How to turn a PDF plan into an Excel takeoff
You cannot "copy-paste" a PDF plan into Excel: a plan is lines, not a table. You first have to extract quantities from it. Here is how.
Why copy-paste fails
A plan PDF contains geometry (lines, polylines) and sometimes text, but no notion of "room area" or "door count". Excel expects rows and columns, so you need an extraction step that turns geometry into quantities.
Extract the quantities
FloorScan analyzes the plan: it sets the scale, detects rooms and openings, then computes surfaces, perimeters and linear metres. This analysis layer is what produces tabular data, where a generic PDF-to-Excel converter would only return loose text.
The resulting Excel sheet
The Excel export lists rooms with their area, finish type, heights if set, door/window counts and partition linear metres. Each row is a priced-ready quantity, per level if the project has several.
DXF too, not just Excel
If you need the geometry as well as the numbers, export to DXF with layers (walls, rooms, openings, dimensions) for AutoCAD or another CAD tool. Excel for pricing, DXF for drawing: both come from the same analysis.
Keep a critical eye
Before pricing, check the scale and review the detected rooms: an Excel sheet is only as reliable as the analysis behind it. FloorScan flags doubtful scales, but the final review is yours.
Turning a PDF plan into Excel is not converting a file: it is analyzing it to extract quantities. FloorScan does that analysis and hands you the spreadsheet directly — and the DXF if needed.