TruePlan for Xactimate: the sketch drawn from your 3D scan

What is a TruePlan for Xactimate?

In short: a building sketch that is already drawn, which you import into your estimating software.

When a loss occurs, someone has to draw the plan of the premises before the work can be priced. That sketch shows the rooms, their dimensions and the way they connect; the estimate follows from it. Doing this by hand, on site, takes time, especially in a large building or in a place where nobody stays long.

The TruePlan moves that work elsewhere. We scan the premises in 3D with the Matterport Pro3 camera, then the room-by-room building sketch is produced from that scan, in .SKX format. The file imports into Xactimate, estimating software from Verisk: you get a starting sketch instead of a sketch to draw. To see how the scan fits into a loss file, see our 3D loss documentation service. For Claims Estimate rather than Xactimate, the same scan produces the Sketch File, presented on the 3D loss documentation page. The seven files produced from the same scan are compared on the 3D files and deliverables page.

Who is it for?

The TruePlan is aimed at four kinds of users.

• Restoration contractors, who prepare their estimate and want to start from a sketch already in place.
• Claims adjusters, who document the premises and need a sketch consistent with the 3D tour.
• Estimators, who work in Xactimate and would rather not redraw every room.
• Insurers, who receive a file whose sketch rests on a scan.

From scan to .SKX file

Everything starts with the scan. We go to the premises, in the evening or on Saturday morning if needed, and scan the building room by room. The model is then assembled, checked and put online: it is the same 3D tour as in our other services, with its dollhouse view, floor plan view and measurement tool.

The TruePlan is then ordered from that model. The stated turnaround is about 8 hours after the order, under 25,000 sq. ft.; beyond that floor area, it is longer. We send you the file by download link, and you import it into Xactimate like any other sketch.

A price by floor area tier

The TruePlan price depends on the floor area of the building: it rises by tier of floor area. The full grid appears in the pricing section of this page. It is added to the scan, whose price also follows the floor area.

The maximum floor area is 125,000 sq. ft. For buildings of 75,000 sq. ft. and over, the price is set by quote: write to us with the address and the approximate floor area, and we reply with a written quote.

Why measuring on site takes time

In a damaged building, every room has to be measured: wall lengths and widths, openings, returns, levels. With a tape and a sheet of paper, you move room by room, carry your tools along, and come back to check a figure you forgot.

3D scanning condenses that step. It captures the whole building in one visit to the premises, and the sketch is then produced from it. If a figure is missing later, the online tour lets you check it without going back. It follows the same logic as 3D area measurement.

A TruePlan in Montreal and across Quebec

We scan in Montreal, in the Montérégie, in the Outaouais and across Quebec; beyond about 100 km from Montreal, a travel fee of $0.73/km applies, shared between the sites of a single trip. A single point of contact, Marc Durand Bréard, follows you from the quote to the delivery of the file, with scans possible in the evening and on Saturday mornings.

• Matterport Service Partner, equipped with the Pro3 camera.
• More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015.
• A downloadable sample file in the pricing section, to check the format before you decide.

Xactimate is a Verisk product, separate from our service; we name it to indicate the format of the delivered file.

The limits, stated plainly

The TruePlan is a starting point, not an estimate. It does not replace the claims adjuster's expertise, an engineer's report or the final estimate: the estimator checks the imported sketch and completes it according to the file. According to Matterport, the sketch does not include blocks such as cabinets or bathtubs: they are added in Xactimate. To keep a record of the premises before a loss, see the pre-loss inventory; to compare before and after, the 3D before and after comparison. See our prices or write to us for a 30-minute call.