How To Use The Enhanced Siding Integration And Measurement Template For Siding Estimates

Siding estimates need more detail than roofing — surface types, finishes, window and door openings, and corner counts all change what you buy and what you charge. Exterio's enhanced siding experience pulls that detail out of an EagleView report and into a measurement template built to hold it.

The result: siding measurements that feed automatic product, labor, and cost calculations the same way roofing measurements do.

What's included in the enhanced siding experience?

Two pieces work together:

An out-of-the-box siding measurement template with fields for surface types, finishes, opening metrics, and corner information
An enhanced import that brings maximum detail from EagleView reports and third-party PDF uploads

What kind of report do I need?

An EagleView walls, windows, and doors report. Siding detail comes through the same way roofing detail does on a roofing report.

If your report includes roofing information as well, you can import both in one pass.

How do I import a siding measurement report?

Click New Measurement → Import from Measurement Report.
Enter a measurement name (optional).
If the report contains roofing information, choose whether to bring it in by whole roof or by facet — same as a roofing-only report.
Choose your siding import type.
Select your waste type.
Select your siding measurement template.
Click Create Measurement.

What are the siding import types?

Import type	What you get
By individual wall	Each wall broken out separately
By directional elevation	Grouped by north, south, east, and west elevations
By whole structure	One combined structure

Pick based on how granular you want to estimate. Directional elevation is a practical middle ground — enough detail to price accurately, without a line for every wall.

What's in the Wall Sections area?

After importing, your measurement template shows a Wall Sections area. Depending on your import granularity, each entry is a wall, an elevation, or the whole structure.

For each one:

Field	Notes
Area	Wall area
Existing surface	What's there now — customizable list
Exterior finish	What you're applying — customizable list

Both the existing surface and exterior finish lists can be customized to the services you offer.

Elevations break down by surface type — so you may see west masonry and west siding, south masonry and south siding, and so on across all four elevations.

What window and door detail comes through?

Each wall or elevation includes:

Window area, door area
Window perimeter, door perimeter
Window count, door count

Plus the combined sums: window and door area, window and door perimeter, and window and door count.

How do I override an imported value?

Two ways:

Change a component value — manually input a window area or door area, and the combined total recalculates
Override the total directly — click the lock icon on the total and enter your own figure

Use this when the report is wrong or when field conditions differ from what the aerial captured.

What is the wall corner segment?

After reviewing your wall and elevation information, review the wall corner segment. This captures corner detail that materially affects siding material and labor:

Corner types:

Inside corners
Outside corners
Inside corners greater than 90 degrees
Outside corners greater than 90 degrees

Corner surfaces:

Siding to siding
Masonry to masonry
Siding to masonry
Other

Plus the total. Like the window and door figures, you can override the sum and enter a total directly.

What's in the summary?

The summary totals everything across your walls and elevations — total wall area, plus total window metrics, door metrics, and areas.

Can I add my own fields to a siding measurement?

Yes, and this is where the customized measurement template earns its keep. Create custom input values to capture anything else the estimate needs — vent area, shutter information, or whatever your process requires.

How do these measurements feed my estimate?

Every metric — custom inputs, imported inputs, summary metrics, corner information, and wall or elevation data — can drive automatic product, labor, and cost calculations on your estimate, exactly as roofing measurements do.

Tips and gotchas

Choose your import type before you import, not after. Granularity determines how you'll estimate. Importing by whole structure and then wishing you had per-elevation detail means starting the import over.
Check the surface breakdown against the actual house. The report splits elevations by surface type — west masonry, west siding, and so on. Aerial reports get this mostly right and occasionally wrong. A masonry section counted as siding is real money.
Verify corners before you price. Corner counts drive corner post material and a meaningful share of labor. This is the number most likely to be underestimated on a siding job, and it's why the corner segment exists as its own component.
Overrides are for corrections, not convenience. The lock icon is there for when you've been on site and know the report is wrong. Overriding a total because it looks off, without verifying, removes the audit trail between the report and your estimate.
Window and door openings cut both ways. They reduce siding area but add trim, J-channel, and labor. Confirm the counts came through — an estimate with the openings missing is wrong in two directions at once.
Customize the surface and finish lists to what you actually sell. Default lists are a starting point. A crew that only installs three finishes shouldn't be scrolling past fifteen.
Set up your custom inputs once. Vent area, shutters, and anything else your process needs should live in the template, not in someone's head. That's what makes the measurement feed the estimate automatically.