Save your sizes, amounts and costs to a file.
⚙️Calculation Parameters
📊Calculated Output
How Sonotube Estimate Exporter Works?
To export an estimate, the Sonotube Estimate Exporter writes your dimensions, quantities and costs into a text or data format another program can open. The process takes 4 steps.
Build the estimate
Enter tubes, waste, bag size and prices.
Pick a format
Choose CSV (comma-separated values), JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), plain text, TSV (tab-separated values) or a Markdown table.
Pick the fields
Select inputs, volumes in cubic feet (ft³) and cubic yards (yd³), bags and costs.
Copy or download
The tool copies the output to the clipboard or saves it as a file.
Sonotube Estimate Exporter Formula
The Sonotube Estimate Exporter writes one row per tube group and one row of totals.
Row volume
Vᵢ = nᵢ × π × (Dᵢ ÷ 24)² × (Hᵢ ÷ 12)Written to the ft3 column.
Totals row
V = Σ Vᵢ; Cost = Σ CostᵢLast row of the export.
Precision
3 decimals for ft³, 4 for yd³Keeps the values exact for re-use.
Worked example: CSV for 8 piers at 10 in × 48 in
- tube,dia_in,depth_in,count,ft3,yd3,bags_80lb
- deck,10,48,8,17.453,0.6464,32
- TOTAL,,,8,17.453,0.6464,32
Sonotube Estimate Exporter Conversion Table
The estimate exporter conversion table lists 5 export formats, a sample line and the programs that open each format.
| Format | Sample line | Opens in |
|---|---|---|
| CSV (comma-separated values) | tube,dia_in,depth_in,count,ft3 | Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers |
| JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) | {"dia_in":10,"depth_in":48,"count":8} | Apps, scripts, APIs |
| Plain text | 8 × 10 in × 48 in = 17.45 ft³ | Email, text message, notes |
| Markdown table | | Tube | Count | ft³ | | Docs, wikis, GitHub |
| TSV (tab-separated values) | tube⇥dia_in⇥depth_in | Paste into spreadsheets |
CSV is the safest choice for spreadsheets. JSON suits software and automation.
What is Sonotube Estimate Exporter?
A Sonotube Estimate Exporter is a data tool that exports Sonotube dimensions, quantities and costs into reusable text and data formats.
Retyping numbers from a calculator into a spreadsheet invites typos. The exporter writes the estimate once, in a format that spreadsheets, estimating software and scripts read directly. Each row keeps the inputs next to the results.
Exports keep a record of the estimate at the moment it was made, which helps when quantities change later.
What are the uses of Sonotube Estimate Exporter?
There are 4 main uses of the Sonotube Estimate Exporter.
Spreadsheet import
Estimators load CSV rows into a bid sheet.
Software integration
Developers feed JSON into job-costing tools.
Quick sharing
Crews text a plain-text summary to a supplier.
Version records
Offices save each estimate version as a file.
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