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Masonry estimating software.
Built by a mason.

Fulls, halves, and corners.
Counted from the first click.

Draw your walls and TMM counts the pieces as you go. Those counts carry into your material list, estimate, and shop drawings. Build your bid with your own prices, crews, equipment, overhead, and profit.

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Founder rate: $300 per seat, per month · first 10 companies. Ask about current availability.
● See the actual model0:16
A pump station in two minutes. Drag one box for all four walls. Add four openings and move them in 3D. Then rakes, control joints, and two block colors. Two minutes start to finish, sped up. Silent demo. Open video ↗

Built at Powder River Masonry — and bidding our own work with it every week. · Written by a mason contractor, not a software company that met one.

02 Worked example · sample rates

From a wall to a bid.

A simple 20 × 8 ft wall in 8-inch CMU. Start with the units in the wall, then add the crew and equipment it takes to lay them.

160 sq ft of wall 174 full + 12 half = 186 pieces 1.5 CY grout 6 mortar bags
Materials$1,086.00
Labor$320.00
Equipment$20.00
Sample bid$1,725.46

$1,426.00 direct cost + 10% overhead + 10% profit on cost and overhead.

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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. Review the placed pieces and cuts before ordering.

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.

Material quantities × your prices Materials
Production rates + your crew Labor
Equipment + overhead + profit Bid

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.

Shop drawing set — 15th pod · 8" wall Sheet 02 · Elevation A · 1/2" = 1'-0"
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.

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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.

Does TMM count corners and halves while I draw?

Yes. TMM counts fulls, halves, and corners from the first click as you draw your walls. The pieces are counted by type and carried into the takeoff and estimate. Review the specified units, finishes, and prices for the wall you intend to build.

What does masonry estimating software calculate?

TMM connects wall quantities to material prices, production rates, crew labor, equipment, overhead, and profit. Review the included scope and your rates before issuing a bid. The same wall model also produces shop drawings.

Can I use my own supplier prices and crews?

Yes. Set your material prices, production rates, crew, and equipment, then review the estimate by item. Your job conditions and costs determine the bid.

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. Review the partial-height course in the elevation and takeoff. It may use a specified half-high unit or a cut from full-height stock; the purchased block and the remaining piece height have different roles in the estimate.

Will The Masonry Modeler produce cuts smaller than 4 inches?

TMM resolves coursing and shows the resulting pieces. Tight openings, corners, and special details can need small closures. Review the elevation and cutting list for the detail you intend to build.

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. Select a block and change its type to match the detail you intend to build. Review the updated takeoff and estimate before issuing the bid.

Bid it the way you'll build it.

Walk through the takeoff, estimate, and shop drawings with Ryan. Bring questions about the work you bid.

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