Scanning with LiDAR

Capture a real room with Apple RoomPlan, then convert or merge it into an editable drawing.

On supported devices you can scan a real room with LiDAR and turn it into an editable Kaleidoscope Plan drawing, using Apple’s RoomPlan.

Scanning a room with LiDAR via RoomPlan — Capture a room with LiDAR, then refine it into a clean drawing.

Supported devices

Scanning needs a LiDAR sensor — iPhone Pro models and LiDAR-equipped iPad Pro. On other devices the + New scan action is disabled, but you can still open and edit drawings made from scans elsewhere. (In the Simulator, scanning reports “device not supported”.)

Capturing a room

Open a project (or Unfiled), go to the Scans section, and tap + New scan.
The full-screen capture view opens. Move slowly around the room so the sensor sees every wall, door and window.
RoomPlan builds the geometry live as you go.
Tap Done.

Everything is processed on your device — nothing is uploaded.

How a scan is stored

A scan is saved inside its project as a small folder holding:

The raw capture — Apple’s CapturedRoom, kept verbatim and never edited. It’s the source of truth, so a future converter improvement can be re-run against it.
Scan metadata — device model, OS and RoomPlan version, capture duration, notes, and a status of active or archived.

You can also share a scan as a single self-contained .kalascan file.

Turning a scan into a drawing

From the scan’s detail screen:

Create new drawing — converts the capture into a fresh .kalar in the same project’s drawings, and archives the scan.
Add to existing drawing — merges the scanned room(s) into a drawing you pick (scoped to the same project first). The scan archives afterward.

Because the raw capture is preserved, you can re-convert an archived scan at any time.

Refining the result

A converted scan is a starting point — clean it up in the editor:

Square up almost-right corners with Wall Edit Mode.
Set wall materials, ceiling heights and add openings.
Resolve any validation issues.

Tips for a clean scan

Good, even lighting helps the sensor.
Keep a steady pace and don’t rush corners.
Re-scan a wall that looks incomplete before tapping Done.