What works with which image
Drawing and seeing every area is free. Exporting a clean plan costs $5 per home, or Pro from $24 a month.
Your image and what the editor does with it
| You have | What works | Account | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A scan or PDF of a drawn plan | Trace it; Detect walls proposes the walls | No | Free to draw |
| A PDF with drawn lines | Your clicks snap to the lines of the drawing | No | Free to draw |
| A phone photo of a printed plan | Trace it by hand; Detect walls asks for a scan | No | Free to draw |
| A hand sketch with sizes | Plan from a sketch or photo (AI) keeps the written sizes | Yes | Pro |
| A DXF from CAD | Import DXF as underlay or as walls | No | Free to draw |
Get the scale right first
A photo has no scale of its own. Pick two points you know the distance of, such as the two sides of a door, and type the real length. Every wall you trace then gets its real size.
The editor warns when the scale would make the home implausibly large or small. A second check: type the total square footage from the listing and compare.
Tip
Measure one long wall at home as well. If the traced length differs, set the scale again with that wall.
Limits to know
- Images and PDFs up to 40 MB; of a PDF only the first page is used.
- Not every browser opens HEIC photos from an iPhone. If the editor says so, save the photo as JPG and try again.
- Detect walls looks for walls drawn as solid dark bands. On a phone photo with shadows and perspective it asks for a scan.
How it works in the editor
- Choose Trace and pick a JPG, PNG or PDF. The file stays in your browser.
- Click the two sides of a door and type its width, or pick a door width. The scale is set.
- Trace the walls, or click Detect walls. Solid means sure, dashed means check this one. Keep or Drop per wall, then Place walls.
- Type the total from the listing to check the scale. If the plan has sizes written on it, the editor reads them and compares.