Site Plans for Your Trade.

Every trade that pulls a permit, sells a lot or pitches a concept needs the same drawing: the real property lines, the work placed to scale, and the distances to the lot lines. These pages say what the reviewer looks for in your line of work and how PlotForge™ draws it from any U.S. address.

Who is PlotForge™ built for?

PlotForge™ is built for anyone who has to put a project on a lot and show it to a building department, a buyer or a lender: deck, fence, pool, shed and addition contractors, remodelers, home and spec builders, manufactured-home dealers, developers, paving and striping contractors, commercial builders, architects, engineers, drafters, property managers and HOAs. Type the address and the recorded lot loads to scale.

Residential trades

Decks, fences, pools, sheds, additions, outdoor living, egress, solar, landscape and tree work: the permit drawing is the site plan.

Deck contractorsThe deck at its real size, the setbacks to the lot lines labeled, the house it attaches to already on the sheet.Read the deck contractors page → Fence contractorsClick along the fence line and the length, the height note and the distance to the property line label themselves.Read the fence contractors page → Pool buildersThe pool at the size you set, setbacks measured from the curve itself, the barrier fence and the equipment pad on the same sheet.Read the pool builders page → Shed and garage buildersThe accessory building at its size, the side and rear setbacks the whole review is about, and the driveway to it.Read the shed and garage builders page → Outdoor kitchen and patio buildersThe patio, the pergola and the kitchen island on the lot, the hardscape totaled, the roofed structure's setbacks labeled.Read the outdoor kitchen and patio builders page → Remodelers and addition contractorsThe existing house from records, the addition at its size against the real wall, and the new setbacks the review is about.Read the remodelers and addition contractors page → ADU buildersThe ADU on the real lot with the main house, the separation distance, the setbacks and the lot coverage the ADU review turns on.Read the adu builders page → Egress and foundation contractorsThe house from records, the egress well or the foundation work marked on the wall it goes on, the distance to the property line labeled.Read the egress and foundation contractors page → Solar installersThe house with roof lines for the array layout, or the ground-mount at its size with setbacks, plus the inverter, disconnect and meter locations.Read the solar installers page → Landscape contractorsPatios, walks, walls, trees and planting beds on the real lot, with the hardscape totaled and the impervious coverage on the sheet.Read the landscape contractors page → Tree servicesThe tree-clearing limit drawn at the ordinance distance around the house, the band hatched and the area totaled, with the trees marked.Read the tree services page →

Builders, dealers and developers

New homes, spec homes, manufactured homes, post-frame buildings, land development and affordable housing concepts on the real parcel.

New home buildersThe house footprint built from rectangles on the real lot, the setbacks on every side, the drive, the walks and the cover sheet.Read the new home builders page → Spec home buildersThe same plan on lot after lot: load the parcel, drop the saved footprint, read the setbacks, export. The lot check before the offer, too.Read the spec home builders page → Manufactured and mobile home dealersThe home at its size on the customer's lot, the setbacks, the driveway and the existing structures: the site plan nearly every installation permit requires.Read the manufactured and mobile home dealers page → Pole barn and metal building buildersThe building at its size on an acreage lot, the road-centerline and property-line setbacks the county asks for, printed at a set scale.Read the pole barn and metal building builders page → Land developersScreen the parcel, combine the lots, pad the buildings, fill the parking and total the yield: the concept on the real land in minutes.Read the land developers page → LIHTC and affordable housing developersThe concept site plan the application wants: pads with unit counts, parking with accessible stalls, the constraints screened, the site exhibit branded.Read the lihtc and affordable housing developers page → Conceptual site plansWhat a conceptual site plan is, what it has to show, and how to draw one on the real parcel with the yield and the parking totaled.Read the conceptual site plans page →

Commercial and site work

Commercial site plans, parking layouts with accessible stalls, and concept plans that total the yield.

Commercial buildersThe building pad, the parking with accessible stalls, the drive aisles, the dumpster pad and the coverage on the real parcel, with a DXF for the civil engineer.Read the commercial builders page → Paving and striping contractorsTrace the lot, fill it with stalls, compare the angles, read the counts, and hand the owner a sheet with the accessible stalls shown.Read the paving and striping contractors page →

Design professionals and property owners

Architects, engineers, drafters, designers, property managers and HOAs who need the lot, the setbacks and a CAD file fast.

Architects and engineersThe recorded parcel, the setbacks and the existing footprints as a layered DXF in minutes, plus USGS-derived contours and a feasibility screen, before the survey arrives.Read the architects and engineers page → Drafters and designersThe parcel pull and the setback calc done for you; import the DXF, finish the sheet in your CAD, or finish it in PlotForge with your logo on the title block.Read the drafters and designers page → Property managers and HOAsA current site plan on file for the conditional-use permit, the short-term rental application and the architectural review, drawn from the address in minutes.Read the property managers and hoas page →

Who It's For FAQ

Which page should I read?

Pick the trade closest to the work you permit. A deck builder who also builds fences will find the fence page useful too; a remodeler doing an ADU should read both the remodeler and the ADU page. Every page links to the drawing tools it mentions and to the matching video lessons.

Is it the same software for every trade?

Yes. Every PlotForge™ account includes every drawing tool. The pages differ in what each trade has to show on the sheet and which tools matter most for it, not in what you get.

What if my trade is not listed?

If the job goes on a lot and the office wants to see where it sits relative to the property lines, PlotForge draws it. Load your address on the free 30-day trial, or tell us about your work and we will point you to the right tools.

Load your lot. See the setbacks. Export the sheet.

Every trade starts the same way: type the address and the recorded property lines draw to scale. Free for 30 days, no credit card required. Clean, permit-ready exports from $29.

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