DachTools GmbH

What DachTools GmbH does

DachTools GmbH is a privately held German software company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Glauburg (Amtsgericht Friedberg, HRB 7673). It develops 3D-DachCAD, a vertical 3D CAD platform for the German roofing trades (Dachdecker, Zimmerer, Klempner/Spengler), plus architects and engineers. The software follows a consistent 3-step workflow across modules: roof type selection, data entry, and completed measurement or calculation. The platform comprises a Professional Basismodul and roughly 20 add-on modules covering steep roofs, flat roofs, wind load calculation with postal-code-driven zone lookup, solar planning, timber lists, image-based plan capture, slope calculation, mobile Bluetooth-laser measurement, performance catalogs (Leistungskatalog, 1,660+ items linked to 100+ article sheets), project management (Project-Organizer), form generation (Formular-Reporter), and a custom knowledge base (Brain-Help).

Underlying technical components include a proprietary 3D roof construction engine, an integrated Ziegel- und Geodatenbank (tile and geodata database with manufacturer-specific tiles and DIN-based wind/snow load zones), an XML/CSV-based Schnittstellenpluspaket for transferring quantities, visuals, and formulas to estimation software, and bidirectional interfaces with M-Soft Passt.prime, WETO, TopKontor, Sema, Codex, hsbCAD, S&S, Taifun, Airteam, and Moasure.

The business model combines one-time perpetual module licenses with annual software maintenance contracts (Pflegevertrag), a €12.99/month mobile app subscription, and a 12/24/36-month rent-to-own (Mietkauf) option. Go-to-market is sales-led via phone hotline (06041 6642), the dachtools.eu online shop, and personal consultation, supported by referral partnerships with four Landesverbände and adoption in vocational and Meister schools. The company is founder-led by Udo Kraft, a master roofer, master plumber, publicly appointed and sworn expert, and building energy consultant, and operates exclusively in the German market with no English-language presence.

Name

DachTools GmbH

Legal name

DachTools GmbH

Website

https://dachtools.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DachTools GmbH is a privately held, founder-led German software company (Glauburg) that develops 3D-DachCAD, a modular 3D CAD and calculation platform for the German roofing trades (Dachdecker, Zimmerer, Klempner) and related architects and engineers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Glauburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (One-time Purchase): DachTools sells one-time perpetual software licenses for the 3D DachCAD system and its various modules (Steildach, Flachdach, Windsog, Holzliste, Solar, etc.). The software remains the property of DachTools GmbH until full payment is received. The company also offers a rent-to-own (Mietkauf) option with durations of 12, 24, or 36 months, with software activation limited to 3-month periods that auto-renew upon payment.
2. Software Maintenance / Pflegevertrag (Subscription): Annual software maintenance contracts provide telephone hotline access, email support, yearly program updates, adjustments for legislative changes, access to documentation, special pricing on upgrades and seminars, and up to 2 license reallocations per year. Billing is monthly or annually in advance. The Pflegevertrag covers 3D DachCAD, 3D Formular-Reporter, and Brain-Help. Internet-based maintenance auto-renews for 12 months unless cancelled 4 weeks prior.
3. Mobile App Subscription: The mobile version of 3D DachCAD (for iOS and Android) is available as a monthly subscription at €12.99 per month, allowing users to perform on-site measurements with Bluetooth-enabled laser devices.
4. Module-based Pricing: Products are sold as a modular system — a Professional Basic Module plus optional add-on modules (Flat Roof, Wind Load, Timber List, Plan Image Capture, Slope Calculator, Solar, Partial Area Coverage, Area Division for Standing Seam, Trapezoid Profiles, TopKontor connection, WETO interface, Sema interface, hsbCAD interface, S&S interface, Airteam Importer, Moasure Importer, History Index, and more). Current prices are listed in the online shop at dachtools.eu.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

DachTools GmbH develops and sells the 3D-DachCAD software platform, a specialized CAD solution for professional roof construction. The platform allows roofers, carpenters, metalworkers, architects and engineers to build 3D roof constructions (steep or flat) in three steps, automatically extract measurements, run wind load (Windsog) calculations including clamping plans, generate solar/PV plans, build timber lists, and create work specifications (Leistungsverzeichnisse). It integrates with external estimation/ERP software via XML and proprietary interfaces and is complemented by a mobile on-site measurement app, a performance catalog, project management and form/documentation modules.

