Excalibur View

Excalibur View

Excalibur Construction Technologies
Purple Hammer

Purple Hammer

ShapeDo (TA Purple Hammer)
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About

Excalibur View is a drawing viewer, markup and takeoff program for construction, written by a working structural steel estimator. Markups are ordinary PDF annotations, so a set marked up here opens in Bluebeam Revu or Adobe with everything in place. It imports Revu .bpx profiles and .btx tool sets with their tools, custom columns and unit weights. Measure length, area, count, volume and angle at the drawn scale. Tools carry their own unit weights, so a measured beam puts tonnage on the takeoff as it is drawn. The Shop List reads the same markups back as a cut list, with stock length, saw kerf and drops. Free for one person, including paid work, with no account and no expiry. Offices add Excalibur View Office at $250 per seat, paid once, on a machine you own. Updates are an optional $100 per seat per year. There is no cloud. Drawings, markups and takeoff never leave your hardware. Source published under the Elastic License 2.0.

About

Purple Hammer is desktop takeoff and estimating software for construction estimators and QS teams. What Bluebeam should have become. Key features include: - 120 FPS PDF viewer - Markups & measurements (length, area, count, perimeter, volume, wall volume) - Drawing comparison (auto align, blink, multi-candidate) - Built-in estimating worksheets - Takeoff formulas (power syntax) - Cost & contract lookup tables - Open MCP (AI access) - Magic (1 click) Measure - Snap to geometry, grid & raster edges - Live document & version control - Export: marked-up PDF, Excel, comparison GIF - Mac & Windows

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Structural steel fabricators, erectors and estimators, plus general contractors and subcontractors doing quantity takeoff from PDF drawing sets.

Audience

Estimators, quantity surveyors, and cost engineers at contractors, designers and QS firms

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

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Pricing

$250.00 one-time per seat
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$12.99/user/month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • As an old school QS/Estimator, who was brought up on using paper drawings and take-off sheets, this has been mind blowing. I have been using a free on line take-off system, that has no back up and will eventually be taken down, together with my own take -off and estimating Excel spreadsheets. I love the ability to screen shot my mark ups and add them to my take-offs for future reference. I have seen others using Bluebeam and I would consider Purple Hammer to be above and beyond this system. The ability to compare drawing revisions is a great feature. We all know the architects who like to push out drawing revisions and not actually cloud the revisions.

Cons

  • The only con at the moment is my own limits. I'm looking forward to Ari Isaacs showing me how to incorporate my own take-off sheets. Looking forward to being able to exploit it's features

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Excalibur Construction Technologies
Founded: 2026
United States
excaliburct.com

Company Information

ShapeDo (TA Purple Hammer)
Founded: 2014
Israel
purple-hammer.com

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Categories

Categories

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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