Key takeaways
- Traditional workflows enter the same measurements several times across sketch, form, and workfile.
- A full interior scan takes about 20–25 minutes for a typical home and produces dimensions, floor plan, GLA, and room counts.
- Up to 90 percent of the report's structural property data can come straight from verified field data.
From typist back to analyst
Residential appraisal has long run on manual data entry. You inspect, measure, and then re-enter the same measurements and characteristics into sketch software, the form, and the workfile. Too much of the job becomes typing instead of analysis. UAD 3.6 arrives alongside tools that let you capture property data once in the field and reuse it automatically.
Where the time goes
- Measurements taken on site
- Sketch drawn by hand
- Measurements re-entered into forms software
- Room counts and features typed in
- Details transcribed again into the workfile
Every repeat adds delay, transcription errors, and inconsistencies between systems, which raise both production time and revision risk.
Capture at the source
Modern scanning apps combine LiDAR for geometry, computer vision for visual documentation, automatic floor plan generation, and structured data extraction. A full interior scan of a typical home takes about 20–25 minutes and produces:
- Accurate room dimensions
- A digital floor plan
- Gross living area calculations
- Room counts and spatial relationships
- Interior and exterior documentation
Auto-populating the report
When data is captured digitally during the inspection, it can move straight into the report. In practice, as much as 90 percent of the structural property information an appraisal needs can come directly from verified field data, with far less transcription.
The appraiser's role
Technology-enabled inspections do not replace the appraiser. Less time measuring and typing means more time on comparable sales, market trends, condition and quality, and reconciling the approaches to value. The appraiser stays responsible for the analysis and the value opinion.
Why this fits UAD 3.6
UAD 3.6 moves reporting to structured data, so capturing information accurately at the source matters more. Scans produce structured property data that plugs into the appraisal workflow, rather than a picture someone has to read and re-type.
- Efficiency: faster inspection, less data entry, shorter production time.
- Accuracy: measurements from spatial scans, fewer transcription errors, consistent room geometry.
- Focus: more time for analysis and valuation.