The first step is to create a point cloud of the building, such as the one shown at the top of the page, showing the outside and the basement of the Chaffey’s Locks Community Hall, or below, the same hall, showing only an inside view from the side.

Chaffeys Locks Community Hall Point Cloud

This can be converted into a standard 2D AutoCAD drawing, if desired, as shown:

Chaffeys Lock Community Hall-Ground Floor Plan

A more powerful option that is now available is to simply work from the point cloud, attaching notes and documents to a given point or area in the point cloud, as in this example of a condition assessment report for the former Devil’s Lake Sawmill:

Devil’s Lake Sawmill BIM Example