Togal.AI Drywall Assemblies: Build Your Bill of Materials While You Takeoff
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For many drywall estimators, the takeoff is only half the job.
Once the measurements are complete, someone still has to determine studs, board, screws, insulation, labor, equipment, and every other component needed to build the wall. Too often, that means exporting quantities into Excel and rebuilding the same assemblies project after project.
Sure, the process works. But it doesn’t work well enough! It's slow, repetitive, and full of opportunities for mistakes. Every manual handoff introduces another chance for formulas to break, quantities to be copied incorrectly, or costs to drift before the estimate is complete.
That's why we built Togal.AI Assemblies.
Instead of calculating materials after your takeoff is finished, our Drywall Assemblies feature lets you build your bill of materials while you measure.
The Hidden Bottleneck After Every Construction Takeoff
Construction takeoff software has dramatically improved how estimators measure drawings. But for many drywall contractors, the work doesn't stop once the measurements are complete.
After the takeoff, quantities often move into a spreadsheet where estimators manually calculate:
- Studs
- Drywall board
- Screws and fasteners
- Insulation
- Labor hours
- Equipment
- Other project-specific materials
Many firms have spent years refining these spreadsheets. They're valuable—but they also require constant maintenance and manual updates:
- Every project means repeating the same process.
- Every design change means recalculating everything again.
- And every copy-and-paste creates another opportunity for errors.
Instead, Togal.AI is empowering drywall estimators to increase speed and accuracy with our Assemblies feature.
Calculate Materials as You Measure
Togal.AI Assemblies brings those calculations directly into your takeoff workflow. Instead of measuring first and calculating later, you build an assembly once, then simply apply it to your measured walls.
As soon as a wall is classified, Togal.AI automatically calculates the associated materials, labor, and equipment using the formulas you've already defined.
You're still in control of your assemblies and formulas! Togal.AI simply performs the repetitive calculations automatically.
Build It Once. Reuse It Anytime.
Every contractor has their own preferred wall types, material preferences, labor assumptions, and production rates. Togal.AI Assemblies is built around that reality!
Create your assemblies once—including the formulas behind them—and reuse them across future projects without rebuilding your work from scratch.
Already have years invested in another platform? Our team can help migrate your existing assembly library from PlanSwift or On-Screen Takeoff, preserving the formulas and workflows you've already refined.
If you're starting fresh, you can begin with one of Togal.AI's editable industry-standard drywall templates and customize it to match your estimating process.
From Takeoff to Procurement Without the Spreadsheet
Because Assemblies lives inside Togal.AI, there's no second application to manage.
Your workflow stays in one place:
- Measure the drawings.
- Apply the appropriate wall classification.
- Automatically calculate materials, labor, and equipment.
- Export organized quantities for estimating or procurement.
Exports include calculated formula columns and cost codes, with materials grouped by categories like stud height, making downstream estimating and purchasing significantly faster.
Why Togal.AI Built Assemblies for Drywall Estimators
Estimators shouldn't have to rebuild the same assemblies on every project. The knowledge that determines how a wall gets built already exists inside your company. Too often, it's trapped inside spreadsheets that require constant manual work to maintain.
Togal.AI Assemblies brings that knowledge into the takeoff itself.
The result is a workflow that's faster, more consistent, and easier to maintain—without taking control away from the estimator.
See Togal.AI Assemblies in Action
Assemblies is built specifically for drywall contractors today, with support for additional trades planned in the future.
If your assemblies material calculation still depends on manual entry or reformatting into Excel — it’s time to improve your workflow!
Book a custom demo to see how Togal.AI Assemblies calculates materials, labor, and equipment directly from your takeoff—and how it can simplify your drywall estimating workflow.