Product overview

DachTools GmbH offers 3D-DachCAD, a specialized CAD software for roof construction with a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core Professional Basismodul enables 3-step roof construction creation with automatic measurement and data calculation. Add-on modules extend functionality for specific roof types (Steildach, Flachdach, Windsog), specialized calculations (Solar, Neigungsrechner), data capture (Plan-Bilderfassung, image-based capture), project management (Project-Organizer), documentation (Brain-Help, Formular-Reporter), and business integration (Leistungskatalog, Schnittstellen to M-Soft, Taifun, TopKontor, Codex). The software transfers data via XML interface to common calculation software and supports direct imports from measurement tools like Airteam and Moasure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3D DachCAD Professional Basismodul Core professional module of the 3D-DachCAD platform. Lets users build 3D steep-slope or flat roof constructions in 3 steps (roof type selection, data entry, completed measurement), performs automatic measurement (Aufmass), and exports data via XML/proprietary interfaces to external calculation and quoting software. Targeted at professional roofers, carpenters, metalworkers, architects and engineers.
• 3D DachCAD Mobiles Aufmass (Mobile App) Standalone mobile (iOS/Android) version of 3D-DachCAD available as a monthly subscription at €12.99. Allows on-site roof measurement using a Bluetooth-enabled laser device, automatic roof reconstruction, and export of measurement data by email for further processing. For roofing professionals measuring buildings on-site.
• Leistungskatalog (Performance Catalog) Pre-constructed service catalog module with 1,660+ line items linked to 100+ article sheets and images covering scaffolding, steep roof, flat roof, skylights (Velux, Roto), gutters and more. Integrates with 3D DachTools via drag-and-drop quantity transfer for automated creation of work specifications (Leistungsverzeichnisse). For roofing contractors producing quotes.
• Project-Organizer Project management module for organizing and tracking construction projects. Includes timeline tracking, scaffolding permit dates, material orders, invoice tracking, visual traffic-light status system, role-based access, sub-contractor invitations, and smartphone/web app access for site foremen. For master craftsmen and SMB roofing businesses managing multiple projects.
• 3D Formular-Reporter (Form Collection) Pre-built form library module for daily construction use. Provides templates for site preparation, checklists, acceptance protocols and risk assessments, with automatic population from project and customer data. For site managers and roofing crews needing standardized documentation.
• Brain-Help (User Knowledge Base) Custom user-built knowledge base tool that lets users document their own procedures and instructions with images and text, and create navigation links to specific help topics. For DachTools customers capturing in-house know-how.
• 3D DachTools Schnittstellenpluspaket (Interface Plus Package) Interface add-on package that transfers not only quantities but complete visual representations and calculation formulas from 3D-DachTools to external estimation software, producing professional measurement documentation with visual display of calculated roof areas. For users of M-Soft Passt.prime, Taifun and similar platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3D roof construction completed in 3 steps
• +6 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• M-Soft (Passt.prime)coreTechnology or IntegrationM-Soft and DachTools jointly developed a direct interface enabling seamless data transfer from 3D-DachTools to Passt.prime and vice versa. Users enter the address only once in M-Soft; when starting 3D-DachTools from Passt, the complete address is transferred, along with wind load zones, snow load zones, and geographic data. Roof areas and edges can be transferred via drag-and-drop including calculation formulas — described as a unique combination of two software systems.
• Landesverband Dachdecker NiedersachsenminorOthersRegional roofing trade association for Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) listed as a partner, serving as an indirect distribution/referral channel for DachTools within the regional roofing community.
• Landesverband Dachdecker Rheinland-PfalzminorOthersRegional roofing trade association for Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) listed as a partner, serving as an indirect distribution/referral channel within the regional roofing community.
• Landesverband Dachdecker SachsenminorOthersRegional roofing trade association for Saxony (Sachsen) listed as a partner, serving as an indirect distribution/referral channel within the regional roofing community.
• Landesverband Dachdecker Sachsen-AnhaltminorOthersRegional roofing trade association for Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) listed as a partner, serving as an indirect distribution/referral channel within the regional roofing community.
• Ausbildungszentrum DachdeckerminorOthersTraining institution for roofers (Ausbildungszentrum Dachdecker) listed as a partner/school. The institution uses DachTools software for vocational training purposes.
• BBZ Mayen (Berufsbildungszentrum)minorOthersVocational education center (BBZ Mayen) listed as a partner/school. Uses DachTools software in its training programs for roofing and related trades.
• Klempnerhandwerk (Sheet Metal Workers Training)minorOthersSheet metal workers training institution (Klempnerhandwerk) listed as a partner/school, using DachTools software for training purposes.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Taifun (cofox): Taifun is a German roofing and façade calculation software that complements DachTools as an integration partner. It serves overlapping trades in roof measurement and quoting.
• WETO AG: WETO provides CAD and estimation software for the German roofing and timber trades. It is a direct competitor in steep-roof and roof-construction CAD, with an export interface that pulls data into DachTools.
• Sema GmbH: Sema is a timber construction and roof CAD platform widely used in German-speaking countries. It competes with DachTools in roof construction modeling and is also an integration partner.
• Codex (Bausoft): Codex is a German trades estimation and ERP software used by roofers and Klempner. It is an integration partner of DachTools, allowing direct transfer of calculated quantities for quoting.
• M-Soft (Passt.prime): M-Soft offers Passt.prime, a leading German roofing and trades estimation/ERP software. It is both a direct integration partner and a competitor, serving the same Dachdecker and Zimmerer audience with quote and project management capabilities.
• TopKontor Handwerk: TopKontor Handwerk is a German trades business software for project management, quotes, and invoicing. It is both an integration partner of DachTools and a competitor for project management of roofing projects.
• hsbCAD (StruSoft): hsbCAD is a CAD solution for timber and roof construction used by Zimmerer and Ingenieurholzbau firms in Germany. It overlaps with DachTools in 3D roof modeling and is an integration partner.

Broad incumbents

• Vectorworks (Computerworks): Vectorworks is a broad architectural CAD platform with roof modeling and timber construction extensions. While it serves a much wider design audience, it competes indirectly with DachTools for roof construction modeling in architecture firms.
• Autodesk Revit: Autodesk Revit is a broad BIM and architectural design platform used by architects and engineers. It represents the broad-incumbent threat to vertical roofing CAD tools, with growing capabilities in roof modeling and solar analysis.

Emerging players

• Cadwork (Cadwork Group): Cadwork is a 3D CAD/CAM solution for timber construction widely used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It overlaps with DachTools in roof modeling and lumber takeoffs but is a more general-purpose timber construction tool.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kraftudo
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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