The landscape
Every tool makes a model. One makes it editable.
Scan-to-BIM rigs need the finished building and a LiDAR scanner. Consumer apps make pretty pictures you can’t engineer with. Here’s the field, on four things firms actually care about.
Head to head
Editable CAD, without the laser scanner.
How Planos stacks up against scan-to-BIM tools and consumer visualizers, on the four things that decide a purchase.
| Company | Efficient | Editable | Cost-effective | Easy to use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planos | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scan-to-BIM toolsArchiLabs · OpalAi · nCircle Tech | No | Yes | No | No |
| Consumer visualization toolsFloor-plan & interior apps | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
The only one that returns editable CAD — without a laser scanner.
This tool could save architects hours of repetitive modeling work and allow us to focus more on design.
Kevin Li
Senior Architect, Cooper Robertson & Partners