CSI Material Takeoff
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Why CSI Material Takeoff exists
A quantity take-off out of Revit means one schedule per thing you want to count, each with its own filters and units, none of which line up with the cost breakdown the QS actually works to. So the schedules get exported and reorganised in Excel, by hand, into the structure someone else needed all along.
How CSI Material Takeoff works
Choose the levels and the CSI divisions you want counted - forty work-in-progress sub-divisions, from existing conditions through to unclassified. A handful of them are placeholders for work sections the router does not classify yet and will come back empty.
Set the scope to the whole model or just the active view, and pick imperial or metric.
Scan, and the architectural shell, structural frame, openings, finishes, fixtures and equipment are routed into a division with the right unit - area, length, count or gross building area, depending on the item. MEP linear runs and site work are not covered yet.
Compound walls, floors, roofs and ceilings come out as one row per layer, so the row count reflects the build-up rather than the element.
Review the results, then export to Excel or CSV already structured by division.
Before
Quantities are assembled from a dozen schedules and reorganised in a spreadsheet to match a cost breakdown.
After
The export arrives in the cost structure, with mixed units handled per item rather than per schedule.
When to reach for it
- Producing a cost-plan input directly from the model.
- A quick order-of-magnitude take-off at an early stage.
- Comparing quantities between design options or between issues.
What it does not do
- The divisions are work-in-progress CSI sub-divisions, not a full MasterFormat implementation. MEP linear runs - ducts, pipes, conduit, cable tray - along with foundations, topography and site work are not scanned at all.
- Unmatched generic models land in the unclassified division, which is unchecked by default. Anything the router cannot classify at all is counted in the skip analysis instead, under Unrecognized Category - that panel is where you find out what fell through.
- It counts what is modelled. Anything represented as a 2D detail rather than geometry is invisible to it.
- Setting the scope to the active view while a schedule or a sheet is active returns zero, with a skip card that does not explain why. Run it from a graphical view.
- It produces quantities, not prices. The workbook ships the cost columns and formulas ready for you to fill in rates - it does not supply the rates.
- There is no cancel button and no progress percentage, and the routing keywords are English-only, so on a French, Spanish or Italian Revit the classification quietly stops working.
Questions
- Can Revit produce a CSI-structured take-off?
- Not directly - Revit schedules are organised by category, not by work section. This routes elements into CSI divisions and exports them in that structure, which is what a cost exercise actually consumes.
- Can I take off just part of the building?
- Yes. Scope can be limited to the active view, and levels are selected individually, so a single floor or a single package can be counted on its own.
- Does it handle both metric and imperial?
- Yes, it is a choice at scan time, and the mixed units within a division - area, length, count - are handled per item type.
- Does it change my model?
- No. It reads and exports. It never opens a transaction, so there is nothing on the undo stack afterwards. What you get back is a workbook with a linked table of contents, an all-data sheet, a summary carrying the gross building area, and one sheet per division with the cost columns and formulas already wired.