A PDF drawing set — plans and elevations, and no model of any kind.
IndustryWorked example / Existing buildings
What runs on the twinTraced geometry, calibrated scale, an IFC the owner keeps
This is a worked example rather than a customer deployment: a folder of PDF drawings taken through Scope3D's tracing path into measured geometry. It shows what the drawings an owner already holds can become without commissioning a survey — and what comes out is an IFC they keep.
The problem this example is built around: the building exists and the drawings exist, but nothing connects them — and commissioning a survey to produce a model costs more than the renovation the model was meant to plan.
A folder of PDFs becomes a building you can measure, without anyone commissioning a survey to get there.
Worked example On a demo drawing set — not a customer deployment
Walls, openings and levels are traced against the drawing set with the scale calibrated to a known dimension, so the result is measurable rather than illustrative. Roofs are generated with real pitches, ridges and valleys instead of a flat cap.
What comes out is an IFC the owner keeps — not a viewer, not a rendering. The drawings stopped being an archive and became the building.
Calibrated scale:
The trace is set against a known dimension, so the result is measurable.
Real roofs:
Pitches, ridges and valleys, not a flat cap dropped over the plan.
An IFC you keep:
The output is a model the owner holds, not a viewer session.
Bring the files you already have. We will show you the twin you keep for the life of the building.