FUTURECALC — VVS / TAKEOFF / COSTING # Upload the drawing. Get the quantity. FutureCalc reads the VVS drawing and produces the quantity in minutes. Every metre traceable to the drawing, never guessed. You review, edit and export to your estimate. [Try for free ](https://app.futurecalc.ai/signup?plan=starter&period=monthly)[See how it reads](https://www.futurecalc.ai/en#how-it-works) 30 days and 300 credits free. No payment card required. Ongoing pilot projects help us develop and improve our AI · Launch 1 October 2026 · Built in Sweden **MODEL**: MERIDIAN **SYSTEM**: VS01 **DN**: 25 **LENGTH**: 12,48 m **STATUS**: CALCULATED **PROJECT**: 2407 - 30 days free - Credits back if the reading is wrong - All features in every plan - Built in Sweden HOW IT WORKS ## Three steps. Nothing to install. 1. 1ABOUT 1 MIN ### Upload the drawing Upload a PDF drawing. Meridian, our AI, checks the file immediately and lets you know if it cannot be read. The price in credits is shown on the drawing before you continue. 2. 2A FEW MINUTES ### Meridian reads The model cleans up the drawing and locates pipes, walls and labels. It then links them together and starts measuring. You follow every step in real time. 3. 3YOU DECIDE ### Review, edit, export Open any row to see the results. Correct any errors in just a few clicks, then export to Wikells, your estimating software, XLSX or Bluebeam. [Try free with 300 credits ](https://app.futurecalc.ai/signup?plan=starter&period=monthly)30 days and 300 credits free. No payment card required. CHAPTER I — MERIDIAN ## Meridian reads the drawing like an estimator, without the stress and pressure Meridian is FutureCalc’s own model, trained on plumbing and HVAC drawings. It reads the drawing using its labels and their leader lines. Anything that cannot be determined is marked as ambiguous and clearly highlighted in the takeoff. [How Meridian works ](https://www.futurecalc.ai/en/meridian) THE SAME GEOMETRY, TWO REPRESENTATIONS ## A flat sheetbecomes a building **SHEET**: V-50-1-A0121 **SCALE**: 1:50 **SYSTEM**: KV / VV / VVC / S / VS **STOREY HEIGHT**: 2,60 m **READ**: FROM THE DRAWING 02 — THE PROBLEM ## Costing should not be what slows you down. A manual takeoff takes days or weeks, depending on the size of the project. FutureCalc reads the drawing and shows the basis for every metre. You get a production estimate straight away, without having to prepare the same estimate twice. BEFORE AND AFTER Manual takeoff FutureCalc Time per floor plan Half an hour to a couple of hours A few minutes Traceability Markups in a PDF, numbers in a sheet Every metre linked to designation, leader and scale Review afterwards Recount from scratch Open the row and see the evidence New revision Take off the whole sheet again Read again and compare in metres When the drawing is unclear A guess nobody sees Marked ambiguous, with a reason 01 ### Days become minutes Upload the drawing, get the quantity before the coffee is ready. 02 ### Every row can be opened Label, leader line, pipe, scale. The results are included in the export. 03 ### Uncertain results are flagged, never guessed The total measurement is broken down into parts. Changes in pipe size are shown with a confidence level. WHAT YOU CAN RELY ON ### The drawing is the only source No quantity comes from an earlier project or a template. Everything comes from the sheet you uploaded. ### Scale is always checked No metre is counted before the scale is confirmed. If it is missing, the model says so instead of guessing. ### Uncertain is flagged When the drawing is not enough for a sure answer you see it on the row, with the reason. You decide. ### Improves with your corrections Every row you correct becomes a reference for the next reading of your drawings. If you want to contribute to the shared model, that is your choice. CHAPTER II ## From drawing to quantity The drawing in, the quantity list out. Every metre traceable back to the stroke it came from. CHAPTER II — It reads the sheet row by row DESIGNATION KV1-X31-25 DN 25 SCALE 1:50 Into the costing KV1-X31-25DN2512,48 m VV1-X31-20DN209,72 m S1-P5-110DN1106,20 m VS1-S13-32DN3214,05 m KV1-X31-25DN25 · 12,48 m Pipe, copper · 85 kr/m1 061 kr Labour · 0,18 h/m2,25 h Total2 229 kr ### See it on your own sheet. Take a drawing you have already taken off and compare row by row. You get 300 credits to try it for 30 days. [Try free with 300 credits ](https://app.futurecalc.ai/signup?plan=starter&period=monthly) MEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVER MEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVERMEASURECALCULATEVERIFYDELIVER CHAPTER III ## Built for the estimator Everything you do in Bluebeam and Excel today, in one place, with the drawing as the only source. This is what you will use every day. ### Automatic takeoff with Meridian Upload the drawing. A few minutes later you have the pipe lengths, split by dimension and material. Designations are read from the sheet and bound to the pipes through the leaders. Scale is verified before a single metre is counted. What cannot be decided is flagged, never guessed. ### Manual takeoff that recognises the whole run One click on the pipe marks the whole run. Material and dimension come from the drawing’s legend. No point-by-point clicking as in Bluebeam. Snap, ortho and deductions are still there when you want to draw yourself, and everything you draw lands in the same quantity list as the automatic