Mr. Allds,
I have a masonry take-off business where I furnish all masonry items for multi-million dollar commercial and industrial projects.
If you use Lotus 123, or Excel, I have just the take-off help for you. You will need to extend your prices to complete the "proposal" portion of what you want. What I have will enable you to glean every item of masonry from the drawings in record time, and, with pinpoint accuracy.