Masonry estimating & shop drawings

It doesn't estimate the wall.
It builds it.

The Masonry Modeler is masonry estimating software that doesn't estimate at all. Trace your walls on the print. TMM lays the bond — every block, every cut, every bar — the way your crew will lay it. The count isn't a factor times square feet. It's the wall. Then it prints the shop drawings.

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Founder pricing: $300 per seat, per month · first 10 companies

◉ Plan View · Live Trace TMM

The Masonry Modeler plan view: an architect's floor plan loaded as a print with walls traced over it in blue, 8-inch CMU wall type selected, and live segment stats

8" CMU · 10 lines · 14 segments 189'-4" traced

See it

Real prints. Real block. Real colors.

Screenshots straight from the program — no mockups, no CAD-gray. The palette is what the wall will actually look like, because you pick block and brick the way you pick them at the yard.

Watch: tracing a wall on the print. Set the wall type, draw the segment, and the dimensions land as you draw — 8" CMU, 18'-8" long, 11'-4" tall, straight off the plan.

The full walkthrough: pump station — trace → takeoff in 3 minutes. One print, ten walls, an exact count. No cuts skipped, no factor fudged.

TMM plan view — the Landmark Apartments architect's floor plan loaded as a print with
walls traced over it in blue, an 8-inch CMU wall type set in the left toolbar, and live
stats reading 10 lines, 14 segments, 189 feet 4 inches — **Trace on your print.** Left hand on D-S-C-E, right hand on the mouse. Dimensions land as you draw; the count updates as you trace.

TMM 3D view — CMU and brick walls standing up out of the flat floor plan in realistic
brick-red and block-gray, with openings and ties in place and the plan ghosted underneath — **The walls stand up out of your plan.** One click to 3D — real brick red, real block gray, openings and ties where they belong.

Why the number is right

Right on the walls that break other tools.

Square walls are easy — anything prices those. Bids are won and lost on the ugly ones: gables and rakes, steps, arched openings, brick over block, corner returns. TMM lays the actual bond through all of it, so the pieces, the cuts, and the grout are counted — not factored.

Lays the bond, counts the pieces

Corners interlock course by course. Bond beams wrap. Lintels land on coursing. Rakes cut where the roof cuts them. No cut under 4" — the engine makes it work the way a foreman would.

Stretcher 4,520 ea

Corner 334 ea

Bond beam 1,203 ea

Rake cuts — listed by dimension 87 ea

Shows the math

Every dollar traces: pieces → lay rates → mason-days → crew cost → bid. Click any line and the arithmetic opens right there. When the GC pushes back, you’re not defending a hunch.

4,304 field + 190 cut parents ÷ 400/day

= 11.2 mason-days × crew $2,340 $26,208

OH 20% → profit 10% → $34,595

The bid becomes the paper

Generates full masonry shop drawings — keyed elevations, placing sets, piece counts per sheet — from the same model that priced the job. Win it, then hand the field the drawings. One model, start to finish.

SHEET E-3 · ELEV B 1/4" = 1'-0"

PIECES — THIS SHEET ✓

U.N.O. tags · jamb callouts · cut list auto

Shop drawings

The only takeoff that hands your foreman drawings.

The model that priced the job prints the job: keyed elevations on coursing, dims that land on block, jamb callouts, U.N.O. tags, and a piece count for that sheet — so the wall gets laid from the same numbers it was bid from. No re-drawing in CAD. No second source of truth.

Actual TMM shop drawing, Sheet A02 Elevation A of the 15th pod — courses numbered C1
through C15, every unit color-coded corner, half, cut, or bond beam per the legend,
number 5 vertical rebar at 48 inches on center and number 4 bond-beam rebar overlaid,
with dimensions and title block — Actual sheet, unretouched — every course labeled, every corner / half / cut / bond beam color-coded, rebar overlaid. Generated by TMM from the same model that priced the wall.

Generated, not drafted — change the wall and the sheet, the counts, and the bid all move together.

See the full nine-sheet set →

The difference

Two ways to get a number. One you can stake a bid on.

Comparison	SF × factor takeoff	The Masonry Modeler
Where the count comes from	Area times a rule of thumb	The wall itself — bond laid block by block
Gables, steps, arches, brick-over-block	Fudge factors — and change orders later	Where it shines — cuts listed by dimension
Can you see the math?	A number appears	Every line opens into its own derivation
After you win	Start over in CAD	Shop drawings & placing sets from the same model
Set up rates & crews	Every job, every spreadsheet, every time	Once. Your crews and rates follow you to every job

Pricing

Founder pricing. Locked for life.

Your rate is locked for life. Every wall type is included as it comes online — block today, brick, stone, and thin brick as they ship. No upcharge.

Founder seat — first 10 companies

$300 per seat, per month

Block today — brick, stone and thin brick included as they ship, no upcharge
Takeoff, bid & add-alternates with visible math
Shop drawings, keyed elevations & placing sets
Your crews, rates & regions on every project
Direct line to the founder — your walls shape the roadmap

Price never rises while your seat is active. You're buying it from the contractor who bids with it.

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What a seat covers

Everything — one seat, whole model

Unlimited projects & walls
Every update, included — the roadmap ships weekly
Your feedback becomes features: founders' walls get built first
No per-report fees, no export fees, no surprise tiers

Bid one mid-size CMU job with it and the seat has paid for the year.

Common questions

Questions the job site asks.

How do corners work in The Masonry Modeler?

Corners interlock by default — inside and outside. The bond runs through the corner. No butt joints unless overridden. The corner is a consequence of the bond, not a special case bolted on top.

How does The Masonry Modeler handle non-modular leftover at corners?

Non-modular leftover absorbs into the corner. The leg moves 8 inches every course — same as the bond. No 4-inch cut exposed in the field.

What is the default control joint spacing?

Control joints default to 24 feet 8 inches — 296 inches, which is 18.5 blocks times 16 inches exactly. This is the modular spacing. Drag to override. Control joints are never auto-placed within 16 inches of a corner.

How are bond beams placed?

Rebar drives bond beams. Set the rebar schedule from the structural drawings and courses snap to match. Development-length extension past openings is automatic. Weight is reported in pounds, not just linear feet.

Does The Masonry Modeler handle half-high courses?

Yes. When a wall is not modular to 8 inches, it generates the half-high course at top or bottom and adds it as its own line item. Counted, weighted, and priced separately — not buried in a waste factor.

Will The Masonry Modeler produce cuts smaller than 4 inches?

No. If a layout would force a cut under 4 inches, it absorbs the leftover into adjacent joints or shifts the cut to the next valid position. By design.

How are 10-inch and 12-inch CMU corners handled?

10-inch and 12-inch CMU corners use an 8-inch block plus a face shell spacer — listed as separate takeoff line items, the way the supplier ships them and the way the crew lays them.

Can the mason override it?

Yes. It is right about 90 percent of the time. The mason is right on the other 10 percent. Click any block, change the type, and the takeoff updates. One-click override.

It doesn't estimate the wall. It builds it.