Guided Scan
Tell the AI exactly what to look for — specific fixtures, fittings, schedules, or references. An exact missile, not carpet bombing. You get the hits you want, with nothing irrelevant cluttering the results.
Features
Everything you need to turn
Everything you need to turn
drawings into deliverables.
PlanScanAI packs purpose-built tools into a single browser-based workflow. No plugins, no CAD add-ons, no legacy desktop software.
AI Drawing Analysis
Frontier AI models read architectural and trade drawings in seconds. Items, quantities, specifications and references are extracted into structured, verifiable output you can drop straight into a quote.
Product Sourcing & Buy Links
Go from scan results to purchase in one click. PlanScanAI matches extracted items to real products from leading UK suppliers — with live prices, specs and direct buy links. Compare across Toolstation, Travis Perkins, RS Components and more, all without leaving the platform.
Trade Profile Builder
Save your specialism, preferred brands, compliance requirements and common scan targets. PlanScanAI tunes itself to your trade and remembers your defaults across every project.
19 Trades Supported
Electrical, HVAC, fire safety, plumbing, lighting, CCTV, data, interior fit-out, accessibility, asbestos, landscaping, groundworks, general survey, roofing, structural, drainage, scaffolding, painting & decorating and solar & renewables — each with trade-specific scanning logic baked in.
Export & Reporting
Export to CSV, Excel or branded PDF reports. Share links with the rest of your team so estimators, designers and site teams all work from the same source of truth.
Verifiable Drawing References
Every extracted item links back to the exact drawing location. Sanity-check any result with a click — never lose audit trail from AI output to source document.
UK-Hosted & Secure
Your drawings never leave the UK. Hosted on UK infrastructure with strict access controls. Client confidentiality isn’t a bolt-on — it’s the baseline.
Browser-Based
No installs. No plugins. No CAD licences. Works on Mac, Windows, iPad and any modern browser — open PlanScanAI from the office, site or the car.
Guided Scan in depth
The feature that changes everything.
Every other drawing-review tool carpet bombs you with hits. Guided Scan lets you ask for exactly what you need.
Legacy OCR & rule-based tools
- Return everything they can parse, relevant or not.
- Miss trade-specific symbols and annotation styles.
- Require setup, training data and CAD integration.
- Brittle with hand-drawn markup or scanned PDFs.
PlanScanAI Guided Scan
- Ask in plain English: “Find every fire door on this plan”.
- Understands UK trade symbols, BSI standards and industry shorthand.
- Zero setup. Upload a drawing, pick a trade, hit scan.
- Handles scanned PDFs, marked-up revisions and multi-sheet drawings.
Enterprise feature
Product Sourcing — scan to purchase in one workflow.
Stop switching between twenty supplier tabs. PlanScanAI identifies the products on your drawings and shows you exactly where to buy them.
How it works
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Scan your drawings
Upload and run a Guided Scan as normal — the AI extracts every item, fitting and specification. -
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Browse matched products
Each extracted item is automatically matched to real products from UK suppliers — with live prices, specs and availability. -
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Compare & buy
Compare prices across suppliers, choose the best option, and click through to buy — all without leaving PlanScanAI.
Supported suppliers
Travis Perkins
UK’s largest builders merchant — timber, building materials, tools
UK’s largest builders merchant — timber, building materials, tools
Toolstation
Trade tools, fixings, electrical, plumbing & heating
Trade tools, fixings, electrical, plumbing & heating
RS Components
Electronics, automation, industrial components — 500,000+ products
Electronics, automation, industrial components — 500,000+ products
Wickes, B&Q & more
Growing network of UK building & home improvement suppliers
Growing network of UK building & home improvement suppliers
More suppliers added regularly. Enterprise clients can request specific supplier integrations.
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