Residential Material Quantity Workbook

Turn drawing measurements into organized material takeoffs.

Plan residential material purchases with a practical AutoLISP and DCL workbook for drywall, flooring, baseboard, paint, and insulation. Organize quantities by room and material, apply deductions and waste factors, and estimate purchase costs using your own product coverage and pricing.

Features include:

• Five material categories: Calculate drywall sheets, flooring cartons, baseboard sticks, paint gallons, and insulation bags.
• Drawing measurements or manual entry: Capture area and perimeter from a closed planar 2D polyline, or enter quantities yourself.
• Flat and wall areas: Use surface area directly or calculate wall area from length, height, and faces or layers.
• Deductions and waste: Account for openings, excluded areas, and your chosen waste allowance.
• Paint coat calculations: Include coat count and coverage per gallon.
• Purchase rounding: Round required purchase units up separately for each entry.
• Material cost estimates: Enter your price per sheet, carton, stick, gallon, or bag.
• Flexible drawing units: Convert measurements from inches, feet, millimeters, or meters into stored square feet and linear feet.
• Reusable workbooks: Add, edit, duplicate, remove, save, and load entries.
• Reports and CSV export: Review material totals and detailed quantities outside AutoCAD.

Your download includes:

AutoLISP program, DCL dialog file, installation instructions, example workbook, sample DXF boundary, example reports, validation notes, and preview images.

Please note: Coverage, prices, waste, and deductions are user-entered. Measurements are snapshots and must be updated after drawing changes. Purchases round up per entry; leftovers are not pooled between rooms. Labor, tax, delivery, and cutting-layout optimization are not included.

Designed for Windows AutoCAD with Visual LISP, targeting AutoCAD 2002. Local calculation and data checks passed; native AutoCAD 2002 testing remains required. AutoCAD software is not included.

Residential CAD Solutions — Organize your quantities before you order.