Introducing Pattern Search: First of Its Kind AI Area Model

If you've ever had to manually trace mulch beds, sod areas, or pavers from a plan set, you know how tedious and error-prone it can be. Landscape takeoffs often require hours of clicking and polygon-drawing just to get square footage numbers—and that's before you even start estimating. The process is slow, repetitive, and easy to get wrong, especially when plans are cluttered, inconsistent, or poorly marked. It's a bottleneck that eats into time you could be spending on higher-value work.

Automating this part of the workflow has been one of the most requested features from landscaping estimators and takeoff teams, and we heard you! That's why we're thrilled to introduce Pattern Search, our new tool for automatic square footage extraction.

Bobyard is already trusted for having the most accurate counting AI in landscaping, that's built to handle messy, real-world plans with overlapping shrubs, noisy linework, and the kinds of edge cases that generic AI tools miss. That's because our models are trained on thousands of landscaping-specific drawings, not just generic construction docs. And now, we've brought that same power to square footage.

Here's how Pattern Search works

• Define a legend for the patterns you need (sod, pavers, mulch, pavement, and more)

• Run the AI model

• Bobyard automatically detects each pattern, draws precise polygons, and calculates square footage.

You stay fully in control of the results, with no more manual tracing or clicking points. Add your production rates, and you'll get instant, accurate bid numbers. Bobyard is built for landscapers who don't have time to waste.