Using SketchUp for residential design projects is a great way to quickly bring your client’s vision to life. Plus, with detailed 3D renderings, you can fill in any missing (visualization) gaps, and help your clients truly understand how their updated home will look before construction happens. But how do you get to that point and start off on the right foot? Start with existing site conditions. Canvas helps you bring existing conditions into SketchUp with ease so you can spend more time doing what you love: design. SketchUp users report saving about seven to ten hours per room with Canvas.
“Canvas enhances my SketchUp design experience. Instead of spending hours painfully measuring my clients' spaces and then even more time turning those measurements into a SketchUp model, I can scan homes in minutes and then jump straight into design. It's a huge understatement to say Canvas is a timesaver. It's a life-changer.”
- Rebecca Zajac, HGTV Production Designer and interior designer, Design by Numbers
What is Canvas?
Canvas is a fast, easy, and powerful way to capture a scale-accurate model of a home. It is an iOS app that scans spaces in seconds using Apple Pro devices’ LiDAR sensor (click here for a list of supported devices). The app is free to download from the Apple App Store, and it is free to scan. Scanning is simple: you can scan a house if you can take a video. It takes about a minute to scan a room; an average 2,300 square foot home takes about 20 minutes. Once you’ve captured a space, the app creates a colorized 3D mesh (similar to a point cloud) that you can explore on your device or any internet browser. You can share the scan with subcontractors, collaborators, and clients.
