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How to measure a room with Room Scan (Beta)

Scan rooms with a LiDAR iPhone or iPad to capture dimensions and a 3D model, then start an estimate from the floor plan.

Written by Handoff Support

To measure a room, open a project in the iOS app, select the + button in the bottom right, choose Room scan, and scan each room. Handoff turns the scan into a dimensioned floor plan and a 3D model that you can use to start an estimate. Room Scan is labeled Beta.

Available on the Pro and Scale plans. You need iOS 17 or later and permission to edit project files. Works in the mobile app only. You need an iPhone or iPad with a LiDAR scanner.

The Room scan option appears only when Room Scan is turned on for your account during the Beta.

Scan a room

  1. In the iOS app, open the project.

  2. On the project's Overview tab, select the + button in the bottom right of the screen.

  3. Select Room scan.

  4. On Capture one room at a time, read the tips and select Scan floor plan.

  5. Walk the room and point the camera at every wall, door, and window, following the on-screen tips.

  6. Select Finish room. To add another room, select Scan next room. A scan holds up to 30 rooms.

  7. Select Finish floor plan when every room is captured.

  8. Name the floor plan and select Save floor plan.

The Create sheet on a project in the iPhone app with Room scan (Beta) highlighted.

The Room scan intro, Capture one room at a time, with tips for a cleaner scan and Scan floor plan highlighted.

A room scan in progress with the 3D outline of the room and Finish room highlighted.

The room review with a room type, Scan next room, Finish floor plan highlighted, and Rescan this room.

Review your floor plan with the floor plan name, the dimensioned plan, and Save floor plan highlighted.

The app shows how many rooms you have captured as you go.

Other ways to start a scan

You can also select Room scan from the + menu in a chat with Handy (Handoff's AI assistant) or from the upload menu on a project's Files tab. On iPad, the chat start screen does not show a Room scan row.

What you get

Handoff saves a floor plan with the room measurements, and you can view it in 3D from Details > 3D model. To scan another level later, open the saved plan and select Add floor.

A saved floor plan with its Create menu open showing Add floor and Estimate.

To start an estimate, open the saved plan and select Estimate from its create menu. Handy can read your scan measurements and apply them to a draft estimate.

Room Scan is a field aid. Confirm critical dimensions on site before you price the job.

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