Scan/Measure App Recommendation

[LiannaTheTech]

Hi all,

In your experience, what is the best "measure/scan" app that can accurately upload into Chief? The three that I'm looking into are Matterport, RENDR, and Canvas. Would love some feedback.

[SHCanada2]

when you ask "accurately upload into Chief", are you referring to the companies which output a Chief .plan file, or software that just produces a floor plan that you can bring into Chief as a dxf or some other type? I tried out cubicasa a couple months ago. It worked pretty good. $10 per plan, and you can just trace over the walls. or $35 and they provide dxf. It uses photogrametery technology so any phone will work

 

 

 

One of the companies I work for use magicplan, but so far it has not provided sufficient detail to draw up a plan in CA without me having to ask some questions like "whats that". And "is that where the stairs start or the landing starts?".  Anything that is not a wall, these programs have a hard time with, so I also ensure a video is taken, and then I try and piece it together.

 

I tried to get polycam to work because it will spit out a floor plan immediately, but I could not get it to work on an android.

 

All other apps I researched required you to wait until the next day or x number of hours to get a floor plan. None of them are that accurate that I researched. Most claim this "1 or 2%"., which in my view is nonsense. Accuracy should be delineated in +- x number of inches.

 

So 1% of a 40 wide house is an error of 5". In my view, I'll pay $10 for inaccuracy, rather than $50 or $100 for some of the other apps for the same inaccuracy. Matterport might be an exception for accuracy, it has its own hardware.

 

For me my plan going forward is to use cubicasa for where I do not care about acccuracy (floors of a house which are not being modified), and then use my bosch laser 50C for where it is critical, and inches matter

 

 

 

 

[aurorainteriors]

Hi there!! I personally use canvas to scan clients houses and upload and convert to chief files. This has saved me so much time on modeling/as builts and I highly recommend as an interior designer. I have had great accuracy as long as I provide them with a thorough scan. The pricing is pretty reasonable in my opinion as well.