Auto Area

How to Use Auto Area in Cubit Estimating (v14)

Auto Area automatically detects and outlines enclosed spaces such as rooms and slabs on scaled floor plans. Follow the steps below to prepare your plan, review detected shapes, refine geometry, and apply results to your estimate.

Contents

1. 1Prepare Your Plan
2. 2View AI-Detected Shapes
3. 3Edit Shape Geometry
4. 4Use Shapes in Your Estimate
5. 5Demonstration

1

Prepare Your Plan

Steps

1

Open Cubit Estimating

Load your plan in the Viewport.

2

Import and scale your plan

If required, import the plan and use Scale Plan to set the correct scale.

3

Check your drawing

Ensure the drawing is a floor plan with clearly enclosed wall boundaries.

4

Navigate to AI Tools

Go to the Home tab and locate the AI Tools section.

5

Start Auto Area

Click Auto Area to begin detection.

i Tip: Auto Area performs best on high-quality floor plans with clear, continuous walls.

Figure 1 – Floor Plan Inserted and Scaled

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2

View AI-Detected Shapes

Once detection completes, shapes appear in two places

• Highlighted directly in the Viewport
• Listed under AI Shapes in the Shapes pane

Steps

1

Open the Shapes pane

2

Locate the AI Shapes section

3

Toggle visibility

Use the eye icon to show or hide detected shapes.

4

Review each detected area

Check for completeness and alignment against the plan.

Figure 2 – AI-Detected Shapes in Viewport and Shapes Pane

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3

Edit Shape Geometry

AI-detected shapes behave the same as manually drawn shapes and can be refined at any time.

Adjusting a shape

1

Enable Select

Click Select from the toolbar.

2

Click the shape

Select a detected shape in the Viewport.

3

Drag to adjust

Drag corner points or edges to refine boundaries.

4

Exit editing

Press Esc when done.

Removing a point

• Hold CTRL
• Hover over the unwanted vertex
• Click to remove the point

! Always review and refine geometry before applying shapes to your estimate.

Figure 3 – Editing Shape Geometry

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4

Use Shapes in Your Estimate

Steps

1

Open the Shapes pane

2

Select the required AI shape

3

Drag and drop

Drop the shape into a pre-existing line item's quantity cell.

4

Quantity populates automatically

The calculated area is applied directly to the linked trade item.

Figure 4 – Applying AI Shape to Estimate

AI can and does make mistakes. Always review and verify every result before using it in your estimate — AI-generated shapes, counts, and detections may be inaccurate, incomplete, or miss elements entirely. Use your professional judgement to check all outputs.

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5

Demonstration

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