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PDF import

From a PDF drawing to a scaffold plan

If you have a floor plan as a PDF, you do not need to type the walls. ScaFix reads the scale, finds the outline when the drawing allows it, and builds the scaffold around the walls.

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The PDF import in ScaFix: a 1:100 floor plan with the detected outline and wall lengths marked, and the steps Page, Scale, Walls, Heights and Review
The PDF import: the scale is found and the outline sits on the drawing's walls (test drawing).

The five steps of the PDF import

  1. Page: choose the page of the PDF with the floor plan.
  2. Scale: use the scale ScaFix found, or set it yourself from a known dimension.
  3. Walls: use the outline ScaFix suggests, or tap along the wall line.
  4. Heights: set the height of the walls.
  5. Review: check the walls and import them into the project. The scaffold builds in 3D.

What happens automatically, and what you do

  • The scale and the outline are suggested when the drawing allows it. Otherwise you trace the walls.
  • Points snap to the drawing's lines, and to near-horizontal and vertical lines.
  • Very short walls (under 0.5 m) are flagged, so door and window openings do not turn into tiny scaffolds.
  • Corners that are nearly square are squared to 90°. Other angles in the drawing are kept.

The result: the scaffold in 3D

Once the walls are imported, ScaFix builds the scaffold around them and works out the parts list.

Jamax scaffolding around an L-shaped building with a flat roof, 7.5 m high, in the ScaFix 3D model
Jamax around an L-shaped building.
HAKI Universal scaffolding (2.5 m bays, 1.01 m deep) around a house of 11.4 × 5.3 m with a gabled roof (eaves 4.5 m, ridge 6 m), drawn by the ScaFix 3D model
HAKI Universal (2.5 m bays, 1.01 m deep) around the example house, as ScaFix draws it in 3D.

Questions and answers

Is the PDF drawing uploaded?

No. The original PDF is kept in memory only while the window is open, and the analysis runs locally in the browser. It is not saved with the project.

What if ScaFix does not find the outline?

Then you trace the wall line yourself by tapping along it. The points can snap to the drawing's lines and to near-horizontal and vertical lines.

Which drawings work?

Floor plans in PDF with a known scale or a known dimension. You choose the page and set the scale before you trace the walls.