Guide · 4 min

Trace a plan and set the scale

The starting point for every job: get the drawing in, make it measure true, and put your first walls down.

Load the plan PDF

Drag the architect's PDF straight onto the workspace. It drops in at full resolution as the background you trace over. No exporting to an image or converting first.

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← Back to drawing (no PDF) Drop your building plan PDF here or upload a file to start drawing walls over the plan Choose a PDF Multi-page plans are supported. Each page is calibrated separately. No plan to work from? Start with an empty workspace Fixed at 1:100 metric - great for quick what-ifs and sample walls. You can change the ratio anytime.

How a block estimate works 1 Define wall types in the side rail - bond, height, body / corner blocks. 2 Upload the plan and calibrate the scale by clicking two points of a known dimension. 3 Draw walls over the plan - corners, T-junctions, joints, and openings are automatic. 4 Tally updates live. Click Export estimate to print.

Calibrate the scale

Pick the calibrate tool and click along a dimension you already know, like a 4000mm wall. Type the real length. From that moment every measurement on the plan is true.

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Display Home — Full Set + Reference ← 3 / 6 → + Add page − 100% + 2D 3D Recalibrating - 1:100 ⌄ ✓ Change… 1:51:101:201:251:501:751:1001:1251:1501:2001:2501:3001:4001:5001:7501:1000 Custom… Replace primary

Click the first point along a known dimension on the plan. Zoom in for accuracy. Real-world length of that line: 4000 mm

Draw wall + Add opening + Control joint + Step Ruler Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

All pages

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▸ Block tally · 1,284

▾ Scale · 1:100

Known 4 000 mm

Measured 82.4 px

Ratio 1:100

Status Locked

Draw the walls

Click one end of a wall, then the other. Beme snaps to ends and corners as you go, so runs meet cleanly. Straight walls and curved walls both work the same way.

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Display Home — Full Set + Reference ← 3 / 6 → + Add page − 100% + 2D 3D Scale: 1:100 Recalibrate Replace primary

Click two points on the plan to draw a wall. Press Esc to cancel.

Stop drawing + Add opening + Control joint + Step Ruler Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

All pages

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▾ Wall types · 4 + Add

wall 190 External Active stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 8 walls 1 override Edit Duplicate Save to library Delete

wall 140 Internal stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 3 walls

wall 290 Garage stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 2 walls

wall 90 Partition stretcher bond · 2.40 m · 1 wall

▾ Supply items · 6 + Add

Include items and edit quantities from the Export page.

▸ Steel · 2

▸ Raw material · 1

▸ Cement · 3

▾ Block tally · 1,284 blocks 14 walls

Total blocks 0 14 walls · 48.6 m run

4 types · 7 openings · 3 piers

Code Block Count

20.48 H Block 0

20.01 Standard Block 0

20.03 Half Block 0

20.45 Cleanout Block 0

20.20 Knockout Block 0

20.12 Standard Lintel Block 0

20.02 Three Quarter 0

40.925 400mm Pier Block 0

Measure anything with the ruler

Reach for the ruler any time you want to check a span without committing a wall to it. It is the quickest way to sanity-check the scale before you go further.

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Display Home — Full Set + Reference ← 3 / 6 → + Add page − 100% + 2D 3D Scale: 1:100 Recalibrate Replace primary

Click two points on the plan to measure the distance between them. Press Esc to cancel.

Draw wall + Add opening + Control joint + Step Stop measuring Clear all walls

Drawn · 2

P1 ✓ 9 walls

P3 ✓ 5 walls

All pages

▾ Area · Ground Floor

All areas

Ground Floor 9 walls

First Floor 3 walls

Garage 2 walls

+ New area

Trade Block Brick

▸ Wall types · 4 + Add

▸ Supply items · 6 + Add

▾ Block tally · 1,284 blocks 14 walls

Total blocks 0 14 walls · 48.6 m run

4 types · 7 openings · 3 piers

Code Block Count

20.48 H Block 0

20.01 Standard Block 0

20.03 Half Block 0

20.45 Cleanout Block 0

20.20 Knockout Block 0

20.12 Standard Lintel Block 0

20.02 Three Quarter 0

40.925 400mm Pier Block 0

Put it to work.

Open a plan you've already quoted and run it through. 14-day free trial, card required.

Your plan, traced Load the PDF you were sent, calibrate once, walk the walls.
The whole schedule Every block by code — ends, lintels, cuts and piers included.
A PDF you can send Branded, referenced, and matching the model block for block.