<p>BidLight pulls MEP quantities straight from your Revit model geometry, not from someone eyeballing a sheet. When you export, the AI reads geometry and metadata to classify each BOQ line item automatically, running at 86% accuracy against real project data.</p> <p>That matters most for MEP because linear-foot items (duct runs, conduit, piping) are exactly what manual takeoff gets wrong. A missed riser or a duct run measured off an old sheet doesn&#39;t show up until the budget is already blown. BidLight reads the actual modeled length, so the quantity moves with the model instead of with whoever last updated a spreadsheet.</p> <p>Here&#39;s the practical flow:</p> <ol><li><strong>Export your Revit model</strong> as usual, no separate MEP takeoff step.</li><li><strong>BidLight classifies each line item</strong>, including MEP runs, using the two AI models trained on geometry and metadata.</li><li><strong>Quantities pull current pricing</strong> from BidLight&#39;s pricing database, plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans, so the linear-foot number carries a real cost.</li><li><strong>Change the design</strong>, reroute a duct, resize a pipe, and the quantity and cost update in real time instead of waiting for a re-takeoff.</li><li><strong>Review the number before you bid</strong>, catching the mismatch while it&#39;s a line item, not a change order.</li></ol> <p>The short version: because the quantity comes from the model itself, an MEP error gets caught the moment the design changes, not after the budget&#39;s already committed.</p>