PlanAsBuilt

Features

Everything you need from first device to final as-built.

Built for security and low-voltage integrators, their field crews and the customers who receive the drawings.

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1. Mark up plans fast

Place devices, not busywork.

Pick a device from your catalog and click the plan. PlanAsBuilt numbers the tags for you, so the plan stays consistent from the first device to the last.

  • Device symbols from your own catalog
  • Automatic tags and numbering
  • Ctrl+double-click a device on the plan to pick it up and keep placing more of the same
A floor plan with the tool chest of device symbols on the left.

Snapping and alignment

Neat plans without the nudging.

Devices snap to walls and line up with each other, so your plan looks professional and takes less time.

  • Snapping and align-to-walls
  • Stacks for devices that share one spot
A guide line appearing as a device is aligned with another device on the plan.

Status

Know what is planned, installed, tested, and punch.

Every device carries a status you can update in a tap. Your whole team sees progress on the plan itself.

  • Planned, installed, tested and punch statuses
  • Color-coded so progress is visible at a glance
The status menu for a device with Planned, Installed, Tested and Punch.

2. Toolbox

Change your mind in one click.

Swapped a camera model? Replace a device's type in one click and keep its place on the plan. Rotate a device by clicking or dragging.

  • Replace a device type in one click
  • Rotate on click or drag
The context menu for a device with the option to replace it with another device type.

Rich device properties

Capture the details that matter.

Every device you place is its own record. Keep installation details with the device instead of in a separate spreadsheet.

  • Photos attached to each device
  • Serial number and MAC address, scanned from the barcode with your phone camera
  • IP address, NVR and channel, firmware, notes
  • Custom fields you define for each kind of device, such as alarm loop, zone, panel address or circuit, with internal-only fields hidden from clients
  • Required fields, so nothing gets marked done without the right information
The Properties panel for a smoke detector, showing device type, product, status and tag.

3. Coverage and cable runs

Show what each camera sees.

Draw coverage cones for your cameras and adjust them right on the plan, so you can check coverage before anyone picks up a drill.

A camera with a blue coverage cone drawn on a floor plan.

Cable runs

Draw the run. Get the length.

Draw cable runs between devices. Lengths are measured for you and feed straight into the parts list.

  • Runs connect devices on the plan
  • Lengths flow into the BOM
A dashed cable run between a network switch and a camera, labeled with its length.

4. Work together live

One plan, many people, no version mix-ups.

See your teammates' cursors and selections, and what part of the plan they are looking at. Edits sync in real time.

  • Live cursors and selections
  • See what part of the plan someone is viewing
  • Real-time sync of every edit
  • Split view to look at two pages at once
Two pages of the same plan shown side by side in split view.

Compare revisions

See exactly what changed, clouded for you.

Every plan keeps its history. Pick any two revisions and PlanAsBuilt lists every change between them. One click draws revision clouds around all of them on their own layer, ready to issue.

  • Added, removed, moved and resized devices, plus field and status changes
  • Cloud changes: automatic revision clouds around every change, undone in one step
  • Optionally cloud changes in the drawing itself, not just your markups
  • Side by side and overlay views, and click any change to jump to it
  • Restore an older revision without losing anything
A plan with revision clouds drawn automatically around a new camera, a moved card reader and a camera whose status changed, next to the Compare panel listing those changes.
PlanAsBuilt on a phone: a floor plan with a selected camera, a quick action bar, a Properties sheet and a bottom tool row.

Mobile friendly

The whole job fits in your pocket.

Installers do not carry a desktop. PlanAsBuilt is made for phones and tablets, in the field and on the ladder.

  • The full app on phones and tabletsNothing is cut down. Mark up, edit and review on whatever you carry.
  • A layout built for one handOn a phone you get a tool row and bottom sheets for properties, layers and measuring. Tablets use the full layout.
  • Touch gestures that feel naturalPinch to zoom, drag to pan, press and hold for the context menu, double-tap to finish a run.
  • Scan barcodes and QR codesPoint the phone camera at a serial or MAC label and the value fills in.
  • Works offlineKeep working without signal. Changes sync when you reconnect.
  • InstallableAdd it to your home screen and open it like any other app.

Roles and access

Give everyone the right access.

Office, field crews, subcontractors and your customers each get the access that fits their job.

Office

Admin

Everything, including members, project settings and deleting plans and layers.

Costs: yes

Office

Project manager

Edits like an editor and always sees costs and labor hours. Cannot manage members.

Costs: always

Office

Editor

Draws and edits plans and devices.

Costs: unless the project hides them

Field

Field tech

Updates device fields, status, notes and photos. Cannot add, move, resize or delete markups.

Costs: no

Field

Subcontractor

Like a field tech, but only for the symbol sets and layers you choose.

Costs: no

Customer

Client

Read-only. Sees no costs and no fields marked internal.

Costs: no

Customer

Viewer

Read-only access to the project.

Costs: yes (read-only)

What they can doAdminProject managerEditorField techSubcontractorClientViewer
Manage members and settingsYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Draw and edit plans and devicesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Change device fields, status, notes, photosYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
See costs and labor hoursYesYesUnless hiddenNoNoNoYes
Open the plans (read-only)YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
  • Prices stay private. Roles without cost access never see prices, and the BOM tab shows as Parts.
  • Subcontractor scope. Choose exactly which symbol sets and layers a subcontractor can see.
  • Lock and archive. Lock a project so only admins can edit, or archive it to make it read-only. Admins can restore it any time.

6. Outputs

The paperwork, done.

Turn the marked-up plan into the documents your customer expects.

  • BOM or parts list with device counts and cable lengths
  • As-built report
  • Printing
The bill of materials page listing devices and cable lengths with an Export PDF button.

Clean PDF exports

Professional drawings, stamped with your name.

Export annotated or flattened PDFs with legends and a Prepared by stamp that carries your logo. Need to keep editing elsewhere? Editable PDF exports open in your PDF tools.

  • Annotated or flattened PDFs
  • Legends
  • Prepared by stamp with your logo
  • Editable PDF exports that open in your PDF tools
The Prepared by stamp being edited on a plan, with logo, company name, address, phone and date options.

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