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Scan drawing PDFs and export Bill of Materials to Excel using PipingTools Scan engineering drawing PDFs directly in your browser and extract Bill of Materials (BOM), weld data, and drawing metadata. Export results to professionally formatted Excel spreadsheets — powered by piping.tools. FEATURES: • Scan PDFs opened in Chrome or Edge directly from the browser tab • Scan local PDF files via drag-and-drop or file upload — no need to upload to a server • Extract drawing metadata and Bill of Materials data using AI-powered analysis • Export to Excel with formatted sheets for Metadata and BOM • Multi-page PDF support — scan up to 100 pages per document • Receive Full BOM summaries for multi-page PDFs • Scan history — review and re-export previous scans • Secure OAuth authentication with your piping.tools account HOW TO USE: 1. Sign in with your piping.tools account (google sign-in available) 2. Open a PDF engineering drawing in your browser, or drag-and-drop a local PDF into the extension popup 3. Click "Scan Current PDF" to extract data 4. Review the results and click "Export to Excel" to download LOCAL PDF FILES: To scan local PDF files directly from the browser tab (file:// URLs), enable "Allow access to file URLs" in your browser's extension settings. Alternatively, use the drag-and-drop or file upload option in the popup — no extra permissions needed. SUPPORTED BROWSERS: • Google Chrome 88+ • Microsoft Edge 88+ (Chromium-based) PERMISSIONS: This extension requires access to PDF pages to extract drawing data. It communicates securely with https://piping.tools for authentication and PDF processing. No data is stored on external servers beyond what is needed for scanning. For support, visit https://piping.tools or report issues to support@piping.tools