# eTakeoff Dimension Reviews **Vendor:** eTakeoff **Category:** [Takeoff Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/takeoff) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 5 ## About eTakeoff Dimension eTakeoff is an electronic viewer and takeoff solution for estimators across all construction disciplines with the ability to manage productivity, accuracy, share and review takeoff details, and more. ## eTakeoff Dimension Reviews ### 1. Pretty good software for the price **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ssomya T. | Vice President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2021 **What do you like best about eTakeoff Dimension?** Ease of setting up and learning this software. It has a very uncomplicated configuration, and the use of assemblies gives comprehensive results that are usable immediately. **What do you dislike about eTakeoff Dimension?** It is a little less smooth in a movement when doing takeoff **Recommendations to others considering eTakeoff Dimension:** Definitely try it out. We really like all the features for the amount it costs. **What problems is eTakeoff Dimension solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to do material takeoff much faster on my screen with digital plans. Also, they have assemblies that give you multiple results with just one takeoff. For example, studs, tracks and drywall by just taking the wall length. ### 2. Fantastic Program for its Simplicity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2018 **What do you like best about eTakeoff Dimension?** I like how quickly I can run dimensions or basic sq footage without having to spend a significant amount of time meausring in autocad or illustrator plug in, I appreicate how I can plug in the scale and I am good to go. great program and I expect to use it for years as well as recommend to a friend **What do you dislike about eTakeoff Dimension?** I dislike that I can't start a new measurement without clicking out of the existing, I wish it was as simple as autocad, sketchup or autocad plugin for illustrator **Recommendations to others considering eTakeoff Dimension:** I would recommend beginning with the free trial. the free trial lets you measure the basics. I appreciate all the advanced features with the premium, but currently I just need it for linear measurements and sq footage measurements **What problems is eTakeoff Dimension solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am taking takeoffs for construction takeoffs with ease. It helps me get answers instantaiously ### 3. Easy to Use E-Takeoff **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2017 **What do you like best about eTakeoff Dimension?** E-takeoff's best feature is the ability to export my team's internal takeoff's by division and then send them on to our external team members. This works great for all finishes and even masonry, roofing, glazing, etc. The best part is integrating costs directly into the program as well. **What do you dislike about eTakeoff Dimension?** Unless your precise about your movements, it can be a little finicky to use in the beginning. I often found myself accidentally choosing the wrong measurement or using the wrong tool to measure (LF instead of SF). **Recommendations to others considering eTakeoff Dimension:** Definitely take advantage of their included training and invite as many people as possible to sit in and review the training with you. It helped that we were all able to ask questions related to different aspects of our individual jobs/tasks rather than try and learn from someone else. **What problems is eTakeoff Dimension solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our teams can easily manage an internal takeoff that double checks the work of our subs during the estimating phase. It acts as a means to understanding how much something is costing per unit versus the entire project. With some projects that have multiple phases we know going in that our SF calculations will be small but the overhead will be higher which ultimately incurs a larger bottom line number. ### 4. Speed and Volume. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Building Materials | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2017 **What do you like best about eTakeoff Dimension?** E-Takeoff allows our estimating department to do a high volume of quantity take offs which in turn allows us to bid a large volume of material square footage. The average number of bids that our department (3 to 4 people) have completed the last 5 years is 2,400 bids per year. The average square footage of material bid the past 5 years is 4.4 million SF per year. Our company has been using E-Takeoff since 2007 and it has suited our needs very well. The software helps prevent scaling mistakes and the shading (coloring) of areas that have been taken off helps the estimator to not miss areas and to not double count areas. I feel E-Takeoff is fairly easy to learn and all of our new estimators have been able to learn the software within a week to two week time frame. **What do you dislike about eTakeoff Dimension?** There really isn't much that I dislike about the software. I have been using it for ten years and I am pretty happy with it. The quantity template of area, lengths, counts and custom formulas fit all of the needs that an estimator could want. **Recommendations to others considering eTakeoff Dimension:** I would highly recommend E-Takeoff for quantity takeoffs. The standard template of area, length and count are useful for most applications. The template also has a "formula" trace that can be manipulated for simple or complicated formulas. I feel the formula trace could be adjusted to suit most estimating needs. **What problems is eTakeoff Dimension solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prior to 2007 we were still doing takeoffs with a scale on paper plans. The E-takeoff software allowed us to bid volumes of work that we did not think was possible (while still keeping the staffing of the estimating department low). The software allows us to be very accurate and very fast with our quantity takeoffs. One of the nice features of the software is that we can PDF an entire page that we have worked on. This allows us to create a PDF file of an elevation view that is marked up with dimensions, notes or that has the areas filled in with color that show the areas where we bid our material. That PDF file can then be e-mailed to a customer or to one of our own PM's out in the field to verify our measurements or show what areas were taken off on our bid. ### 5. Makes estimating a piece of cake! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2017 **What do you like best about eTakeoff Dimension?** ETakeoff, has made me so much more efficient in my estimating. ETakeoff has also helped make sure I don't miss anything. **What do you dislike about eTakeoff Dimension?** A little tricky to find the documents you want in the folders since you have to go through several steps. **Recommendations to others considering eTakeoff Dimension:** A solid program then makes estimating quicker and more fool proof. **What problems is eTakeoff Dimension solving and how is that benefiting you?** Estimating, ensuring the quantity are correct ## eTakeoff Dimension Discussions - [What is eTakeoff Dimension used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-etakeoff-dimension-used-for) - [View eTakeoff Dimension pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/etakeoff-dimension/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+22%3A43%3A12+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=2a784e27-37e2-4215-a42a-26af4424ea49&secure%5Btoken%5D=fcc77ad18228505fe4884786d403a32b538868b8866ea6f738c2b6c12e91cff2&format=llm_user) ## eTakeoff Dimension Features **Workflow Management** - Proposal Generation - Integrations **Data Gathering** - Cost Calculators - Enterprise Search - Multiple Input Formats **Job Costing** - Access to Cost Databases - Digitizing Quantities - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) **Bid Generation** - Collaborative Editing - Automated BoQs and BoMs - Versioning - Integration with Estimating Software ## Top eTakeoff Dimension Alternatives - [Methvin](https://www.g2.com/products/methvin/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (100 reviews) - [Procore](https://www.g2.com/products/procore/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (4,099 reviews) - [Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud)](https://www.g2.com/products/autodesk-forma-formerly-autodesk-construction-cloud/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (5,195 reviews)