// THE BASELINE

All the takeoff basics.

Markup, measure, snap, scale, compare, document control, worksheets, export. Everything an estimator actually uses — fast, clean, and in one app.

Markup

ShapesCloudsLines & polylinesArrowsTextCalloutsFreehandStampsImagesSignatures

Measure

LengthsAreasPerimetersCountsVolumeWall areaWall volumeDimensionsPer-page scaleCalibrationMetric / Imperial

Smart Tools

Snap to geometryRaster edge snapOrtho / 45° lockOCG layersMagic MeasureImage Search

Documents

Infinite drawing setsWatched folders live syncMetadata and filtersVersion controlRename-safeMove-safe

Compare

A/B slotsAuto-alignOverlayBlink comparisonMultiple align candidatesAutoplayGIF export

Worksheets

Live rows + metadataDefault columnsLive formulasLookup tablesPower SyntaxExcel export

Output

PDF with markupsFull-page PNGRegion PNGRegion PDFComparison PDF / PNG / GIFXLSX workbook

Control

Undo / redoEdit lockStylesPalettesMetadataPropertiesShortcuts

Performance

Attention-bound work10M+ deps/secMulti-thread viewer2s auto-alignVector display sharpeningUnbounded sets

Platform

MCP / open protocolStudioCDE sync
Daily tools first. Fancy tools after.
01 / MARKUP = MEASURE

Every markup is a measure.

Every geometric markup is a measure — area and perimeter from a shape, volume and wall quantities once it has a height — each a live worksheet row with its own style and metadata.

ScaleTitle-block presets, or calibrate from two known points.
UnitsMetric or imperial — quantities and worksheets reconvert together.
02 / SNAP

Vector when possible. Raster when necessary.

Clean PDFs have real linework to snap to; the messy ones don't — so a second snap goes straight to the pixels. Snap to any edge you can see.

Vector snapHonest PDFs, real geometry.
Raster edge snapScans, flattened exports, broken CAD.
03 / DOCUMENT CONTROL

Manual sets → live document control.

Point Purple Hammer at the folders you already use — no managed set, no import, no slip-sheets. New PDFs are tracked by content through every rename, move, and revision, each version keeping its own takeoff.

The old loopCreate set, import, slip-sheet, repair, repeat.
Purple HammerWatch folders, track latest, compare any revision pair.
04 / COMPARE

Revision review without the eye test.

Drop two revisions into A/B and auto-align lands them in seconds — then the change shows itself, because your eye catches motion that squinting misses.

Auto-alignTwo revisions lined up in ~2s, with multiple candidates for unevenly-shifted sheets.
See the changeBlink, overlay, autoplay, GIF export.
05 / WORKSHEETS + EXPORT

The takeoff table lives in the drawing app.

Every measured markup is a live worksheet row, so the estimate builds as you draw — and what leaves keeps computing: real XLSX formulas, not a dead dump.

Inside PHLive rows, formulas, lookups, scoped rollups.
Outside PHPDF, PNG, GIF, XLSX.

Open the drawing. Do the work.

The basics aren't a checklist bolted onto the side. They're the surface you work on all day — markup, takeoff, comparison, document control, spreadsheets.