Digitize a paper floor plan from a photo

What you need

• A floor plan for each floor: paper, printout, scan or screenshot all work.
• A flat, well-lit table, with no lamp shining straight onto the paper.
• The overall size of the house (width × depth) to cross-check if the plan has no dimensions.
• Knowing which edge of the plan the main door is on.

Steps

1. Flatten the plan

   Lay the sheet flat, weigh down the four corners and smooth out folds. A curled edge makes the walls in the photo curve too.

2. Shoot straight on, one photo per floor

   Hold the phone parallel to the paper, looking straight down, with all four corners in frame and the dimensions readable. Take a separate photo for each floor.

3. Open Rebuild from a plan photo

   On the home screen, tap “Digitize”, then “Rebuild from a plan photo”. Choose “Assistant builds”, then pick photos from your library or take new ones — up to 6 at a time.

4. Confirm what the assistant read

   The assistant shows the outline, the number of rooms and doors, a confidence label, and asks which side the main door is on. If right, tap “Correct”; if the main door is the wrong way, tap “Rotate”; if something is off, tap “Not right” to say what.

5. Build the plan

   Tap “Build plan”: the editor opens the 2D plan with the main door turned to the top and the original photo underneath as a backdrop. For more floors, add them right on the result card.

6. Check and adjust dimensions

   Turn on “Photo” and drag the opacity to compare every wall line. Measure a few main sides on site; wherever it is off, adjust in the editor as with any plan.

7. Set polarity and check feng shui

   Enter the facing degree, set polarity, then run the feng shui check on the plan you just built.

Common mistakes

• Shooting at an angle, so the photo becomes a trapezoid and the walls are no longer square.
• Glare or a hand's shadow hiding wall lines and dimensions.
• Putting several floors in one photo.
• Using an illustration from the internet that is not to scale without checking the real dimensions.
• Skipping the main-door confirmation — the plan is rotated wrongly and polarity follows.

Do it in Home Check

1. Tap “Digitize”, then “Rebuild from a plan photo”.
2. Choose “Assistant builds” to have the assistant read the photo and build the plan, or “Draw it yourself” to set the scale and trace over the photo.
3. The assistant builds exactly what the photo shows, without redesigning the layout; the original photo is kept with the project as a backdrop, and is not printed in the PDF or shown in 3D.
4. You then have a full digital plan: edit walls, place furniture, view in 3D, set polarity, check feng shui and export a PDF.

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