From Roof Measurements to a Material Order in Four Steps

Panel Takeoff turns your Hover ESX or XML file or hand-drawn roof plan into a complete standing seam panel layout with individual panel lengths, trim quantities, and a professional PDF report, then makes ordering materials as simple as copying a list. No spreadsheets. No guessing at panel counts off a napkin sketch.

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Import Your Roof

Start with what you already have. If you use Hover, upload your ESX or XML file and Panel Takeoff builds the full 2D plan view automatically. Every facet, pitch, and edge measurement comes in ready to go. We also support EagleView XML and JSON files.

No Hover or EagleView? No problem. Draw the roof directly on the canvas using the built-in measurement tools. Click to place points, define your facets, and label each edge type: eave, ridge, hip, valley, rake, or headwall. The app handles multi-building projects and organizes everything across layers so complex roofs stay manageable.

Either way, you end up with a scaled 2D roof plan with all the geometry the panel calculator needs.

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Calculate Panels and Trim

This is where Panel Takeoff does the work that used to take you an hour with a calculator and graph paper.

The app tiles standing seam panels across every facet based on your configured panel width (default 21-1/8", adjustable to match whatever profile you're running). Every panel length is adjusted for the actual roof pitch using the rafter factor, so the numbers you see are the real lengths going on the roof, not flat-plane measurements.

For each facet you get:

Panel details

Total panel count, individual panel lengths, linear footage, and cut angles at ridges, hips, and valleys.

Trim quantities

Eave/drip edge, rake, hip cap, ridge cap, valley, apron, valley J-strip, and Z-closure. Each trim type has configurable width settings, and you can set a coil width divisor to see how many trim pieces you get per coil.

Waste factors

Set per-panel waste allowance in inches and a separate trim waste percentage so your material order covers real-world conditions.

Metal squares

Total metal squares for the project, broken down by facet.

You can toggle hip/ridge trim on or off, adjust panel width with a slider, and see every number update instantly. Change a setting, see the result. No waiting on a recalculation.

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Export Your Report

When the numbers look right, export a professional PDF that's ready to hand to your supplier, your crew, or an insurance adjuster.

Production Report.

The full takeoff with panel counts, linear footage by facet, trim quantities, and material totals. This is your ordering document.

Adjuster Report.

Formatted specifically for insurance adjusters, with the detail they need to approve the scope of work.

Cut Report.

A per-facet panel cut list showing individual panel lengths. Hand this to your crew or your roll former operator and they know exactly what to cut.

Roof Sketch.

The 2D plan view with facet labels and panel length annotations, exported right into the PDF.

Every report includes your company name in the header. Download it, email it, print it. It's yours.

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Build Your Material Order

Once your takeoff is done, the order template pulls your panel counts, trim quantities, and linear footage into a ready-to-order material list. No retyping numbers into a spreadsheet or reading them off a PDF.

Save named templates for the material configurations you order most, like your go-to 26-gauge panel and trim setup, and load them on the next job with one click. The app auto-calculates material quantities from your takeoff data so you can copy the list straight to your supplier. If your standard setup changes, save over the existing template or create a new one.

Same goes for your panel and trim configuration. Save presets for different panel widths, trim profiles, and waste settings so you're not reconfiguring the app on every project.

The goal is simple: get from finished takeoff to material order as fast as possible with nothing lost in translation.

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Why Contractors Switch

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Built for standing seam, not bolted onto a general estimating tool.

Most roofing software handles shingles, TPO, and metal as an afterthought. Panel Takeoff was built by a metal roofing contractor specifically for standing seam panel layouts. That's all it does, and it does it right.

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Works with the measurement tools you already use.

If you're already paying for Hover or EagleView, you shouldn't have to re-measure anything. Upload your ESX, XML, or JSON file and the roof plan builds itself.

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Fast enough to use on every job.

A full takeoff with trim and a PDF report takes minutes, not an hour. Run it for every bid instead of eyeballing the small ones.

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Takeoff to material order with no retyping.

Save your go-to material configurations as templates, and the app builds your order list directly from the takeoff numbers. No copying from a PDF into a spreadsheet into an email.

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No install, no desktop software.

Panel Takeoff runs in your browser. Open it on your laptop at the shop, your tablet on site, or your phone in the truck. Your projects save to the cloud and are there when you get back.

See what a full panel layout, trim quantities, material order, and PDF report look like for a real roof.

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