reading. ### 3D view See how the installations run through the building before you count them. The plan rises into a model: risers through slabs, shafts, system by system. You spot what is unclear on the flat sheet in seconds. ### Collaboration in the project Several estimators in the same project, even on the same drawing. Split the document set between you, review each other’s rows and keep one shared facit. Roles and permissions per company. ### Export to Wikells and Excel The quantities land directly in the estimating system, with price and carbon value per row, not in a sheet you retype by hand. Export to Wikells, XLSX and CSV, plus Bluebeam markup if a colleague wants to review in their usual tool. Every row keeps designation, dimension, length and its source in the drawing, so the carbon figure in the tender can be traced when the client asks. ### Installation catalogue and material book KV, VV, VVC, S and VS with the right materials from the start. Adapt the catalogue to how your office counts. The default catalogue covers the common systems and materials. You add your own articles, prices and labour times, so the quantity becomes a costing without rewriting. ### Projects, revisions and history The whole document set in one project. New revision, same project, the difference in metres. Folders, roles and a history of who changed what and when. When a new revision arrives you re-read the sheet and see what moved, instead of taking everything off again. [Try free with 300 credits ](https://app.futurecalc.ai/signup?plan=starter&period=monthly)30 days and 300 credits free. No payment card required. CHAPTER IV — FUTURECALC ACADEMY ## Knowledge becomes precision. An estimator who does not understand the drawing cannot review a machine that has read it. Academy teaches drawing reading, takeoff and estimating on real practice drawings. You measure yourself, the system corrects, and you see exactly where you lost the metres. ### Interactive exercises Take off pipes directly on the drawing. Tolerance ±2 %. ### Component marking Find valves, drains and apparatus on the sheet. ### Costing exercises Materials, time, markup and margin step by step. ### Final exam and certificate Marked on the server. Verifiable certificate ID. [Explore the training ](https://www.futurecalc.ai/en/academy) CERTIFICATE Sample certificate FutureCalc Certified — VVS Costing & Takeoff **RESULT**: 87 % **ISSUED**: 2026-03-14 **ID**: FC-VVS-7F4K92QX 10 COURSES 26 MODULES 38 EXERCISES COMMON QUESTIONS ## What estimators ask first More questions? [Book a walkthrough →](https://www.futurecalc.ai/en/contact) Which drawings work?+ You can upload drawings as PDF files. Vector PDFs support automatic annotation and quantity takeoff with Meridian. PDFs containing a photo or a scanned drawing work too: you can annotate them and take off quantities manually in the platform. How accurate is the reading?+ Meridian is our pipe recognition model and the heart of FutureCalc. We continually develop it with the goal of achieving at least 95% accuracy in automatic annotation. Results depend on the quality and content of the drawing. You can always review the result and correct annotations manually if something is not right. What happens when the drawing is ambiguous?+ Those are Meridian’s favourite drawings — it likes a challenge. You still have the final say: review the result and adjust annotations manually wherever the drawing leaves room for interpretation. Do we have to leave Bluebeam?+ No. Bluebeam is another tool for annotating drawings, and you can choose the tools that suit your workflow. FutureCalc currently supports VVS installations, with ventilation and electrical planned next. You can annotate drawings and take off quantities manually, or let Meridian do it automatically on vector PDFs. Are our drawings safe?+ FutureCalc is built on established enterprise-grade infrastructure, including Supabase. Our primary data storage is in Stockholm, Sweden. Supabase is ISO 27001 certified and audited under SOC 2 Type 2. We use encryption and access controls to protect drawings and project data. Our Privacy Policy and DPA explain data processing and the use of service providers in more detail. What does it cost?+ FutureCalc uses a credit-based system. Upload uses credits per PDF page and starts processing the drawing and its legend. Read label / Read system uses credits per read that finds a code, even when you are working manually. Automatic annotation with Detect pipes is charged in tiers S, M, L and XL, based on the number of pipes assigned to a system. A read that finds nothing costs no credits. Drawing annotations yourself is free. Can the quantities be used for the climate declaration?+ The quantities can provide inputs for carbon calculations. Export them to your estimating or carbon calculation tool and combine them with carbon data for the chosen materials. FutureCalc produces the quantities; the carbon result also depends on your material choices and the carbon data you use. Which disciplines do you cover?+ We currently support VVS installations, including cold and hot water, hot water circulation, drainage and heating. Ventilation and electrical are planned next. For VVS, you can work manually or automatically with Meridian, depending on the drawing and how you prefer to take off quantities. CHAPTER V ## Your next sheet takes minutes. 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