Less manual tracing. Reviewed CAD geometry from point clouds
Already in productive customer use for roads. Facades and rail are the next planned extensions.
You receive DXF with 3D polylines for the agreed object scope. With Full-Service, Jaroona completes and reviews the geometry. With AI-only, your firm handles review, completion, and approval.
Manual evaluation is the bottleneck
Laser scanners and mobile mapping capture a road in just a few hours. The real effort begins afterward in the office: point by point, guardrails, road markings, lane edges, walls, and fences are searched for in the point cloud and traced as lines in CAD.
Illustrative calculation: assuming 20–25 hours per kilometer, 50 km takes roughly 1,000–1,250 hours. At an example billing rate of €160/h, that equals a calculated billing value of €160,000–200,000. This is not internal personnel cost and not a guaranteed saving. Calculate your internal costs using your own full-cost rate. In a pilot, compare the total effort including review and rework.
20–25 hrs/km project-dependent assumption
€160/h example billing rate
€3,200–4,000/km calculated billing value
Your Benefits
More Capacity
take on new projects without hiring additional drafters.
Faster Delivery
hand over finished plans to your client earlier.
Review That Fits Your Service Model
With Full-Service, Jaroona completes and reviews the agreed scope. With AI-only, your office handles review, completion, and approval.
Your Client Stays Your Client
we deliver to your office, not to the road operator.
How It Works
Agree on Data Handover
The current input format is E57 (point cloud from mobile mapping or laser scanning); LAS/LAZ are in preparation – we confirm availability with you before the order starts. We also agree on the handover method before the order starts. The coordinate reference is preserved; you define which object classes are evaluated.
AI Recognition
The AI recognizes the agreed object classes, e.g., guardrails, road markings, and lane edges, and derives geometry from them. The project-specific target is up to 5 cm deviation relative to the point cloud – not an absolute guarantee. Areas with low recognition confidence are flagged.
Completion & Review
With Full-Service, Jaroona specialists complete and review hidden or uncertain areas – only on a traceable basis; interpolations are marked. The result is accepted according to the agreed quality criteria. With AI-only, your office reviews and completes.
CAD Delivery
You receive DXF with 3D polylines, separated by object class or layer, ready to use directly in your CAD environment. BIM/IFC output is planned as a future expansion; we will confirm availability with you.
Full-Service – reviewed CAD geometry for the agreed scope; additions only on a traceable basis and marked as such. No blanket promise of finished complete plans.
AI-only – automatically generated geometry with an uncertainty report showing where follow-up review is recommended. Review and approval are handled by your office.
Today's Scope and Next Extensions
Survey2CAD is already in productive use on roads. We agree the deliverable object scope and acceptance criteria for each order. The offering grows as further elements are released.
Before the order starts, we agree object classes, reference data set, and tolerances. The target is CAD lines with up to 5 cm deviation relative to the point cloud, depending on point density, coverage, and georeferencing. Absolute positional accuracy is assessed separately; this is not a general accuracy guarantee.
Guardrails and Guardrail Posts
Course of the rail top edge as a 3D polyline, posts as points along the axis. Extension of existing customer use: broader rollout planned from January 2027, following class release.
Road Markings
Edge, guide, and barrier lines as well as lane markings as lines, separated by marking type. Extension of existing customer use: broader rollout planned from January 2027, following class release.
Road Edges
Continuous edge lines along the entire route, even where markings are interrupted. Extension of existing customer use: planned for Q1 2027, following release.
Concrete Barriers
Base line and top edge as two 3D polylines. Extension of existing customer use: broader rollout planned from January 2027, following class release.
Noise Barriers and Fences
Course along the road as a 3D polyline, separated into wall and fence. Extension of existing customer use: planned for Q1 2027, following release.
Applications
One platform for your evaluation: roads are in productive use today. Facades and rail follow as the next application areas.
Roads
Productive in customer use
Existing road projects and CAD deliveries for the agreed scope as 3D polylines in DXF. The class offering is being expanded step by step.
Building Facades
Next extension
The existing platform is being extended for facade geometry; partner data is available. We agree on project needs with you early.
Rail
Next extension
Extension of the same platform for rail infrastructure; there is already interest from the rail sector. We agree on project needs with you early.
Your project with Jaroona
From point cloud to CAD delivery, we work with your office in a clearly defined process. Object classes, layer structure, and quality criteria follow your project.
Agree on the project
We agree on road section, scope, object classes, format, and data handover with you.
Evaluate the agreed scope
We evaluate the agreed object classes on your point cloud.
Deliver reviewed CAD geometry
With Full-Service, you receive reviewed CAD geometry as DXF with 3D polylines for the agreed scope. With AI-only, we deliver automatic geometry with an uncertainty report; your office handles review and completion.
Your Data
Point clouds contain project and client data from your office – we handle it accordingly.
Processing in your customer region
Your project and point cloud data is processed and stored within the agreed customer region. Necessary support access from outside this region takes place only if expressly agreed in advance and permitted under applicable data protection law. We confirm the available processing region before the order starts and record it in the contract documents.
Encrypted
Transmission and storage are encrypted.
Confidential & purpose-bound
Only authorised persons and contracted service providers have access to your project data, to the extent necessary to perform the agreed services. We use your data exclusively for your order.
Deletion on request
After project completion, we delete your project data on request in accordance with the agreed deletion periods. Statutory retention requirements and agreed backup cycles remain taken into account. We provide a data processing agreement under applicable data protection law.
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