PlanSwift Tutorial for Beginners 2026 | Complete Takeoff to BOQ Guide

Learn PlanSwift from scratch – Complete PlanSwift Tutorial for Beginners 2026. Whether you're a Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Civil Engineer, Construction Professional, Student, or Beginner, this tutorial will help you understand how to use PlanSwift for accurate quantity takeoff and BOQ preparation. Free practice files below In this complete course, you'll learn: ✅ PlanSwift Interface and Setup ✅ Drawing Calibration and Scaling ✅ Area Takeoff ✅ Linear Takeoff ✅ Count Takeoff ✅ Quantity Measurement ✅ Construction Estimation ✅ Bill of Quantities (BOQ) Preparation ✅ Exporting Quantities to Excel ✅ Quantity Surveying Best Practices By the end of this course, you'll understand how to measure construction quantities efficiently and a guide to prepare professional BOQs using PlanSwift. Download the same practice drawings I used here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qmc..., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ko9g..., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9bB... Timestamps & Chapters 00:00 – Intro 00:05 – Planswift Interface and Overview 01:25 – How to Open an Existing Job in Planswift 02:03 – How to Import Drawings (PDF, DWG, Image Files) into Planswift 05:05 – Scaling in Planswift 05:54 – How to set the Scale Automatically 06:20 – How to Clear Scale in Planswift 06:34 – How to Scale Manually in planswift 07:40 – How to Verify the Scale the Scale in Planswift 08:26 – Organizing the Pages,Bookmarks Panel 08:37 – How to Add Pages or Drawings to a Job in Planswift 09:43 – Renaming Pages in Planswift 10:09 – Deleting Pages in Planswift 10:23 – Adjusting pages in Planswift in Planswift 10:47 – Creating Folders in Planswift 12:10 – Planswift Basic Takeoff Tools 12:34 – Planswift Area tool Explained 17:19 – How to Show Legend in Planswift 17:47 – How to Show Level in Planswift 18:07 – Planswift Linear Tool Explained 22:59 – Segment Tool Explained 24:25 – Count Tool Explained 28:03 – How to Use the Single Click Tool in Planswift 30:27 – How to Print Job in Planswift 30:58 – How to Email job in Planswift 31:41 – How to Export Quantities to Excel 33:55 - Recap This course is part of the SwiftQS Academy learning platform, where we teach: • PlanSwift Complete Beginner Training • PlanSwift Advanced Training • Reusable PlanSwift Templates • Quantity Takeoff Tutorials • BOQ Preparation • Construction Estimation • Excel for Quantity Surveyors • Real Project Quantity Takeoff Workflows Subscribe and join the great minds of construction professionals learning smarter quantity takeoff workflows. Follow & Connect on LinkedIn:   / aagaladima   #planswift #quantitysurveying #constructionestimation #BOQ #SwiftQSAcademy #digitaltakeoff #qssoftware