Upload a PDF construction drawing. Monaro reads the floor plans, counts every symbol, extracts the equipment schedule, and delivers a complete quantity takeoff in under 20 minutes, ready to quote.
Most HVAC takeoff tools on the market were built for contractors. They're designed to estimate full project costs — labour, ductwork, installation, overhead. That's not what a distributor needs.
A distributor needs to know how many diffusers are on the drawings, what grilles the engineer specified, how many fans are on each floor. That information lives in two places: the equipment schedule and the floor plan symbols. Getting it out manually takes a project coordinator four to eight hours per project — before pricing has started.
Monaro is HVAC takeoff software built specifically for the way distributors work. It reads the drawings the same way a coordinator would — but in 20 minutes instead of most of the day.
No setup. No templates to configure. Drop in the PDF and Monaro handles the rest.
"AI that reads drawings the way a coordinator would"
Monaro covers terminal-level mechanical equipment — the items HVAC and plumbing distributors supply on commercial projects.
Diffusers, grilles, louvers, linear slots, and perforated face units of all sizes and configurations.
Ceiling-mounted exhaust fans, toilet exhaust, inline fans, energy recovery ventilators, and unit ventilators.
Toilets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, drinking fountains, and floor drains as shown on plumbing plans.
Hydronic boilers, domestic water heaters, and storage tanks specified in mechanical schedules.
Hydronic circulation pumps, domestic booster pumps, and sump pumps shown in mechanical drawings.
Monaro works with any PDF drawing set regardless of engineer, software, or project complexity.
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About mechanical quantity takeoffs and how Monaro automates them.
Most takeoff tools are built for contractors estimating full project costs. Monaro is built specifically for distributors the equipment scope, quoting workflow, and output format are all designed around how distributors supply and quote terminal mechanical equipment, not how contractors build and install it.
No. Monaro is fully automated — there is no human-in-the-loop review step. The AI reads the drawings, counts symbols, extracts schedule data, and produces a complete takeoff ready for pricing. You review the output the same way you'd review any takeoff, but the counting and extraction work is already done.
Any PDF mechanical drawing set. Monaro handles drawings from any engineering firm, produced in any CAD software, regardless of project size or complexity. Small commercial projects and large multi-floor commercial buildings are both supported.
No. Contractors estimate full project costs including labour, ductwork, and installation. Distributors are quoting the equipment supply only — terminal-level items from the mechanical drawings. The scope, output format, and workflow are different, which is why general estimating software doesn't fit the distributor workflow well.
Most project coordinators run their first takeoff the same day. There are no drawing templates to configure, no training on your specific symbols, and no IT setup required. Upload a drawing from a current project and the takeoff starts immediately.
At an average commercial HVAC equipment contract value of $50,000-$150,000, winning one additional project per month that you would have passed on due to bandwidth pays for Monaro's annual subscription many times over. The math works at two branches as well as twenty.
