Australian residential takeoff
Mark walls, openings, tiles and concrete on the drawing — export a measurement CSV where every line cites the Australian Standard clause or measurement basis behind it, ready for QS review.
Why TuLiang
Each figure prints the clause it came from — AS 3700 masonry, AS 1684.2 timber framing, AS 3600 concrete, AS 3740 waterproofing, plus the NCC — so it stands up to a QS check.
CSV split by trade, every line cites its clause — send it straight to your QS or estimator.
It measures what you mark — no guessed quantities, no pricing. Numbers stay geometric and reviewable.
See it work
The real thing
Workflow
Drop a vector PDF drawing set — a full drawing set loads in seconds.
Set scale → click along each wall → press Enter to close → pick the wall type.
Every line cites the Australian Standard for its own trade, ready for a QS to review.
Coverage
Brick veneer / cavity / single skin, wall ties, weep holes, lintels, mortar mix.
Bathroom, kitchen and splashback wall tiles — mark the wall surface, lay out tiles across 8 patterns, get full-tile and cut counts.
Tile / timber / vinyl / carpet — 8 pattern types incl. herringbone, hex, brick bond.
Door + window schedule auto-built from your hand-typed list or paste.
Slabs, stairs, columns — area × thickness, AS 3600 rebate / cutout support.
Split by trade, every line cites its clause. Not for ordering — needs QS review.
Who made it
I'm a builder in Australia. TuLiang started because takeoff on real residential jobs was either a $5k/year QS suite I did not need, or a spreadsheet that lost an hour per drawing set. So I built the tool I wanted on site: open a PDF, mark what is actually there, get numbers that cite the standard behind them — then hand it to the QS to check. — Made by an Australian builder · 1.5 years on the tools
Get started
Free during the private beta. Invite required.
Questions
Every formula prints the standard behind it — masonry AS 3700, timber framing AS 1684.2, concrete AS 3600, waterproofing AS 3740, wind class AS 4055, plus the NCC. The output is a draft measurement — always have a QS or estimator review it before procurement.
Sydney-region Fly.io servers (Australia). Each user's projects are private. Nothing is installed on your machine — it all runs in the browser.
No. Scanned PDFs can't be measured accurately — ask the consultant for the original vector PDF.
TuLiang is invite-only during the private beta. Email banruo@tuliang.online and a one-to-one access code will be issued — then open it in your browser, no install needed.
Yes — open it in the iPad browser, no install needed. A native iPad app is in the works.