A complete deck design studio for deck contractors: draw the footprint, configure structure and materials, orbit a live 3D model with the homeowner — and get the takeoff, the estimate, the drawing package and the proposal from the same design. One model. Every output.
Built for the sales consultation: design at the kitchen table, hand the homeowner the 3D model, leave with a signed option.
Client price · pre-tax
$87,741
Live takeoff
288 sq ft · 17 joists · 9 piles
Draw
Structure
Materials
Visualize
Quantify
Price
Document
Present
Rectangles, L-shapes, wraparounds and custom notched footprints — drawn by dragging corners and edges, snapped to 6", dimensioned automatically. Mark the house side, drop stairs on any edge, and the whole model follows. No CAD training. No layers palette. No four-hour tutorial.
2×10 @ 16" OC · 2 beam lines · 9 posts — every member editable, span checks flagged for local verification.
Pressure-treated, cedar, composite and PVC lines with board layouts, picture-frame borders and railing systems from wood to glass. Default pricing is a starting point — set your supplier costs once and every takeoff and estimate uses them. No fake “live supplier pricing”; your numbers, honestly.
Sienna Brown
5/4×6 Pressure-Treated
$2/lf · edit me
Natural Cedar
5/4×6 Western Red Cedar
$4/lf · edit me
Earth Brown
Composite Board — Mid Range
$5/lf · edit me
Coastal Grey
Composite Board — Mid Range
$5/lf · edit me
Spiced Walnut
Premium Composite
$8/lf · edit me
Weathered Ash
Premium PVC
$9/lf · edit me
Not a render farm, not a screenshot — the same parametric 3D engine contractors use in the studio, drawing the Lakeside demo deck. Drag to orbit. Every board row, railing post and stair tread comes from the design model.
Premium composite · glass railing · privacy screen · pergola · lighting — all configured in the studio, all live here.
Decking, framing, footings, hardware, railing, stairs and finishing — with waste factors, stock rounding, and the distinction real jobs need: calculated quantity vs order quantity, both visible, both editable.
| Item | Calc | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Composite — field | 601 lf | 650 lf |
| Composite Board — Mid Range — picture frame | 152 lf | 166 lf |
| 2×10 PT joists | 224 lf | 236 lf |
| 2×10 PT rim joists | 38 lf | 40 lf |
| 2×10 PT ledger | 22 lf | 24 lf |
| 2×10 PT beam plies | 72 lf | 76 lf |
+ 22 more lines, live from the demo design
Your crew rate, your production rates, overhead, contingency and markup — with margin and markup both shown so nobody prices a job on the wrong one. Then one click turns the design into three client options.
Good
5/4×6 Pressure-Treated · Sienna Brown · Pressure-Treated Wood Railing
Better
Composite Board — Mid Range · Earth Brown · Aluminum Picket Railing
Best
Premium Composite · Spiced Walnut · Aluminum + Glass Panel Railing
Five vector sheets with proper title blocks: cover and index, dimensioned deck plan, framing plan with member schedule, elevation, and a material schedule with general notes. Status-stamped honestly — Draft, Contractor Review, or Prepared for Submission. Never passed off as stamped engineering.
Presentation mode strips out costs, margins and production rates and shows the homeowner a clean 3D model with their three options. Then one click builds a native ScopeGrade proposal — overview, scope of work, investment and upgrade options pre-filled from the design.
And Scout knows the project
“Make this deck 4 feet wider.”
“Switch to premium composite — what's the price impact?”
“Create a cheaper version under budget.”
Every Scout change previews with the exact price delta before it touches the design.
ScopeGrade Deck Studio
$549 CAD
One-time purchase · no subscription · future updates included
Premium module — sold separately from the Contractor Tools bundle. Drawing outputs are design documents, not stamped engineering.
