3D view

See the lighting job in 3D

Every counted sheet of a drawing set, placed in one building, floor by floor. It is built from the same takeoff that prices your bid, so it follows your edits.

A lighting plan raised into 3D: walls from the drawing, the counted fixtures lit by type and the home runs colored by panel
Sheet E-101-B of a public bid set raised into 3D from its real takeoff: walls from the drawing, every counted fixture lit by type, the traced branch runs and the home runs colored by panel. The app builds the same view for every counted drawing set, floor by floor.

What the 3D view shows

Open it from a drawing set on the project page, or from any counted sheet to see that sheet in the building.

Floors and walls

Each lighting plan sits on its floor, lined up with the other sheets by the column grid, the key plan or the line work. Walls are stood up from the plan's double lines.

Fixtures by type

Every counted fixture, exit sign and control at its mounting height, in the same colors as the sheet view. Hover one to see its type, description and count; click it, or a row of the types table, to light up that type and the runs that serve it.

Wiring, home runs and panels

Branch runs in the ceiling space, drops to each fixture, home runs to the panels and risers between floors. Panels come from the drawings, or you place them by hand.

Set up for your job

Your choices are saved with the drawing set.

  • Floor-to-floor and ceiling heights per floor, read from the drawings where they are written
  • Which sheets are in the building, and which floor each one is on
  • Fixture drops, switch drops and risers go into the estimate as wiring lines, and follow the heights you set
  • Orbit, zoom and pan; show or hide plans, fixtures, wiring, walls and each floor

See your next job in 3D.