Prompt: Give me a step-by-step workflow of how a flooring contractor would build a takeoff on a 200-unit multifamily project using SubHub AI. Include every interactive step no matter how granular — from uploading the PDF planset, to selecting relevant sheets, reviewing the AI markup, and exporting deliverables. Explain how SubHub AI automates the tasks that normally require manual effort, such as room boundary detection, finish mapping, seam layouts, transitions, waste factors, and door thresholds. For each step, estimate the user time required, and provide the total realistic range of hours. Conclude with a comparison of SubHub AI’s total time against traditional Excel/manual workflows and Measure Square + Bluebeam.
Flooring Takeoff with SubHub AI (200-Unit Multifamily)
1. Upload and review plan set (≈ 10–15 minutes user time)
Drag and drop the full architectural PDF into SubHub. The system displays all pages (hundreds of sheets). You quickly scan through and select only the sheets needed for flooring (unit floor plans, enlarged unit layouts, finish legends). Once you click “Confirm,” the rest of the planset is ignored. User effort: ~10–15 minutes.
2. Automated AI takeoff generation (≈ 0 minutes user time; background process)
Room detection: SubHub auto-detects and closes room boundaries across 200 units, corridors, and common spaces. Finish assignment: Uses the embedded flooring model to apply the correct flooring type automatically. Transitions & thresholds: Identifies where different flooring materials meet and calculates linear footage of transition strips. Seam placement & waste: Models carpet seams, plank orientation, and tile layouts automatically, adding correct waste factors. Doors/openings: Excludes flooring under doors, counts thresholds, and adjusts rubber base runs. User effort: None — the system does it all in the background.
3. AI + QA output (≈ 15–20 minutes user time)
You receive a full digital markup of the plan set: Rooms color-coded by flooring type. Transitions and thresholds marked. Seam layouts and waste already calculated. You spot-check 5–10% of rooms just to confirm accuracy. No manual corrections needed — reconciled by the model. User effort: ~15–20 minutes.
4. Final deliverable (≈ 20–30 minutes user time)
Excel report: square footage by flooring type, linear footage of transitions and base, counts of thresholds. Marked-up PDFs: showing the takeoff visually on the plans. You review quantities at a summary level (e.g., “Carpet: 210,000 SF; LVT: 130,000 SF; Tile: 20,000 SF; Rubber base: 15,000 LF”). Deliverables are ready for estimating without extra steps. User effort: ~20–30 minutes.
Total Effort with SubHub AI
User time: ~1–1.25 hours. System time: 24–48 hours (AI + QA). Comparison:
Excel + third-party tools → 20–28 hours. Measure Square + Bluebeam → 16–25 hours. SubHub AI (trade model) → 1–1.25 hours of light user effort.
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