For licensed outdoor living contractors

Six answers in.
Fourteen sheets out.

Enter the project once. MyDraftDesk drafts the full sheet set, sizes the structure, and routes it to a licensed architect for review.

What lands in the set

Fourteen sheets, in this order, every time. The numbering is the sheet index, not a marketing device.

01Cover Sheet
02Site Plan
03Floor and Layout Plan
04Roof Plan
05Elevations, front and side
06Building Sections A-A and B-B
07Structural Framing Plan
08Structural Details
09Foundation Plan
10Foundation Details
11Electrical Plan
12Attachment Details
13Material and Finish Schedule
14General Notes and Code Summary

Answer, question, draft, review

Four moves. The middle two are the ones other tools skip.

Answer

Six project details

Category, address, dimensions, structure options, features and finish. Dimensions are entered in feet and inches. There is no decimal field anywhere in the app.

Question

It asks when it is unsure

Genuine ambiguity comes back as a clarifying question instead of a quiet assumption. Answer it once and that answer is carried into every later regeneration.

Draft

Size, research, then check

A deterministic calculator sizes the structure. Code and zoning research runs against your jurisdiction. A second independent pass checks the whole set before anything is saved.

Review

A licensed architect sees it first

Every set is saved as pending architect review. An architect approves it or sends it back with redlines. Nothing marks itself ready.

Then you talk to it in plain language

"Move the posts to the corners." "Client wants a 12 foot ceiling instead." Type it or dictate it. The set regenerates and the version number moves, with the previous version kept so you can compare the two side by side.

Every number is an editable assumption

Nothing in the set is presented as a stamped calculation. Each figure lands as an assumption you can verify or correct, and a value you have corrected is honoured on every future regeneration instead of being computed over.

Coverage today

Two categories generate. Nineteen refuse.

The generation pipeline is built and verified for one structure type: patio covers and pergolas. Every other category on this list is visible so you can see where the product is going, and is greyed out in the app so it cannot be selected.

A category joins the live list only once the structural calculator and the code research genuinely cover it. Turning one on is not a switch in the interface.

2 / 21Categories that can generate a set
Pools Patios Live Pergolas Live Pavilions Gazebos Decks Docks Concrete flatwork Retaining walls Fireplaces Fire pits Outdoor kitchens Outdoor showers Screened enclosures ADU Houses Garages Carports Additions Barns Commercial

Built for a truck bed, not a desk

Bright sun, dirty hands, one bar of signal. The interface was designed against those three conditions rather than adapted to them.

The revision queue survives a dead zone

Submit a revision with no signal and it is held, not lost. It stays queued through navigation and app restarts, and retries when the connection comes back.

Dictation for revisions

Speech to text is wired into the revision panel, so a change can be spoken while your hands are covered in something. Your device does the transcription.

Face or fingerprint unlock

Session unlock uses the biometric check already on your phone, so a shared truck is not a shared account.

Photos and site plans go in

Attach jobsite photos, an existing site plan, or a written estimate at intake. The pipeline reads them.

PDF out

Export the set as a PDF for the permit office, the client, or your own file.

Feet and inches. Never a decimal.

Dimensions are entered the way they are called on site. A decimal field is a typo waiting to become a framing error, so the app does not have one.

A review step, not a stamp

Generation ends with the set marked pending architect review. A licensed architect opens it, reads the assumptions and the code findings, and either approves it or returns it with redlines. Until that happens the set is not marked ready and the app does not pretend otherwise.

Be clear about this

MyDraftDesk does not seal drawings and is not a substitute for a licensed architect or engineer of record on your project. It cannot promise that any plan set will be approved by any permit office. Permitting is decided by your jurisdiction on its own terms, and verifying local code compliance remains your responsibility as the licensed contractor.

Written down so you find it here first

What it does not do yet

This is the list a demo would leave out. It is accurate as of the current build.

No to-scale drawing

Sheets are generic blueprint-style layouts. The computed content is real and attached to each sheet as notes, but there is no vector or CAD rendering behind it.

Nineteen categories are off

Anything that is not a patio cover or a pergola cannot generate. The app refuses rather than producing something that looks like a plan set and is not one.

Four panels are still placeholder

Takeoff, vendors, annotations and the permit checklist show sample content, not your project. Treat them as a preview of the shape, not as data.

No notification on approval

When an architect approves a set or requests changes, nothing pushes to your phone yet. You will see it the next time you open the project.

No stamp or e-signature capture

Approval is recorded in the app. There is no professional seal or signature captured on the sheets themselves.

Pilot, not general release

MyDraftDesk is in a working pilot with a narrow scope. Pricing is not set and nothing is being charged.

Bring a patio cover you already sold

The pilot wants real projects from licensed contractors, not test data. Send the category, the jurisdiction you build in, and roughly how many sets a month you would draw.

Pilot access

Tell us what you build

One email is enough. We reply with what the pilot covers today and what it does not.

Join the pilot

Goes to hello@mydraftdesk.com. No account is created and nothing is charged.