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Uploading plans

Plans are the input to everything. The faster they land cleanly, the faster every downstream step runs.

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Supported formats

  • PDF (vector or raster) — the primary format
  • DWG / DXF (preview-only at v1; full geometry in roadmap)
  • IFC (BIM viewer support; takeoff in roadmap)
  • Image formats (JPG, PNG) — treated as raster pages

Vector vs scanned

Vector PDFs from Revit / AutoCAD / Bluebeam carry text and geometry losslessly — we extract them directly without OCR. Scanned PDFs (or PDFs that are a wrapper around a scan) go through the OCR + vision-model path. The pipeline auto-detects which to use per page; you don't have to flag them by hand.

On a typical 1,000-sheet plan set, the first vector page is reviewable in under a minute. Scans add roughly 1.5 seconds per page for OCR.

Bulk upload

Drag the whole folder onto the project's Workspace tab. We process them in parallel; you can watch the per-document status update in real time. There's no upper limit on file count, but we cap individual file size at 1 GB.

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Uploading plans — OmniTakeoff Docs