Estimating Software for Roofers in Australia
Roofing quotes come down to area, edges and flashings. Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, and measures the assets you tell it to measure, then prices them against your supplier rates.
What actually takes the time in a roofing quote?
Measuring off the plan and pricing the edges. Sheet area is the easy part. Ridge, barge, valley, gutter and flashing are where quotes get slow and where margin leaks.
A roof is not one number. It is an area to cover, a set of edges to finish, and a list of accessories that go with them.
Getting the area roughly right is quick. Getting every lineal metre of ridge capping, barge, valley gutter, box gutter and apron flashing off the drawing is not, and those are the items that get estimated rather than measured when a quote is being finished at nine at night. Our model puts a typical roofing job at around five hours of desk quoting time.
How does Rignite measure a roof off a drawing?
Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, then measures the assets it has been configured to measure, returning areas in square metres and edges in lineal metres.
The measurement engine is not trade specific. It reads the plan, identifies the asset being measured, calibrates against the drawing scale, and measures it. That is the same mechanism whether the asset is a cable run, a pipe run or a roof edge.
What that means practically is that roofing assets are a configuration question rather than a capability gap. During onboarding we set up the asset types you actually quote: sheet area, ridge, barge, valley, gutter, flashing, and whatever else your quotes carry.
We would rather be straight about this than imply it ships pre-tuned for roofing. It is configured to your work during the 30 day onboarding, which is what the setup fee pays for.
Does it handle counts as well as measurements?
Yes. Where a drawing carries a legend, symbols are counted per sheet with each instance marked, which covers penetrations, vents, whirlybirds and similar items.
Roofing quotes mix measured quantities with counted ones. Sheets and flashings are measured. Penetrations, roof vents, whirlybirds, skylights and safety anchors are counted.
Where the drawing defines those items in a legend, they are counted across the sheets with every instance recorded and marked, so you can check the count against the drawing rather than take it on trust.
Which suppliers can it price against?
Rignite prices against your own accounts and negotiated rates. Lysaght, Stratco, Fielders, Metroll or whichever roll former and supplier you actually buy through.
Sheet and accessory pricing is account specific, and it moves. A quote written off last quarter's rates is a quote that quietly costs you.
The system runs on your suppliers and your pricing rather than a national catalogue. Where a price is missing, the RFQ is drafted, sent and chased, and the reply lands back against the line it belongs to. Subcontractor rates sit alongside materials so labour is in the same estimate.
How does it handle the parts you cannot see from the drawing?
Battens, existing structure and access conditions are stated as allowances, exclusions or provisional sums on the quote rather than assumed into a rate.
Roofing has more unknowns than most trades until you are on the roof. Batten condition, existing structure, asbestos, access and fall protection are all things a drawing will not tell you.
Because the scope is generated from what was measured, those items appear as stated exclusions or provisional sums rather than being buried inside a square metre rate. Writing them down at quote time is what stops them becoming an argument once the old roof is off.
Does roofing get the full saving?
If you quote from plans, yes. Roofing is plan-based work, so the automated take-off applies and the model uses its full 80% at the Complete tier.
Around ten quotes a month at five desk hours each is a lot of unbilled evening time, and roofing is the kind of plan-based work the take-off step was built for.
Run it on your own rate and volume, then halve whatever the calculator returns and check the plan still pays for itself. Pricing is $2,000 setup plus $97 a month at Calculate through to $8,500 plus $849 at Complete, all including GST, with 20% off annual.
Also for other trades
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Estimating Software for Roofers in Australia
Roofing quotes come down to area, edges and flashings. Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, and measures the assets you tell it to measure, then prices them against your supplier rates.
What actually takes the time in a roofing quote?
Measuring off the plan and pricing the edges. Sheet area is the easy part. Ridge, barge, valley, gutter and flashing are where quotes get slow and where margin leaks.
A roof is not one number. It is an area to cover, a set of edges to finish, and a list of accessories that go with them.
Getting the area roughly right is quick. Getting every lineal metre of ridge capping, barge, valley gutter, box gutter and apron flashing off the drawing is not, and those are the items that get estimated rather than measured when a quote is being finished at nine at night. Our model puts a typical roofing job at around five hours of desk quoting time.
How does Rignite measure a roof off a drawing?
Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, then measures the assets it has been configured to measure, returning areas in square metres and edges in lineal metres.
The measurement engine is not trade specific. It reads the plan, identifies the asset being measured, calibrates against the drawing scale, and measures it. That is the same mechanism whether the asset is a cable run, a pipe run or a roof edge.
What that means practically is that roofing assets are a configuration question rather than a capability gap. During onboarding we set up the asset types you actually quote: sheet area, ridge, barge, valley, gutter, flashing, and whatever else your quotes carry.
We would rather be straight about this than imply it ships pre-tuned for roofing. It is configured to your work during the 30 day onboarding, which is what the setup fee pays for.
Does it handle counts as well as measurements?
Yes. Where a drawing carries a legend, symbols are counted per sheet with each instance marked, which covers penetrations, vents, whirlybirds and similar items.
Roofing quotes mix measured quantities with counted ones. Sheets and flashings are measured. Penetrations, roof vents, whirlybirds, skylights and safety anchors are counted.
