Over the years, many companies have carefully archived valuable technical drawings. As digitalization progressed, these documents were scanned and stored on servers.

But instead of making things easier, this often created a new problem: a digital filing cabinet full of unstructured files, even harder to search than the original paper archive. Anyone looking for a specific plan has to sift through endless folder structures and cryptic filenames. Older plans with handwritten notes, stencil lettering, or outdated formatting remain difficult to find, leaving valuable information untouched.

To solve this issue, Innomatik AG developed the AI-powered plan search solution “inno:plan.” This system analyzes all scanned plans and makes them searchable in seconds—through natural language input, and all on-premise, without sending any data to the cloud. Users simply type their search query into a chatbot interface, and the system displays all relevant plans. It can even highlight the requested information directly on the drawing. For example, users can ask to visually highlight all speakers in the electrical plan of a specific building.

The technology can recognize even old hand-drawn plans or documents with stencil lettering. If it’s legible to the human eye, the AI can process it. That means: no more tedious searching, no more endless clicking through PDFs.

With inno:plan, the digital archive becomes a powerful tool for fast access to critical information. It saves time, reduces frustration, and boosts efficiency across your workflows.