Tiling
Tiling: Survey / Measurement, Quantity takeoff, 3D and installation plan
Get all your areas and linear measurements in just a few minutes — floors, skirting boards — without measuring by hand.
📱 This article covers features available with the Essentiel plan.
The Scan
With an iPhone Pro (12 or later) or an iPad Pro (2020 or later), create a precise survey with 98% accuracy in just a few minutes.
Launch Visuary and tap New scan
Move your device around the space by following the on-screen instructions, scan a maximum of 40m² before moving on to the next zone.
Tap the Camera icon to photograph constraints (obstacles, thresholds, removal of existing elements, etc.) — the photo will be automatically located on the plan
Press and hold to leave an audio comment about points requiring attention and work to be planned
Complete your scan to access the dimensions and quantity takeoff from the survey.
Example comments used: "Screed required" and "Removal of floating parquet + floor tile installation"
Once your scan is complete, rename your project to find it more easily by clicking the 3 dots at the top right in the app or directly on the project name in the browser.
Retrieve areas
Once the scan is complete, find your project on Visuary (visuary.app) from your computer or tablet — the plan is automatically synced.
Once the project is open:
Switch to Scan view: click on each wall to view its individual area, uncheck openings to get the net tiling area for each wall
Open Existing floor plan → Quantity takeoff to find, by room and overall:
Floor areas in m²
Wall areas in m²
Skirting board linear measurement in linear meters
Areas of finishes applied to the plan
Switch to 3D view to see the finishes applied by default — tile in wet rooms, carpet in dry rooms. These finishes are listed in the quantity takeoff.
💡 The quantity takeoff updates automatically whenever the plan is modified.
Apply your tile
On the Renovation floor plan, apply your tile over the default finishes to refine your quantity takeoff and preview the render.
Switch to the Renovation floor plan tab
Select the Finishes → Floor tool
Switch to 3D view and apply the floor finish by clicking on it
Select the Finishes → Walls tool
Switch to 3D view and apply the wall tile by clicking on the wall
Retrieve the area of each applied finish in the quantity takeoff.
Adding Finish / Covering to skirting boards works differently; you can choose to apply the floor Finish / Covering, wall Finish / Covering, or the default Finish / Covering:
💡 Create variants to offer your client several visual proposals with different wall tiles and floor tiles.
Create a Reference plan
From the 2D plan, annotate zones directly to prepare the installation or send instructions to your team or supplier. Review your comment pins and transfer key points requiring attention into text annotations so they can be read directly on the plan.
Review your comments from the pins on the plan
Enable the "Annotations" layer by clicking the eye icon at the bottom right of the screen.
From the button "Annotations" select the "Text box" tool to indicate constraints — "Screed required", "Removal of floating parquet" — and items to add: "Threshold bar"
You can also add dimensions visible from the Annotations tool — they will appear in the PDF if the Measurement lines layer is enabled.
Click on the PDF report to choose the views and download the plan as a PDF
The PDF report also includes a comments page with the plan and details of each pin.
Share the project
Through sharing (via link or email invitation with permissions)
View the plan in 2D, 3D, and first-person view
Access geolocated comments and photos
Access the full quantity takeoff
Visit this link to see what access the person receives to the project: :
Visuary plan - Martins R3 project
Via PDF — a complete downloadable report:
With the Essentiel :
Dimensioned 2D plan
Full quantity takeoff
Plan with comment pins and photos
With the Intégral, access additional pages:
HD renders
Elevation views
Area page
Option to add, delete, and rearrange pages
Go further with Intégral
HD renders to present finish choices to the client
Automatic cost estimate generated from your quantity takeoff
Access to the advanced finishes library
Complete PDF report with Render, 3D views, customizable pages, surfaces, etc.
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