Floor Plan
PNG · JPG · PDFA photo or scan of a 2D plan is enough. Set the scale from one known distance — most plans carry a dimension line — and the built-in resize tool walks you through it.*
Plan your floor in four steps: upload your room, pick a material and pattern, let the optimizer cut the waste, and walk out with a shopping list and a laying plan you can work from.
One continuous run: upload the demo plan, trace a room, pick the pattern and export the cut list.
Standard industry practice dictates adding a 10–15% material buffer to account for complex room shapes, diagonal patterns, and human error. But this isn't just a safety net—it's a guaranteed financial loss. Here is the reality of traditional laying:
Average verified material waste for traditional floor tile laying.
The amount that material waste contributes to total project cost overruns.
The amount of guesswork required when using Autolay's layout optimization.
Figures: industry averages used across this site's waste studies.
There is no one-size-fits-all figure — these factors influence the amount of waste. AUTOLAY's precise planning saves you from unnecessary offcuts.
*Average 538 ft² job at $2.79/ft² material — AUTOLAY halves the 15.58% industry-average waste.
Three inputs work. Pick the one that matches your project — each one ends in the same place: an exact room boundary the optimizer can plan against.
A photo or scan of a 2D plan is enough. Set the scale from one known distance — most plans carry a dimension line — and the built-in resize tool walks you through it.*
The standard for newer buildings. The viewer displays the model, detects the floor levels automatically, and lets you pick the storey you're laying.
Read the BIM take-off guide →From a robot or any 3D scanner. Floor detection and the boundary tool trace the exact contour — this is the input our laying robots work from.
Read the 3D scan take-off guide →On a 2D plan the planner finds the room under your pointer: it lights up as you hover, one click takes its outline, door openings already sealed. The corners stay draggable if a wall came out wrong.
“Add another room” queues the next one – a whole flat is a handful of clicks, and the optimizer lays every room in one plan.
Try it on the example plan →* 2D plans vary in precision. Treat the first result as an estimate until you've confirmed one measured distance on site.
Choose from common materials and plank formats, or enter a custom size when your product isn't on the shelf. Every dimension the optimizer uses is the one you set.
Four laying patterns are built in: straight, staggered (1/2), staggered (1/3) and herringbone — the pattern changes the cut plan, so it's part of the calculation, not a cosmetic toggle.
For your chosen material and pattern, the planner reuses every usable offcut — carrying each row's leftover into the next — to shrink your shopping list and cut waste. It still lays the floor the way a pro would:
Download the material summary with the full cost estimate, and a laying plan precise enough to work from — every piece numbered on the plan, with the building outline overlaid so you know where each one goes.
Save the project to your account to reopen it later, send it to the shop, or hand it to one of our laying robots.
Start planning →Browse our video walkthroughs or reach out directly — our team is happy to help you get the most out of AUTOLAY.