation from a surface model, and added reduce function option to retain all control points. Polyline edits automatically update TIN surfaces that include the polyline.
• Make Combined Removal Surface – New command to make a TIN surface from all the removal surfaces.
• GeoTech Edit Drillhole – Uses strata attributes from Define Attributes and drillhole attributes from Define Lookup Database.
• Raster Decompress – Added support for TIFF image in LZW compression.
• Export Solid Model IFC File – New command to create an IFC model from a Carlson solid model.
• Rubber Sheet – Added mesh transformation method. Added initial transform when destination control points are outside original image. Added report of control points. Added import/export functions for control points.

Point Commands

• Draw Points – Added option to limit the length of the drawn description and notes.
• Edit Points – Added a toolbar to the dialog for quicker access to common functions.
• Point Group Manager – Added functions to sort the groups by name or number of points.
• Cut Sheet – Added option to set colors for cut and fill labels.