Guides & How-Tos

Get more out of every scan.

Practical, jargon-free walkthroughs for turning your iPhone into a floor-plan, BIM, and 3D-tour machine. New guides added regularly.

Outdoors5 min read

How to Measure Your Lawn Size From Your Phone

Trace your lawn on satellite imagery and get its square footage in about a minute — no tape measure, no walking the perimeter, and no LiDAR phone required.

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Outdoors6 min read

How Much Mulch, Topsoil, or Gravel Do I Need?

The one formula that answers all three, why a cubic yard covers 324 square feet at an inch deep, and how to go from an area on a map to a delivery order.

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Outdoors8 min read

How to Estimate Deck Materials on Your Phone

Measure the deck by walking it with your camera, then get joists, boards, footings, and stain — plus an honest answer to whether you can LiDAR-scan a deck.

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Getting Started6 min read

How to Make a Floor Plan from an iPhone Room Scan

A step-by-step guide to scanning any room with your iPhone's LiDAR and turning it into an accurate, shareable floor plan — free, with no measuring tape required.

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Real Estate5 min read

How to Share a 3D Home Tour Link from Your iPhone

Turn an iPhone scan into an interactive 3D home tour and share it as a link anyone can open in a browser — perfect for real-estate listings, rentals, and remote buyers.

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BIM & CAD6 min read

How to Export an iPhone Scan to Revit (IFC)

Capture existing conditions with an iPhone LiDAR scan and bring them into Revit as a parametric IFC model — a fast, low-cost way to kick-start an as-built without a full survey.

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BIM & CAD5 min read

How to Export an iPhone Scan to AutoCAD (DXF)

Scan a space with your iPhone's LiDAR and export it as a DXF you can open directly in AutoCAD — dimensioned linework for as-builts, renovations, and drafting, minutes after you walk the room.

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Buyer's Guide4 min read

Which iPhones Have LiDAR for 3D Scanning?

A plain-English guide to which iPhone and iPad models have the LiDAR scanner needed for 3D scanning apps — how to check yours, and why it matters for floor plans and BIM.

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Comparison6 min read

iPhone LiDAR vs Matterport for Floor Plans

An honest comparison of scanning a space with an iPhone versus a Matterport setup — cost, output, accuracy, and which one actually fits floor-plan and BIM work.

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