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Skip the Plat-to-CAD Trace. Finish in Minutes.

A drafting service lives on turnaround, and the slowest part of a residential site plan is the first part: getting the parcel to scale and the setbacks right. PlotForge™ does that from the address, places the existing footprints, and either exports a layered DXF for your CAD or finishes the whole sheet with survey-style presentation and your logo in the title block. Your clients send an address; you send back a site plan.

How do drafters produce residential site plans faster?

Load the parcel from the address and PlotForge™ draws the recorded property lines to scale, computes the setbacks and places the existing buildings from public records in minutes. Export a layered DXF and finish in your CAD, or finish the sheet in PlotForge with dimensions, north arrow, bearings and your logo in the title block, and save every client's plan in your account.

What a drafting service gets from PlotForge™

The parts of the job that are the same every time, done the same way every time, so the hour goes into the drawing the client is paying for:

The parcel, to scale — recorded property lines with dimensions and bearings from the address or the parcel ID, no calibration exercise

Setbacks computed — from the real lot edges, labeled, with corner-to-line dimensions on demand and the far ones hidden

Existing footprints — the house, garage and shed from public records in one click, corners dragged onto the roofline

A layered DXF — twenty-five named drafting layers into your CAD, line styles carried through

Or a finished sheet — true extension-line dimensions, five north-arrow styles, a scale bar, bearings, hatching, notes and pointers, a cover sheet

Your name on it — your company and drawn-by initials from My Info on every title block; your logo in place of ours with White-Label

How a drafter uses PlotForge™ on a client job

Load the client's lot

Address or parcel ID. The recorded lines draw to scale with the owner and parcel number in the title block.

Add the existing

One click places the footprints; trace the drive and walks over the aerial. Import the client's plat or sketch as a calibrated underlay if there is one.

Draw or export

Place the new work and dimension it in PlotForge, or export the DXF and finish in your CAD.

Deliver

The to-scale PDF with the cover sheet and your title block, the DXF if the client wants it, and the plan saved for the revision.

The tools drafters use

DXF for CADTwenty-five named drafting layers into your CAD: property lines, setbacks, structures, hardscape, easements, contours, dimensions and text.How it works → One-click draftsman dimensionsOne-click true extension-line dimensions with a side picker, overall extents for L- and T-shapes, and sheet-wide tick, text and line-weight controls.How it works → Survey-style presentationFive north-arrow styles, a graphic scale bar, area hatching and editable bearing labels along the property lines.How it works → Image underlayThe client's plat, old site plan or house plan as a see-through underlay, calibrated on two known points, traced with every tool.How it works → Title block that fills itselfYour company, drawn-by initials and the owner, address and parcel number from the lot, on every sheet.How it works → Saved projects + autosaveEvery client's plan saved in your account and reopened from any computer; the revision never starts over.How it works →

Which plan fits a drafting service

Site plans every week

Contractor, $199/mo

Twenty clean exports a month at about $10 each, every drawing tool and the DXF, every client's plan saved. See Contractor.

Your logo on the title block

White-Label add-on

Your logo in place of ours on every exported sheet, +$50/mo with Contractor or +$100/mo with Studio. See White-Label.

A few a month to start

Job Pack, 12 plans for $144

Twelve clean exports at $12 a plan, no subscription, credits that never expire. Compare plans.

▶ Watch the lessonHow to Find Your Property Lines by Address ▶ Watch the lessonHow to Dimension Any Feature on a Site Plan ▶ Watch the lessonScale, North Arrow, Scale Bar and Bearings on a Site Plan ▶ Watch the lessonSite Plan Title Block: Type Your Info Once

Drafters and designers FAQ

Can I resell PlotForge site plans to my clients?

Yes. The exported sheets are yours, and with the White-Label add-on your logo sits in the title block in place of ours. Your company name and drawn-by initials fill from My Info on every sheet either way.

Do I have to finish the drawing in PlotForge?

No. Export the layered DXF after the parcel, setbacks and footprints are in place and finish in your own CAD. Many drafters do both: PlotForge for the residential permit sheets, the DXF for the jobs that go into a full set.

What if the client sends me a plat or a hand sketch?

Import it as a PDF or image, calibrate it on two known points so it locks to true scale, and trace over it with every tool. If it is a recorded survey, trace the boundary and promote it; the setbacks follow the survey and the sheet says so.

Can I keep every client's plan?

On a subscription, yes: the whole plan saves to your account with autosave as you draw, reopens from any computer, and reopening never uses a plan credit. Studio keeps 20 projects and Contractor keeps 100. One-time packs export but do not save.

Can I email a plan to a colleague?

Yes, on a subscription. Download the whole site plan as one plan file, email it, and a colleague opens it in PlotForge and keeps editing. Opening a plan file never uses a plan credit.

Is a PlotForge™ site plan a survey?

No. The property lines are the recorded parcel lines from public records, drawn to scale over an aerial photo. That is what most building departments accept for a permit site plan, and it is not a boundary survey or an engineered drawing. If your office requires a sealed survey for this project, PlotForge can trace that recorded survey as the boundary and the sheet prints a notice saying so.

Does it work where I am?

PlotForge™ covers all 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the only exceptions in the country are named on the coverage page. It is also expanding into Canada, starting with select counties in Ontario and Alberta. The most reliable check is free: sign up, type the address, and watch the lot load.

Finish the next site plan in minutes

Load the client's lot, add the footprints, dimension it or export the DXF. Free for 30 days, no credit card required; clean exports and the DXF from $29.

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