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Hi, I currently have availability in my schedule and wanted to reach out on here to see if anyone is in need of my services. Attached is a brochure with basic info, and below are some screenshots of a recent addition/renovation project. I can provide images or a 3D online viewer file of my Chief Architect projects, and PDF drawing sets upon request. I'll also email you my general pricing document as a reference, but each project is priced individually. I take great pride in delivering very high-quality construction documents and 3D modeling, and always get great feedback on my work. So let me help you! Thanks, Dustin Hetrick Owner/Founder of nVisionTEK, LLC nVisionTEK, LLC Brochure.pdf

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Update here for everyone: So I did my as-built site survey this week using MagicPlan (https://www.magicplan.app/), and I so far I think it's fantastic! I didn't want to buy an expensive iPhone when I can use the android phone I just bought a couple months ago. So that was the reason I didn't want to try Canvas. I used MagicPlan on my android phone with a forearm phone holder (this allowed me to have both of my hands available instead of holding onto a clipboard and pen). MagicPlan works with my bluetooth laser and allows you to use your phone's camera to figure out the room dimensions or you can get a default square room or sketch your own. They have all of the common items to drop on your plan, like doors, windows, appliances, cabinets, ect., you can save favorites, and edit the dimensions, add phones, photos. Then it lets you drop the room into place to figure out the plan layout before you leave the site. I used the floor plan it created for me to import into Chief Architect and trace over. In the MagicPlan app I would pick on items on the plan for more information, so I could model in Chief Architect. Hopefully MagicPlan works for me in the future and helps me save time on the backend when I'm modeling in Chief Architect. Often times with paper and pen sketches I'm not understanding the plan layout (how the rooms go together). Having this mostly figured out on site should really save me time modeling.

Hi jasonN. The output I use from HOVER is their 2D measurement report and the 3D model. I don't fully rely on the footprint HOVER gives me because it isn't great at recognizing wood framed decks and porches, but it can still be useful. I really like how it figures out the roof pitches, overhangs, chimney heights, parapet wall heights, ect. This is very helpful in modeling as-builts. I also rely more on the window/door dimensions from the interior with my manual measurements, but sometimes the HOVER window/door measurements can be helpful. I survey a lot of narrow lot homes with little to no space on the sides. With HOVER I just get as many corner pictures as possible, and I've been pretty satisfied with how it can put together the entire house and roof. The one downside to using HOVER is you have to wait for it to upload and process, so you don't know if it will process properly and if you need to get more exterior measurements before you leave or not.

I don't know if it's quite section 8, but some of them have been nasty. I've surveyed home very high end homes, moderate homes, and poor condition homes, but I've had more poor condition homes lately. Everybody does things differently, but I'm definitely open to learning from others and maybe I'll see a reason to change how I do my surveys. At least using HOVER for the exterior has greatly saved me time on site. I highly recommend that to anyone that does surveys.

Ah, I see. Sorry about that Gene. I like the idea of leveraging technology to make our lives easier, but I've just been in too many old crappy homes that I would never want my delicate work laptop to be in to risk getting damaged. Most of the homes I survey aren't occupied, and are often full of clutter or very dirty. Holes in exterior walls, steep stairs, no electricity, freezing cold in winter, ect. I'm sure I can't be the only one not wanting to bring our work laptops on site.

What do you mean by this? I'm only using Magicplan (if it works for me on my next survey project) to get 2D plans that import into Chief Architect and do my as-built modeling and drawings. Hopefully this would replace my pen and paper, or most of it during my surveys. When did I ever imply I wasn't going to use Chief Architect for as-builts?

I'm doing a trial of MagicPlan and so far it's really nice for my house. It is like a simpler version of the retired Chief Architect Room Planner app that works with your Bluetooth laser. It works with android, so no reason for me to spend $1,300 on an overpriced apple cell phone! I bought a Bluetooth laser a couple years ago and tried out the Room Planner app on a house survey. Sorry, Chief Architect, but that app was terrible and very slow to use. I'm going to try out Magicplan this week, so I'll let everyone here know how it goes for me. Importing 2D plans to trace over in Chief Architect seems like an easy and safe way to get as-built measurements. My goal with surveying is to get in and out as quickly as possible, but not miss any important info. I don't understand how anyone could use your precious laptop on site in an old damp, cold, dirty and cluttered home to gather measurements and model as-builts in Chief Architect. Although, I guess if most of your as-built surveys are in houses in fairly decent conditions then it doesn't matter to you.

