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Measuring the plan you already have

You have a plan as a PDF or image and need a usable sense of its layout. The model can expose model-space distances and overall estimates, but it cannot establish the drawing’s exact scale or replace a field measurement.

Open the home and tool for this exercise. Options, edits and comments stay in this browser; starting your home does not transfer the sample. Your own project requires an account and the access described in pricing.

Compact two-bed, whole space: AI-generated visualization of the reference 3D model.
Two bedrooms share a bathroom behind an open kitchen and living space. AI-generated visualization; explore eight views and their source captures below.

What you can do

  • A navigable, conceptual 3D reconstruction of the drawing
  • Modeled spaces you can inspect against the drawing and correct conceptually through the manual editor
  • Model-space area, space count, extent and height estimates in the viewer
  • A saved-revision GLB and a JSON room map of boundaries and doorway connections
  • Approximate model extents on the public page, if you publish the project

Limits to keep in mind

  • No certified room areas. Public models with measurable room geometry can show approximate per-room areas; verify them against the source and on site.
  • No accuracy figure. We do not publish a tolerance, because we have not measured one.
  • No survey and no construction document. The model is conceptual, and the app prints that on it.
  • No trace from a number back to a line on your drawing. Source evidence and internal transforms are withheld when you publish a project.

Features you can use

Upload floor plan

With processing enabled for your workspace and allowance available, upload one PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, or DXF file up to 25 MiB. The file is checked before conversion starts.

Measure tool

Choose two points and read a distance within the conceptual model. The tool does not calibrate the model or change it.

Model details

The viewer prints model-space area, room count with room names, footprint and height estimates, plus the openings the conversion found by kind.

Accuracy

The viewer reports scale status, fidelity and blockers. These checks do not establish scale or measurement accuracy.

Download model files

The download dialog lists the saved model revision as GLB and a JSON room map of boundaries and doorway connections, each with its byte size and SHA-256.

For current controls and account requirements, use the editor manual.

On this page

Compact two-bed · 8 views

Compare the model and the images

Choose an angle, then move the divider to compare the original 3D view with its generated image.

Compact two-bed: source 3D view, interior detail.
Compact two-bed, interior detail: AI-generated visualization of the reference 3D model.
Photorealistic visualization3D model
08 / 08 — Interior detail

Inspect the bed, window and bedside furniture from inside a bedroom.

Drag the divider to reveal the source 3D view.

Compact two-bed: authored reference model, not a survey of a real property.
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What happens when you upload

Name a project and upload one drawing using an available import. The file is checked before conversion, and you can close the tab while it runs. The upload screen also states: Only upload a floor plan you have permission to use.

Drawing context and known lengths provide scale evidence. Where available, Rebuild from this measurement creates a fresh option; existing drawn options retain their old scale. No accuracy tolerance is established, so check a second independent dimension. The upload screen asks for a clear, uncropped plan with room boundaries and dimensions where available. Treat every displayed dimension as a reading of the generated geometry. Compare it with dimensions printed on the source plan and check the critical ones on site.

The app reports when conversion cannot continue. A drawing can be blocked rather than failed: the screen reads Not available yet when the drawing cannot be measured automatically, your file stays stored, and nothing needs uploading again. The 3D model can come back unavailable with a stated reason while the base plan and room map still build.

The eight stages the progress screen counts
  1. Waiting to start
  2. Reading the floorplan
  3. Tracing walls and rooms
  4. Closing the gaps
  5. Saving the model
  6. Drawing the base plan
  7. Raising the 3D model
  8. The model is built

Each line is a step that finished, not a promise about the next one. A stage that cannot finish stops with a stated reason rather than a blank screen.

What the model reports

The scene tree lists the walls, openings, spaces and fixtures the conversion found. The viewer prints model-space area, space count, extent and height estimates. In the project list, the area can be labeled Mapped room area with the number of spaces it covers whenever some spaces have no traced boundary. These values describe the generated model, not verified site dimensions.

The reference plan on this page prints its areas on the drawing itself: LIVING 30.0 m², KITCHEN 10.5 m², HALL 8.7 m², STUDY 8.3 m², WC 6.9 m². Those figures belong to the drawing. The app reports a model floor area and room count. Public models with measurable room geometry can also show approximate per-room areas; these are computed from the model, not certified from the drawing.

SurfaceWhat it shows
Project listSpaces, model-space area or mapped area, and model height
ViewerModel-space area, spaces, extent, model height, and openings by kind
EditorThe distance between two points you choose, metric or feet and inches
Public project pageApproximate model width, depth and height in meters, and a space count
Where a measurement appears

Publishing is two deliberate steps, the project release and then the profile, and each one is reversible. The confirmation lists what stays withheld either way, and search engines and cached copies can outlive an unpublish; your floor plan and your model sets out both. What a published page shows is the model, a space count, and approximate overall dimensions, under the conceptual-model caption every published model carries.

Do not use those figures for a listing, an appraisal, or a square footage claim. In the United States the floor area is not an ANSI Z765 above-grade finished area measurement. What measured means when a model comes from a drawing and why your plan and your model disagree about the area take that further. For a sketch whose written numbers, not its drawn lines, set the size, read From a hand-drawn sketch to a detailed floor plan.

Measuring a distance yourself

The editor has a measure tool. Choose two points and it prints the distance between them, and it states its own scope as it goes: Choose two points to measure. This does not change the model. Readings are metric until you change them; the Units control that switches to feet and inches sits in the editor’s manual mode.

What to check against the plan

A sales brochure plan is drawn to sell. An old drawing may not match a building that has been altered since. The model inherits whatever the drawing got wrong, so three checks are worth doing before you plan anything on it.

  1. Measure one wall in the editor and compare the reading against that wall’s dimension string on the drawing you uploaded.
  2. Check that the space count and boundaries match the plan, and that no space is missing from the scene tree.
  3. Spot-check one dimension on site, on the wall you care most about, before anything is ordered or built.

Use the model after the first check

After comparing the model with the source drawing, use a Design Option to test furniture and finishes while keeping a source revision available. Processing a new physical floor uses one floor unit. Manual edits and alternatives on that floor are included; export formats vary by plan. The project creator or an assigned customer Editor with an available seat can use the export library, and only while the project is nonpublic. The pricing page explains current access. If you would rather inspect published work before uploading anything, the public models open without an account.

What the example demonstrates

The building the duplex story is an authored sample, modeled by hand to show editing, views and presentation. Use its walkthrough to choose the questions your arrangement must answer; fidelity is checked against your source and real space.

Your next decision

Choose two independent known spans and compare both with the reconstruction. Resolve any disagreement in the source or on site before sending a dimension for purchasing.

Guided shows common tasks and Expert exposes direct controls on the same canvas. Assistant changes require an available allowance. The drawing remains the reconstruction reference. The account, editor and billing application currently use English.

You see your home in 3D before you pay, and editing it needs a plan. A failed build goes back to your monthly builds. Check access and pricing before you begin.

Put this skill into practiceOpen the home and tool for this exercise. Options, edits and comments stay in this browser; starting your home does not transfer the sample. Your own project requires an account and the access described in pricing.

See also

Start with your own floor plan.

PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG or DXF · Up to 25 MiB · See your home in 3D before you pay. Plans from $6.99 a month.