How fast is automated symbol takeoff?

Result

Methodology

A 168-page commercial plan set with 60 distinct symbol types was processed end to end: import the PDF, point at each symbol from the legend, let the engine detect every instance across all sheets, then review the marked-up detections. Elapsed time to a reviewable draft count was about one hour, entirely on a local machine. (This benchmark run was executed on a local on-prem install; the cloud mode runs the same engine.)

How we state it honestly

“168× faster” compares that hour to the multi-day reality of a careful hand count on the same set. Every detection is reviewed and signed off by a person, and any count that isn’t fully verified is shown as a floor (≥), never dressed up as a total.