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3D Room Scanning

3D Room Scanning With Your iPhone: Measured Floor Plans in Minutes

Walk a room with an iPhone or iPad Pro. The LiDAR sensor captures the space in 3D, and SiteScope turns it into a measured 2D floor plan with walls, doors, windows, and room areas. Refine it on the web, then export or estimate from it.

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* 3D scanning requires iPhone 12 Pro or later, or iPad Pro (2020 or later) with LiDAR sensor

iPhone screen showing a LiDAR room scan in progress

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How 3D Room Scanning Works

Three simple steps to go from physical room to digital floor plan

01

Scan the Room

Walk around the room with your iPhone or iPad Pro. The LiDAR sensor captures millions of depth points to create an accurate 3D model.

Scanning a room with LiDAR
LiDAR scan in progress showing real-time capture UI
02

View 3D Model

Explore your room in full 3D. Rotate, zoom, and inspect every detail. Measurements are captured automatically.

3D model of a bathroom scanned with iPhone LiDAR
03

Model, Quantify & Export

Auto-generate a 2D floor plan, refine walls in the web editor, then assign materials and generate material takeoffs straight from the geometry. Export to PDF, DXF, GLB, or CSV.

2D floor plan generated from bathroom scan

Why Professionals Choose 3D Scanning

Measured, Not Guessed

Room-scale LiDAR captures typically land within a couple of centimeters over a normal room. Fewer transcription errors than a tape and a notepad. Read the accuracy details.

Scan in Minutes

Capture an entire room in 2-5 minutes. What used to take hours now fits between appointments.

Editable Floor Plans

Auto-generate dimensioned floor plans, then refine in the web editor. Modify walls and export to PDF, DXF, or GLB.

No Extra Equipment

Your iPhone or iPad Pro is all you need. No tripods, laser scanners, or expensive equipment to carry around.

Two Ways to Scan, One iPhone

Pick the scan that matches the job. Both run on the same iPhone or iPad Pro.

Room scan

Builds a structured model of the room with Apple RoomPlan. Best for floor plans, takeoffs, and quotes.

  • Walls, doors, windows, and room areas
  • Editable 2D plan and 3D view
  • PDF, DXF, IFC, and GLB exports

Point cloud scan

Captures millions of measured points of everything in view. Best for as-builts, whole buildings, and detail a plan leaves out.

New to point clouds? Read the iPhone LiDAR point cloud scanning guide, or see how scans become models in scan to BIM.

Perfect for Every Interior Project

From quick measurements to complete room documentation

Interior Design

Space planning with shareable floor plans

Painting

Accurate wall area calculations for estimates

Interior Construction

Drywall, framing & finish carpentry

Device Requirements

3D room scanning uses Apple's LiDAR technology, available on Pro model iPhones and iPad Pro models from 2020 onward.

Compatible Devices:

  • iPhone 12 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPhone 13 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPhone 15 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPhone 16 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPhone 17 Pro / Pro Max
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd gen, 2020 or later)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th gen, 2020 or later)

Don't have a LiDAR device? You can still use photo documentation, satellite map measurements, and the web app, or send a client a guest scanning link.

3D room scanning with LiDAR on iPhone or iPad Pro
Material Takeoffs

The Scan Is Just the Beginning.

Every LiDAR scan you do feeds directly into your floor plan, and your floor plan feeds directly into your material quantities.

  • Scan → Plan → Walls → Takeoff: one continuous workflow. The geometry you captured on-site becomes the input for every quantity calculation downstream.
  • Scanned walls carry the highest confidence: LiDAR-measured dimensions are flagged Scanned (green) in the Takeoff tab so you know exactly how much of your estimate is based on real geometry.
  • Region-level detail: break any wall into zones (wainscot, tile, paint) and get per-material quantities, all from the same drawing.
  • Export takeoff quantities to CSV to drop straight into your estimating or bid workflow.
See how takeoffs work
Takeoff Summary showing total cost, charge, margin, and line items by category with accuracy badges
LiDAR-scanned
Estimated
Overridden

3D Room Scanning FAQ

Can an iPhone do 3D room scanning?
Yes, if it has a LiDAR sensor. iPhone 12 Pro and newer Pro models, and iPad Pro (2020 and newer), can scan a room in a few minutes. SiteScope turns that scan into a 3D model and a measured 2D floor plan with walls, doors, windows, and room areas.
How accurate is iPhone LiDAR room scanning?
Room-scale LiDAR captures typically land within a couple of centimeters over a normal room, which is inside the tolerance most renovation, design, and estimating work needs. Accuracy drops on long runs and on glass, mirrors, and glossy surfaces. Verify any critical or code-driven dimension with a tape or laser. More in how accurate is iPhone LiDAR.
What is the difference between a room scan and a point cloud scan?
A room scan uses Apple RoomPlan to build a structured model: walls, doors, windows, and rooms that become an editable floor plan. A point cloud scan captures millions of measured points of everything in view, which you can measure in the browser and export as E57, LAZ, or PLY. Use a room scan for plans and takeoffs, and a point cloud when you need the full as-built detail.
Can I scan multiple rooms or floors?
Yes. Scan room by room and SiteScope assembles them into one project, including multi-floor buildings that export as separate levels in IFC.
What can I export from a 3D scan?
Floor plans export as PDF, DXF for AutoCAD and SketchUp, IFC for Revit and ArchiCAD, and GLB for 3D tools. Point clouds export as E57, LAZ, and PLY. Takeoff quantities export as CSV. Free includes the floor plan and PDF reports; IFC, DXF, and E57 exports are on Pro and Business plans. See scan to CAD for details.
Can a client scan their own room?
Yes. Send a guest scanning link. The homeowner or client installs the free SiteScope app on their own iPhone Pro, with no account to create, and scans. The scan lands in your project, so you can measure and estimate without a site trip.

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Scan your first room free, no credit card. Capture runs on an iPhone or iPad Pro, and everything else works in your browser.

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