Planzeichner Schweiz AG is a specialized service provider for technical drawings and planning documents for the real estate industry as well as for architects and civil engineers.

The Zug-based company undertakes professional drafting work and offers a comprehensive range of services: from manually redrawing paper plans to creating implementation and detailed plans to  excavation, formwork, and reinforcement plans. One focus is on updating and long-term management of planning documents. The technical documentation ranges from tender and construction plans to marketing documents and CAFM basics for building management. With this approach, Planzeichner accompanies real estate through all its life phases—from project planning and marketing to ongoing management.

With the recently acquired rmDATA 3DWorx software, company founder Markus M. Müller has found the right software at the right time to offer his services efficiently and in high quality. 

Virtual factory

The company was founded 10 years ago based on the idea that many aspects of the analog world could be transferred to the digital world. “We are here to take on tedious tasks and handle the drafting work of engineers and architects, not only during peak periods,” says Markus Müller, outlining the main tasks and finding an apt name for his company: “virtual factory.”  

Planzeichner Schweiz AG commissions partner companies to create 3D scans or receives raw data or point clouds from scanning companies for processing. “We don't set foot on a construction site ourselves,” says Müller, defining the scope of his services.  

With 3DWorx, however, registering, merging, thinning, and processing point clouds is no longer rocket science. What the team used to do with a handful of different tools can now be done with a single product. “When I first encountered the software, I was immediately impressed because, based on my background in mathematics, I assumed it must be possible to automatically derive surfaces and edges from point clouds,” recalls the company owner, thinking back to his first encounters with the software. 3DWorx was therefore his answer.  

3D model as a basis

His recommendation to clients is always to create a 3D model directly when digitizing and documenting buildings. This provides significantly more information and enables a holistic understanding of the space. Meanwhile, 90% of his projects are already being realized with the help of point cloud technology. The team derives further derivatives from the 3D model of an inventory, such as inventory plans as a planning basis for architects or rental plans that are used online on rental platforms. The products that Planzeichner Schweiz AG delivers to clients are therefore plans, IFC models, or ArchiCAD files.

In building services engineering, a 3D model also represents an important basis for a complete renovation. “Here, the new function of automatic detection of pipe elements for OpenBIM models is a blessing for us,” says Müller.

Time savings and quality improvement

“For us, the biggest advantages of 3DWorx are the automatic recognition of components and the derivation of geometries with just a few clicks,” says the Planzeichner boss, adding that the function of idealizing angles when creating BIM elements guarantees better further processing of data. In general, he praises the good performance with large amounts of data as well as the simple and intuitive operation.

Drawing work can now be completed much faster, while maintaining high quality. “The end result is a product that we are delighted to present to our customers,” says Markus M. Müller with conviction.

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The core competence of Planzeichner Schweiz AG  lies in the professional creation of plans. The company relieves architects and engineers by providing precise manual drawing work where digital methods such as scans or vectorization are not sufficient.

Based on the plans, planzeichner.ch develops versatile visualizations in 2D and 3D, information sheets, signage, escape plans, and CAFM basics. With its special plan management service, the company offers its customers a complete package covering several years.

Planzeichner Schweiz AG's services accompany real estate throughout its entire life cycle – from project planning and management basics for rental properties to updating existing plan documents. The company thus supports various customer segments such as property owners, architects, engineers, managers, and brokers.