Polycam blog

Stop tracing flat images. Convert your mobile phone scans into layered, DWG-ready floor plans in minutes and eliminate manual redraw steps from your CAD workflow.

Looking for a Matterport alternative that won’t charge you per scan or per export? Polycam’s Business plan delivers floor plans, CAD exports, and team sharing without dedicated hardware.

Skip the tape measure. Polycam’s Space Mode lets you walk a site with your iPhone and capture a dimensioned, layered, CAD-ready as-built before you leave the building—exportable as DXF for AutoCAD and Revit.

Capture accurate floor plans on your iPhone with Polycam. Walk the space, and export layered DXF files that open directly in AutoCAD and Revit.

A step-by-step guide to capturing, editing, and exporting a professional floor plan using the LiDAR scanner already in your pocket.

Traditional surveying handles certified precision. Mobile 3D scanning handles everything else — faster, more often, and at a fraction of the cost.

A practical guide to LiDAR, photogrammetry, gaussian splats, and AI spatial capture — and when to use each.

From specialist tools to everyday documentation: Aligning your 3D scanning tech with the pace of production.