Material take-offs from the model
Roiko extracts material take-offs (MTOs) directly from the structural model it generated and analysed, so the quantities always describe the structure that was actually checked.
Quantities that cannot drift
An MTO produced by hand from a set of drawings is a second description of the building, and second descriptions go stale. Roiko extracts the take-off from the model itself, as the final stage of the same pipeline that generated and checked it.
When the structure changes, the quantities are re-extracted from the changed structure. There is no separate document to remember to update.
Part of the deliverable set, not a bolt-on
Roiko outputs 3D structural models, finite-element analysis, Eurocode design checks, calculation reports, drawings and material take-offs. The MTO is one of those outputs rather than a separate tool, and it can be taken for a single model, a saved version, or a whole project.
Questions
- Where does the material take-off come from?
- From the structural model itself. Drawings and MTO extraction is the final stage of the Roiko pipeline, so the take-off describes the same structure that was generated, analysed and code-checked.
- Which plan includes MTO export?
- MTO export is included from the Basic tier, and every plan can be trialled first on the free Sandbox tier.