67,530 Sq.ft K12 School Scanned in A Few Hours

• 67,530 sq ft scanned in ~1 hour
• Floor plans delivered in 3 days
• Cut survey costs by about 70%

OpalAi - ScanTo3D & Floorplan was chosen because it lets a single person capture an entire building using only a mobile device, with no specialized hardware, training, or outside survey crew required.

For a facility this size, that mobile-first approach mattered most. Instead of scheduling a professional LiDAR or 360-degree camera crew and waiting weeks for a deliverable, the team scanned the full 67,530 square foot school with an iPad in roughly an hour.

The app is also free to use, which removed the budget hurdle that often keeps school districts from getting up-to-date floor plans and 3D models of their buildings. Combined with a fast turnaround on deliverables, OpalAi made it practical to capture accurate as-built data for a large K-12 facility without disrupting school operations or stretching a tight facilities budget.

Before adopting OpalAi, the school faced the typical hurdles of documenting a large existing facility. Professional LiDAR and 360-degree camera equipment is expensive to buy or rent, and operating it well requires trained surveyors, which added cost and scheduling delays to any documentation project.

Drone-based alternatives came with their own complications, including flight restrictions around occupied school buildings and the need for a licensed operator. For a facility team working with a limited budget, these barriers made it difficult to keep floor plans and building models current, especially across multiple buildings on a campus.

Before adopting OpalAi, capturing accurate floor plans and 3D models of a facility this size meant relying on professional, expensive LiDAR scanners and 360-degree cameras, or contracting drone-based aerial capture.

Each of those approaches required specialized equipment, a trained operator, and a project timeline measured in weeks rather than days, making it hard for a school facilities team to keep documentation current.

Switching to OpalAi - ScanTo3D & Floorplan turned a project that traditionally takes weeks into one completed in days. The entire 67,530 square foot school was captured with a single iPad in about an hour, replacing the multi-day scheduling and setup that professional LiDAR or drone crews would have required.

Deliverables, including detailed 2D floor plans and a 3D CAD/BIM model, were ready within three business days of the scan, compared to the multi-week turnaround typical of traditional surveying methods.

Because the app is free and requires no specialized hardware, the school also cut its documentation costs by roughly 70% compared to hiring outside LiDAR or drone survey services. That combination of speed and affordability makes it realistic for a school district to keep floor plans and building models current across its full portfolio of facilities, supporting better facility and asset management going forward.