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Scan to CAD Drawings

Clean 2D drawings produced from laser scan data, ready to hand straight to your architect, leasing team, or facilities manager. Built for large commercial buildings where the original drawings are missing, outdated, or no longer match what’s actually there. Every large project run directly by Michael Kiernan, GeoMaus’s founder.

Typical projects: Existing commercial buildings, 50,000 sqft and above. Hotels, warehouses, distribution centres, and large commercial properties.
Scan to CAD Services - CAD drawings - Elevations and plans - Geomaus
2D/3D CAD Drawings
Fast & Reliable Turnaround
AutoCAD & Revit Ready

WHAT WE DELIVER

CAD Drawings from Laser Scanned Point Cloud Data

Our Scan to CAD service turns raw 3D laser scan data into clean, drawing-ready CAD files. Floor plans, elevations, sections, and building services overlays, drawn directly from the point cloud

Every drawing is derived from verified scan measurements of the actual building, not from a traced sketch. We deliver DWG and PDF outputs compatible with AutoCAD and Revit, all major CAD platforms, ready for use in renovation, coordination, and asset management.

Scan to CAD - Point Cloud Orangewood - Laser Scan - GeoMaus
Orangewood In Point Cloud Survey

HOW IT WORKS

Our Workflow

From scan data to delivered drawings, one point of contact the whole way.

On every large Scan to CAD project, you’ll work directly with Michael Kiernan, GeoMaus’s founder, from first call to delivered drawing set. No project coordinators relaying messages, no waiting for someone to check with someone else. When something changes or a deadline shifts, you’re speaking to the person who can make the call that day.

1
Brief & Scope
We'll talk through your building, your timeline, your CAD standards and layer requirements. You'll have a written scope and a delivery date within 48 hours.
2
Point Cloud Ingest
Your scan data is imported and registered. If we captured it ourselves, this stage is built into the survey. If we're working from someone else's scan, we audit it for completeness and flag any gaps before drawing starts.
3
CAD Extraction & Drawing
Geometry is extracted directly from the point cloud. Walls, doors, windows, structural elements, building services. Drawn to your layer standards, never approximated, never outsourced.
4
QA & Delivery
Every drawing set is cross-checked against the point cloud and signed off by Michael personally before it leaves us. Delivered in DWG, PDF, or your preferred format with a handover call.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Scan to CAD Deliverables

Professional CAD drawings ready for building design, coordination, and archive.

2D Floor Plans

Accurate floor plan CAD drawings showing walls, doors, windows, structural openings, and room names. Annotated to your layer standards. The foundation of every building CAD drawing set.

Elevations & Sections

External and internal elevations with level datums, material indications, and cross-sections showing construction build-up. Essential for building surveying and planning submissions.

3D CAD Drawing Set

Full 3D CAD drawing extraction from building point cloud, including wireframe and solid geometry for spatial analysis and clash detection prep.

Building Services Overlay Drawings

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing layouts extracted from scan data and overlaid on architectural CAD drawings. Critical for as built CAD drawings of complex buildings.

Point Cloud Reference

Registered point cloud in RCP and E57 formats, linked to your building CAD drawings for verification and future BIM conversion.

QA Report & Accuracy Log

Signed validation report confirming dimensional accuracy, layer compliance, and deviation analysis against the original building scan data.

COMMON USE CASES

When You Need Scan to CAD Services

Most Scan to CAD projects were called in on fall into one of these situations. If yours is on this list, you probably need this service before the next decision gets made.
When you already have scan data but no drawings

You've commissioned a laser scan (or Inherited one) and now need usable CAD drawings out of it. We work from your existing point cloud, no re-scan required.

Before a refurbishment or fit-out

The original CAD drawings are missing, outdated, or no longer match what's been built. Designing into bad data leads to clashes and change orders. Verified CAD drawings give your team a current baseline.

For multi-site portfolio documentation

You're documenting a portfolio of buildings to one standard so they can be compared, valued, or managed Ilke-for-like. We deliver every drawing to the same layer standard so your team can switch between buildings without retraining.

For lease, area, or transaction documentation

GIA, NIA, and IPMS schedules drawn from verified scan data, defensible in negotiation and audit.

As the foundation for Scan to BIM

If you're heading toward a Revit model later, the CAD drawings produced now will plug directly into that workflow without re-extraction.

Not sure if your project fits? Book a 30-minute call with Michael. If scan to CAD isn’t the right answer, he’ll tell you on the call.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about our CAD drawing workflow for buildings, accuracy, and deliverables.

Traditional surveys are taken by hand or with a tape measure and rely on a surveyor’s Interpretation. Scan to CAD starts from a millimetre-dense point cloud of the actual building, so the drawings reflect what’s really there, not what someone wrote on a clipboard.
Every drawing is extracted directly from verified scan data, not traced or estimated. We cross-check every drawing against the source point cloud and provide a signed verification log. The level of detail and tolerance is matched to your project’s requirements at the brief stage.
Yes. If you’ve already had a scan done by another firm, we can work from your existing point cloud. No re-scan required.
Delivery depends on the size of the building and the level of CAD detail required. A single-floor office is typically 1-2 weeks; a multi-floor hotel or 200,000 sqft warehouse is 3-5 weeks. We agree a delivery date with you at the start of the project and stick to it.
Michael Kiernan, GeoMaus’s founder, runs every project personally. You’ll have his direct line from the first call. The drafting is delivered by our team, but the planning, the quality control, and any decision that affects your programme are owned by Michael.

REQUEST A FREE QUOTE

Tell Michael About Your Project

Most enquiries get a same-day reply from Michael directly. If your project isn’t a fit for us, he’ll tell you on the call and point you somewhere better.

No sales calls, no automated drip sequences. Michael replies personally to every enquiry usually within a few hours.