Where the drawing defines those items in a legend, they are counted across the sheets with every instance recorded and marked, so you can check the count against the drawing rather than take it on trust.
Which suppliers can it price against?
Rignite prices against your own accounts and negotiated rates. Lysaght, Stratco, Fielders, Metroll or whichever roll former and supplier you actually buy through.
Sheet and accessory pricing is account specific, and it moves. A quote written off last quarter's rates is a quote that quietly costs you.
The system runs on your suppliers and your pricing rather than a national catalogue. Where a price is missing, the RFQ is drafted, sent and chased, and the reply lands back against the line it belongs to. Subcontractor rates sit alongside materials so labour is in the same estimate.
How does it handle the parts you cannot see from the drawing?
Battens, existing structure and access conditions are stated as allowances, exclusions or provisional sums on the quote rather than assumed into a rate.
Roofing has more unknowns than most trades until you are on the roof. Batten condition, existing structure, asbestos, access and fall protection are all things a drawing will not tell you.
Because the scope is generated from what was measured, those items appear as stated exclusions or provisional sums rather than being buried inside a square metre rate. Writing them down at quote time is what stops them becoming an argument once the old roof is off.
Does roofing get the full saving?
If you quote from plans, yes. Roofing is plan-based work, so the automated take-off applies and the model uses its full 80% at the Complete tier.
Around ten quotes a month at five desk hours each is a lot of unbilled evening time, and roofing is the kind of plan-based work the take-off step was built for.
Run it on your own rate and volume, then halve whatever the calculator returns and check the plan still pays for itself. Pricing is $2,000 setup plus $97 a month at Calculate through to $8,500 plus $849 at Complete, all including GST, with 20% off annual.
Also for other trades
Sources and last checked
Estimating Software for Roofers in Australia
Roofing quotes come down to area, edges and flashings. Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, and measures the assets you tell it to measure, then prices them against your supplier rates.
What actually takes the time in a roofing quote?
Measuring off the plan and pricing the edges. Sheet area is the easy part. Ridge, barge, valley, gutter and flashing are where quotes get slow and where margin leaks.
A roof is not one number. It is an area to cover, a set of edges to finish, and a list of accessories that go with them.
Getting the area roughly right is quick. Getting every lineal metre of ridge capping, barge, valley gutter, box gutter and apron flashing off the drawing is not, and those are the items that get estimated rather than measured when a quote is being finished at nine at night. Our model puts a typical roofing job at around five hours of desk quoting time.
How does Rignite measure a roof off a drawing?
Rignite reads the drawing, calibrates it to scale, then measures the assets it has been configured to measure, returning areas in square metres and edges in lineal metres.
The measurement engine is not trade specific. It reads the plan, identifies the asset being measured, calibrates against the drawing scale, and measures it. That is the same mechanism whether the asset is a cable run, a pipe run or a roof edge.
What that means practically is that roofing assets are a configuration question rather than a capability gap. During onboarding we set up the asset types you actually quote: sheet area, ridge, barge, valley, gutter, flashing, and whatever else your quotes carry.
We would rather be straight about this than imply it ships pre-tuned for roofing. It is configured to your work during the 30 day onboarding, which is what the setup fee pays for.
Does it handle counts as well as measurements?
Yes. Where a drawing carries a legend, symbols are counted per sheet with each instance marked, which covers penetrations, vents, whirlybirds and similar items.
Roofing quotes mix measured quantities with counted ones. Sheets and flashings are measured. Penetrations, roof vents, whirlybirds, skylights and safety anchors are counted.
Where the drawing defines those items in a legend, they are counted across the sheets with every instance recorded and marked, so you can check the count against the drawing rather than take it on trust.
Which suppliers can it price against?
Rignite prices against your own accounts and negotiated rates. Lysaght, Stratco, Fielders, Metroll or whichever roll former and supplier you actually buy through.
Sheet and accessory pricing is account specific, and it moves. A quote written off last quarter's rates is a quote that quietly costs you.
The system runs on your suppliers and your pricing rather than a national catalogue. Where a price is missing, the RFQ is drafted, sent and chased, and the reply lands back against the line it belongs to. Subcontractor rates sit alongside materials so labour is in the same estimate.
How does it handle the parts you cannot see from the drawing?
Battens, existing structure and access conditions are stated as allowances, exclusions or provisional sums on the quote rather than assumed into a rate.
Roofing has more unknowns than most trades until you are on the roof. Batten condition, existing structure, asbestos, access and fall protection are all things a drawing will not tell you.
Because the scope is generated from what was measured, those items appear as stated exclusions or provisional sums rather than being buried inside a square metre rate. Writing them down at quote time is what stops them becoming an argument once the old roof is off.
Does roofing get the full saving?
If you quote from plans, yes. Roofing is plan-based work, so the automated take-off applies and the model uses its full 80% at the Complete tier.
Around ten quotes a month at five desk hours each is a lot of unbilled evening time, and roofing is the kind of plan-based work the take-off step was built for.
Run it on your own rate and volume, then halve whatever the calculator returns and check the plan still pays for itself. Pricing is $2,000 setup plus $97 a month at Calculate through to $8,500 plus $849 at Complete, all including GST, with 20% off annual.