For Architects

Design against the real site, not an approximation

We capture the site as it actually is — terrain, canopy, neighboring structures, existing fabric — and hand it to you in the formats your design tools already speak.

Residential and preservation architects who want the real terrain, trees, and context in front of them before the first sketch.

What you walk away with

Oblique 3D view of a captured house and lot, including terrain and tree canopy

Site-context 3D model

A true-to-scale model of the lot and its surroundings to design against — the slope you're stepping the plan down, the trees you're keeping, the neighbor's ridge line you're staying under.

Delivered as: GLB · OBJ/FBX · DXF

True-to-scale orthographic elevation of the house facade, captured by drone

Existing-conditions documentation

For renovation and addition work: the building as it stands, measurable, with close detail on roofs, chimneys, and elevations — no scaffolding, no tape measure on a ladder.

Delivered as: point cloud (LAS/PTX) · photos · 3D mesh

Topographic contour map overlaid on a drone orthomosaic at 0.3 m intervals

Topography & contours

Contour linework and elevation models of the parcel, ready for grading studies and site plans.

Delivered as: contours (DXF/SHP) · DTM GeoTIFF

Full-colour 3D-printed scale model of a site, illustrating the printed deliverable
Illustration — printed example in production

3D-printed site model

The captured site as a physical scale model for client presentations — the lot, the terrain, the massing context, printed.

Delivered as: print-ready STL/3MF (or the printed model)

Historic preservation record

Period structures documented in dense, measurable 3D — a permanent record of existing fabric before intervention, and a base for restoration drawings.

Delivered as: 3D model · point cloud · ortho elevations

Fits your workflow

  • Point clouds land in Revit, ArchiCAD, and AutoCAD via LAS/PTX/DXF
  • GLB/FBX models drop into SketchUp, Rhino, Twinmotion, and Lumion
  • Georeferenced outputs align to survey when your civil engineer needs them

New client? The first flight is on us — we'll capture one site and hand you the full output, so you can judge the work before spending a dollar.

Ready to see it from above?

Tell us about your site or listing and we'll scope the flight.

Capture a site free