Guides
Guides for people who draw floor plans for a living
Practical, honest explanations for floor plan drafters, virtual assistants, real estate photographers and agents. No marketing fluff, just what you need to deliver a plan a client accepts the first time.
Start with what an FML file is if a client has asked you for one. Read floor plans for Dutch real estate if you draw for agents or photographers in the Netherlands, and floor plan software for drafters if you are choosing a tool for weekly work. Comparing tools? See Floorplanner alternatives. Want to see what Dinoplan itself does? Have a look at the features.
Want to see the floor plan of an ordinary Dutch home? Browse the floor plan examples: from terraced house to tiny house, in 2D and 3D, open without an account.
- CubiCasa alternative: scan or draw your own floor plan (2026)CubiCasa scans a home with your phone and sends back a finished floor plan. Dinoplan lets you draw it yourself in the browser. What each costs, and when which one fits.
- Floorplanner pricing and credits explained: what do you really pay per floor plan?Floorplanner works with credits per project level and with subscriptions. We work out in euros what a floor plan costs at 5, 10, 14, 20 and 50 floor plans a month.
- Magicplan alternative for real estate floor plans (2026)What Magicplan is good at, where Dinoplan differs, what both cost and who is better off staying with Magicplan. Facts about Magicplan taken from its own website.
- RoomSketcher alternative for real estate floor plans (2026)RoomSketcher is an all-round app for 2D and 3D floor plans with credits for outputs. Dinoplan is a browser tool for real estate floor plans with FML. What each costs, and when which one fits.
- Turn a PDF into a floor plan with AI: from drawing to editable planReading a drawing means taking walls, rooms and sizes out of an existing plan. What works with a vector PDF, a scan or a hand sketch, what Claude can do, where recognition goes wrong and how to check the result.
- Floorplanner alternatives for real estate floor plans (2026)Six alternatives to Floorplanner, from drawing tools to scanning apps and outsourcing, with an honest look at what each is good at and what you need for Funda.
- Floor plan drafting software: how to choose a tool for weekly listing workWhat a floor plan tool must do when you draw for photographers and agents every week, the three kinds of software, a checklist, and when a flat monthly fee beats paying per plan.
- Floor plans for Dutch real estate: the five things every client expectsWhat Dutch agents and photographers expect from a floor plan: FML for Funda, inside m² per room, the 1.5 m and 2.0 m attic lines, labelled floors and their branding. With Dutch room names and the mistakes foreign drafters make most.
- What is an FML file?FML is the file format behind Floorplanner and the interactive floor plans on Funda. We explain what is inside, who asks for it, how to open, make and convert an FML file, and what can go wrong.
Try it yourself
Try it yourself, with the sample house.
Open the sample home in the editor, or download the files Dinoplan makes.
Free: 3 projects, exports with a watermark. No credit card. Pro €19.99 a month, or €2.99 per floor plan. Final prices, nothing is added.
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