Step 1
Pick the zone
Choose the room or area you want to call out on the plan.
FeatureFill
Shade zones and areas for clearer mark-ups
Fill lets you colour in rooms, zones, and areas on a PDF plan, so scope, stages, and trades read at a glance instead of hiding in a wall of lines.
- Shade rooms, zones, and areas in colour
- Colour-code scope by trade or stage
- Make busy plans instantly easier to read
Fill Tool
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Interactive demo
Click the corners of a zone to shade it
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Interactive example on a sample plan. The real MetreMate app does a lot more.
From problem to outcome
From a wall of lines to scope you can see
Fill is for busy sheets where everything is the same colour and the eye gets lost, when you need to separate wet areas from dry, stage one from stage two, or one trade from the next.
Step 2
Shade it in
Fill it with a colour so that scope, stage, or trade stands out clearly.
Step 3
Share the picture
Print or send the coloured plan so everyone reads the scope the same way.
Key capabilities
What you can do with Fill
Colour-code scope
Shade areas by trade, stage, or status so a plan explains itself without a legend.
Best for Multi-trade jobs
Highlight zones
Call out wet areas, exclusions, or work fronts so nothing gets read the wrong way.
Best for Scope clarity
Cleaner mark-ups
Give busy plans structure so reviews and handovers go quicker.
Best for Site and office teams
Sits over your takeoff
Shading works alongside your lengths, areas, and counts on the same plan.
Best for Full mark-up in one place
Polygon Fill for any shape
Click out your own outline, point by point, and shade it, for zones with odd or angled edges.
Best for Irregular zones
The old way
Grey plans hide the scope
When every zone looks the same, scope gets missed, questions pile up, and the plan needs a paragraph of explanation just to be understood.
- Same-colour plans bury the scope
- Zones get missed or misread on busy sheets
- Explaining the plan by phone wastes time
Why it’s better with MetreMate
A clearer picture of the job
Fill turns a flat plan into something anyone can read at a glance, so scope stops being a conversation and starts being obvious.
- Separate scope by colour
- Make wet areas and exclusions obvious
- Speed up reviews and handovers
- Cut down on plan-explaining phone calls
- Hand clients a plan they can actually read
Testimonial / proof
“Been using MetreMate for a few months now, and I'm wondering how I ever managed without it. The accuracy is spot-on, and helps me and my tradies. I'm able to quote quicker and more accurately.”
Mina E. · Builder · Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Built for who
Built for the people doing the work
See how Fill fits the way your trade already works.
Built for
Flooring Contractors
The problem
One house can have carpet, timber and tile, and the split has to be obvious.
What you get
A plan the client and installer read the same way.
How you'd use it: Use Fill to colour each room by floor finish.
Workflows for flooring contractorsAcross the trades
How tradies use Fill
Fill earns its keep right across the trades. Here is how different crews put it to work on real jobs.
Tilers
Shade the tiled rooms and feature tile zones in different colours so the scope is clear.
Workflows for tilers
Insulation installers
Colour ceiling, wall and underfloor areas by product so each R-value is obvious on the plan.
Workflows for insulation installers
Plasterers
Shade where wet-area or fire-rated board goes so it is not priced as standard sheet.
Workflows for plasterers
Landscapers
Colour turf, garden beds and paving differently so the client reads the plan instantly.
Workflows for landscapers
Commercial fit-outs
Shade zones by stage so the crew and client can see what happens where.
Workflows for commercial fit-outs
Renovators
Shade the rooms you are touching so the client sees the scope of the reno at a glance.
Workflows for renovators
Concreters
Shade each pour stage so the crew and pump booking follow the same plan.
Workflows for concreters
Screeders
Shade set-downs and wet-area falls apart from flat floors before you price.
Workflows for screedersKeep exploring
Related features
Keep learning
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