Pointr's MapScale® is purpose-built to automate the process of digitizing CAD floorplans. MapScale® processes a CAD floorplan as follows:

• Removes extraneous information from the CAD floor plan
• Determines the building's actual outline
• Determines room boundaries
• Determines and classifies furniture
• Classifies rooms based on size and furniture
• Converts the map to a vector format
• Applies cartographic design to the map

MapScale® supports all popular versions of DWG, DXF, and vector PDF files.

Note that the PDF files must contain vectorial information: 

• Files that are directly exported as PDFs using AutoCAD.
• Files that are converted from DWG/DXF.

For a 20k sqft area (which would take around 6 hours of work if done manually):

• It takes MapScale® less than 20 mins to do (excl. manual QA - 2hrs)
• It reduces more than 99% of your time digitizing your floor plans. If needed, MapScale® can be configured to run in parallel for thousands of floors! (A major U.S. department store uses MapScale® to digitize their 2,000+ stores every Sunday)

Yes, the final map outputs (in GeoJSON format) can be modified like any other map on Pointr Cloud (map CMS). To learn how to use Pointr Cloud, visit our dedicated Pointr Cloud tutorial for more details.

Updates can be as frequent as daily. We recommend quarterly updates to reduce costs in our pricing proposal, but this can be altered if needed. MapScale® takes about 20 minutes per floor to complete initial processing.

MapScale® supports automatic mapping updates: automatically import CAD file changes from the repository upon file changes or on a scheduled basis and convert them to 3D maps automatically via API

API, sFTP, or AWS S3 buckets are supported today to exchange CAD floor plans and/or additional building metadata. We are open to supporting additional formats based on your requirements.

MapScale® API can be called anytime, independently of the vendor team. Pointr's mapping team reviews each MapScale® output and might perform manual fine-tuning directly on the maps. Alternatively, your team can do the post-processing independently after the initial process via Pointr Cloud or your CMS platform.