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Draw the space, then walk the client through it.
A 2D and 3D drafting tool built into CatchQuote. Trace a floor plan to scale on site, stand in it at eye level, and send the walkthrough as a link.
Photograph the floor plan at the site visit and import it. Calibrate the scale from two known points, the sheet width, or the paper scale it was drawn at, then trace the walls straight over the image with snapping and typed lengths. Add doors, windows, joinery and finishes, then step inside and walk the room at eye height rather than spinning a model above it. Send that walk to the client as a link they open on their phone, and export a dimensioned PDF for yourself. Every drawing saves to your account.
Get to scale before you trace
Everything downstream depends on the scale, so it comes first. Calibrate from two points you know the distance between, from the overall width of the sheet, or from the paper scale plus the image DPI. Pick a grid module that matches the work: 100 mm general, 300 mm for tile, 600 mm for cabinetry. Getting this right is the difference between a drawing you can quote from and a picture.
Trace walls the way you would sketch them
Click a corner, click the next, and the wall appears. Keep clicking to chain a run, or type a number mid-run for an exact length. Snapping catches ends, midpoints, edges and alignments, and ortho locks you to 90, 45 or 15 degrees. Walls can be curved rather than straight, and where two meet, an orange handle rounds the corner off.
Doors, windows, joinery and finishes
Drop openings straight onto a wall and they cut through it. Place carpentry runs with bays, add stairs, pull loose items from the furniture browser, set floor patterns and wall finishes, and the 3D view picks all of it up. Pieces you use on every job can be kept as your own, so the second flat is faster than the first.
More than one storey
Maisonettes, terraces and shophouses are not one plan. Draw each storey on its own level, with the one below showing through faintly so you can line up against it, and the 3D view stacks them into the building rather than showing you one floor at a time.
Stand in the room, do not hover over it
An orbiting 3D model is read as a model. Walking is read as a room. Press WALK and you are standing on the floor at 1.55 m, roughly where a person has their eyes, with a 24 mm lens because that is closer to what a room actually looks like. Raise or lower the eye to check a bulkhead or what a child sees, widen the lens for a tight bathroom, and save the spot as a view so you can return to it in front of the client.
Send the walk, do not describe it
Share walk produces a link. The client opens it on their phone, walks the space themselves, and never signs up for anything. They get a read-only copy taken at the moment you shared it, so you can keep working on the plan without it shifting under them, and you can revoke the link when the job is done. A drawing that reaches the kitchen table is worth more than one that stays on your laptop.
Export a sheet you would put your name on
Export a PNG, or a PDF sheet with a title block, your project name and a graphic scale bar, so it stays readable however it is printed. Dimensions are real and the drawing is to scale, which is what turns a carpentry run on the plan into a foot run on the quotation.
Questions
Which plan includes Sketch?
MAX. It sits above Studio and adds the drafting tool on top of everything else. Pricing is here.
Can I try it before subscribing?
Yes. The demo is the full tool: draw, measure, walk it in 3D and export as much as you like. Only saving to your account and sharing a walkthrough need MAX.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in the browser, on the same account as your quotes.
Is it accurate enough to work from?
It is drawn to scale and dimensions are real, but the exported sheet is marked "not for construction". Treat it as a design and quoting aid, not a submission drawing.
Can I use it on an iPad at the site visit?
Yes, and it is a good way to work. Touch and Apple Pencil both draw, resting a hand on the screen does not move the plan, and the actions that were keyboard shortcuts on a laptop have buttons on a tablet.
What does the client see when I share a walk?
The room, and nothing else. They open a link, walk the space on their phone, and see no prices, no other drawings and no account. It is a copy taken at the moment you shared it, and you can revoke it.
Can I draw a house with more than one floor?
Yes. Each storey is its own level, the one below shows through faintly while you draw so you can line up against it, and the 3D view stacks the whole building.
Does it replace SketchUp or AutoCAD?
Not for construction documentation, and it is not trying to. It is built for the hour between measuring a flat and sending a quotation, where a full CAD package is more tool than the moment needs.
Where are my drawings kept?
In your CatchQuote account, private to you. Open the Library in the tool to see them all, and download a .json copy of any of them.
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