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A floor plan from your point cloud, reviewed and ready.
Scan to Building Plan turns a registered point cloud into a dimensioned PDF floor plan — the fastest of our three output tiers, and the one most teams start with for space planning and due-diligence.
How the options compare
Where Scan to Building Plan fits against drafting it yourself
| In-house drafting | Outsourced draughtsman | Scan to Building Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Slow — competes with other work | Days to weeks, queue-dependent | Same week |
| Cost predictability | Staff time, hard to quote | Quoted per job, variable quality | Fixed quote before you commit |
| Consistency | Varies by drafter | Varies by vendor | Same reviewed pipeline every time |
| Scalability | Limited by headcount | Limited by vendor capacity | Scales with scan volume |
| Data handling | In-house | Shared with a third party | Point cloud stays yours; ask about retention |
What's included
- • Walls, doors, windows and columns, dimensioned
- • Area take-off per storey
- • Storey labelling and a north arrow / scale bar
What's not included
- • MEP systems — ducting, piping, conduit
- • Furniture and fixtures
- • Structural detailing beyond wall/column location
Need editable CAD or a BIM starter model instead? See Scan to CAD or Scan to Draft BIM.
Process
Three steps, start to finish
Upload
Drag and drop your registered point cloud. We detect point count, bounding box and storey count automatically.
AI processing
Walls, doors, windows and columns are vectorised, each carrying a confidence score, while you can watch the job move through the pipeline.
Review & finalise
A CAD technician confirms every element against the point cloud before the dimensioned PDF is released to you.
Portfolio & bulk
Scanning more than one site?
If you're running a due-diligence programme across multiple properties, we can batch scheduling and turnaround across the portfolio. Book a call to scope it.
Book AppointmentFAQ
Scan to Building Plan, specifically
How is Scan to Building Plan different from Scan to CAD?
Scan to Building Plan delivers a dimensioned PDF — read-only, fastest to produce. Scan to CAD adds an editable DXF/DWG file with layers mapped to your drawing standard, for teams that need to keep working in the file.
Can I upgrade to CAD or Draft BIM later?
Yes — the underlying review doesn't need to be redone. Ask us to carry a completed Scan to Building Plan job forward to CAD or Draft BIM.
What if my point cloud isn't registered yet?
If you don't have a registered scan, start with Site Scan instead — we'll capture and register the site for you, then carry it straight into Scan to Building Plan.