Let us know how it goes for you. It may be best for me to wait to buy an iPhone 12 when the 13 is released so I can save money.

That right there is a major turn off for me. My template and modeling is very precise (as precise as is practical), so I would get very frustrated fixing crappy modeling. If the export to Chief is not great, I may be okay with 2D linework if it showed the correct thicknesses for walls, or some kind of 3D model that I can measure everything as I model the as-built in Chief. I've used point clouds in Revit before, but those scanners are thousands of dollars. Do you have any experience using matterport files to model your as-builts? I wonder if hiring or renting one of those things is worth the time savings.

Yes, of course. But all I found was the posts from the Canvas sales reps and I don't think anyone had any real experience using it with their export to Chief Architect option. It has 3.2 out of 5 stars on the Apple store, but I can't tell what is with Chief Architect. So I figured this is the best place to gather opinions.

Anyone here use Canvas scanning for your as-built surveys, and if so, what's your opinions? I've been doing sketches with pen and paper using a measuring tape and laser, and then HOVER for the exterior. Occasionally I'll run into an old house that I struggle for a bit to piece my measurements together, even when I have a ton of videos/photos to help me. I'm very interested in changing my workflow to leverage Canvas to scan interiors of my as-builts, BUT I don't own any Apple products right now. I'd have to drop about a grand or so on an iPhone 12 pro and replace my android phone. I have had apple phones years ago and liked them, but don't like how expensive they are! My vision is to get in and out much faster than I do now, and back to my office where I prefer to work. Also, if anyone has experience using Magicplan let me know. The one thing I'm not thrilled about with Canvas is having a new as-built plan NOT in my template, leaving me having to copy/paste everything into my template and clean things up. I guess if I had a simple drawing file I could model the house myself in my template.

I copy the material and give it a generic name and save it in my user folder. It took me awhile to realize it was that easy lol

I'm very interested in this! I switched to using HOVER to get most of my exterior measurements, which really saves me time, but so far there's been no high-tech affordable method for getting the interior done without manually measuring. I would be super interested in trying CANVAS if it could also do exteriors. HOVER has been nice since it gets roof slopes, overhangs, ect. I just use those measurements in combination with my interior measurements to draw as-builts. It'd be super cool to have CANVAS deliver me a 3D model of the as-built with just 30-90 minutes of walking around with a tablet.

Is it necessary for you to model it as fascia mounted? Or can you just reference a detail drawing showing how it should be built? I really wish Chief would get more options for railings. Offset deck railing is quite common.

I took my business full time about 3 years ago when I had a few big projects lined up with a few repeat customers. You have to bring the boat close enough to the dock so when you make the leap you don't get wet. Last year I made well over $100k (actually closer to $200k) and it's just me other than a couple times I hired help. But I'm always working. I will tell you that when you are self employed, you have 2 options: either be swamped with work or don't have enough. Having "just enough work" for a 40-hr work week is dangerously close to having none at any moment. Anyways, I always prefer flat-rate over hourly when it's a project with a set scope of work. It becomes a win-win for both parties. I also switched to a retainer to put an end to the customers that vanish for weeks at the end of a project. They would get offended when I would bug them to pay my overdue invoice. It's amazing how relieving it is when I get paid up front, and it saves the relationship from going south. My rates are below average, but I've raised and lowered them as my demand changed. Lower rates helps you secure more work, but the problem with low rates is when you get super busy you can't afford to hire help. If your rates are too high, you will price yourself out of a few projects. Idk about the demand for work in your area, anyone else's area, but for me it has drastically reduced in the last few months. All of my customers (builders and architects) have been really slow, so it's been slow for me. I do residential and commercial locally and throughout the US, and both have been slow for me. I've been using my downtime over the last few months to learn new skills though. So never stop learning!