Excalibur ViewExcalibur Construction Technologies
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Purple HammerShapeDo (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.
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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
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
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Audience
Structural steel fabricators, erectors and estimators, plus general contractors and subcontractors doing quantity takeoff from PDF drawing sets.
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Audience
Estimators, quantity surveyors, and cost engineers at contractors, designers and QS firms
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Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online
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Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online
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API
Offers API
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API
Offers API
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Screenshots and VideosNo images available
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Screenshots and VideosNo images available
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Pricing
$250.00 one-time per seat
Free Version
Free Trial
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Pricing
$12.99/user/month
Free Version
Free Trial
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Pros & Cons from Real UsersPros
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Training
Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Training
Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Company InformationExcalibur Construction Technologies
Founded: 2026
United States
excaliburct.com
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Company InformationShapeDo (TA Purple Hammer)
Founded: 2014
Israel
purple-hammer.com
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Integrations
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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