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Workflows by RenderDraw
Turn drawings into priced bids
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Turn drawings into priced bids
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RenderDraw Workflows turns drawing intake into an automated bid machine. Upload a PDF, DWG, or CAD file and Workflow Studio routes it through takeoff, pricing, compliance, and quote generation — no manual handoffs between your estimating software and CPQ. Built for construction, fire protection, and HVAC: → Drawing takeoff → priced quote (24 connectors) → RFP response + compliance package → CAD → BOM → parts order → Approval-gated workflows
Hey Product Hunt, Eva here from RenderDraw.
We built Takeoffs by RenderDraw because we kept hearing the same story from estimators: a BIM file or CAD drawing lands on their desk, and the next 4 to 40 hours go into reading it line by line and typing what they find into a quote. One typo in that process and it follows the quote all the way to the customer.
Takeoffs reads the drawing directly, pulls out the line items, maps them to your product catalog, and pushes a structured quote into Salesforce, Logik, Infor, or ServiceNow. The estimator's job shifts from typing to reviewing, and most teams see their bid volume roughly double or triple with the same headcount.
We're here all day and would love your feedback, questions, or just to hear what your own takeoff process looks like right now. Thanks for checking us out.
Takeoffs by RenderDraw
honestly this looks solid for someone drowning in drawing intake. one thing though, can you add a way to flag discrepancies between the takeoff numbers and the bid history from past similar projects? like a "hey this sprinkler count is way higher than your last three fire protection jobs, double check" kind of prompt. would save us from embarrassing overbids or underbids and feels like an obvious gap given you're already running the automation through pricing.
@ayenur110304 This is a smart gap to point out. Right now the takeoff validates against the drawing, not against your own bid history, so it wouldn't catch "this sprinkler count is way off from your last three fire protection jobs" on its own. Since we're already routing everything through review and pricing, there's a real path to layering that check in. Noting this one for the team.
Would love to see a side-by-side revision comparison for CAD and PDF uploads. When clients send updated drawings halfway through a bid, having the workflow auto-highold what changed between versions and flag any line items affected in the takeoff would save us a ton of manual cross-checking.
@baran583733 Really good call. We don't have version-diffing across CAD/PDF revisions today, it currently treats each upload as its own takeoff run. But auto-flagging what changed between revisions and which line items it touches is exactly the kind of thing that should exist. Adding it to our list, thanks for spelling out the use case so clearly.
As an intern on the team, it's been really cool to see the growth from day one. I've researched the bottleneck firsthand and heard directly from estimators about what they struggle with. What I think is genuinely cool here is the straight to configurator piece. A lot of competitors just hand you an exported Excel sheet full of data instead of that direct connection. Excited to see where this goes!
the approval-gated workflows part is honestly clever, keeps the messy stuff from getting rubber stamped before pricing even settles
@merjaey Appreciate you calling that out. That's on purpose, we didn't want a fast takeoff to mean a rubber-stamped one. Every quantity has to clear human review with the source evidence attached before it's allowed to touch pricing. Glad it reads as clever and not just an extra step.