CURRENT-REVISION CHECK FOR DRAWINGS

Is this print still the current revision?

The QR code is printed next to the title block. Scan it, read it, carry on — no app, no sign-in.

✓Current revision
!Superseded
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Your own test environment with a ready-made example. Just an email address and company name, no account.

PLAN-STATUS.COM/BEISPIEL Open a sample answer → Scan it with your phone — or tap
WHAT PLANSTATUS DOES

One code on the sheet.
For as long as the sheet exists.

Every issued revision gets a six-character code. The code is printed onto the drawing as a QR code and stays there. Anyone who scans it learns at once whether this particular print is still valid — and if not, which revision applies and what has changed since.

Made for building and road drawings, shop drawings, rebar drawings and traffic management plans — wherever paper stays in circulation longer than the revision it carries.

CODE
6 characters, no I L O U
ADDRESS
plan-status.com/XXXXXX
ERROR CORRECTION
Level H, QR drawn as vector geometry
ANSWER PAGE
One request, under 15 kB
WHEN SCANNED
No cookie, no script, no third-party font
REVISIONS
Never deleted, only marked superseded
IN THREE STEPS
01
Create the revision
Project, drawing number, issue date. Planstatus assigns a short code, for example K7M2QX.
02
Print the QR with it
The code goes next to the title block, with the drawing number in plain text beside it. For Allplan there is a plugin that draws the QR straight into the drawing as vector geometry — no image, no mush when plotting.
03
Scan
Whoever holds the drawing gets one of two answers. There is nothing else to decide.
TWO ANSWERS, NOTHING ELSE

Same drawing, two prints. Only the revision tells them apart.

THIS IS THE ANSWER ON A PHONE · SHOWN WITH SAMPLE DATA
TITLE BLOCK · DETAILA1 · 1:100
PROJECT
B97 Umfahrung Nord
DRAWING TITLE
Standard cross-section, east
DRAWING NO.
Z7B34-5
ISSUED
02.09.26
K7M2QX
CHECK REVISIONPLAN-STATUS.COM/K7M2QX
On paper you scan it · here you can tap it
9:41
SCANNED: K7M2QX
Current revision
This print is valid.
Z7B34-5
Standard cross-section, east
PROJECT
B97 Umfahrung Nord
SCALE
1:100 · A1
ISSUED
02.09.2026
CHANGE
Shoulder width east corrected to 1.50 m
PLANSTATUSDoes not replace a drawing approval or your own check.

Green: the drawing is valid. Beside it stand project, scale and issue date — enough to identify the print beyond doubt.

9:41
SCANNED: T4XQ8B
Superseded
Z7B34-5 of 02 Sep 2026 is the valid one.
Z7B34-3
Your print · issued 11 Jul 2026
PROJECT
B97 Umfahrung Nord
DRAWING TITLE
Standard cross-section, east
SCALE
1:100 · A1
SINCE THEN
−4 · Level of axis 2 raised by 3 cm
−5 · Shoulder width east corrected to 1.50 m
PLANSTATUSDoes not replace a drawing approval or your own check.

Red: the drawing has been superseded. The page names the valid revision and what has changed since — not merely that something is wrong.

WHY IT MATTERS

A superseded drawing looks exactly like a valid one.

That is precisely the problem: paper carries no expiry date. The folder in the site office, the print in the van, the copy at the subcontractor — every one of them leads its own life, and none of them speaks up when it is superseded.

The usual remedy is a phone call: “Is this still the latest?” The call costs two people five minutes, often never happens, and fails outside office hours. A QR code on the sheet replaces it with a gesture anyone performs without being taught.

WHAT PLANSTATUS IS NOT

Trust comes from clear limits.

Not a drawing server, not a document management system
Your drawings stay where they are.
The drawings themselves are never uploaded
Stored are drawing number, title, scale, issue date and status — the answer needs nothing more.
No sign-in for whoever scans
Only those who create revisions have an account.
No app
The camera of any current phone reads QR codes.
Not an approval
The answer states the recorded revision; it is not a permission. Whoever uses a drawing still checks it themselves.
And if Planstatus one day ceases to exist?
A complete static export can be generated from the database: every code as its own HTML page, with no database behind it. That folder can be placed on any web server — after which every printed QR code answers its question again.
FREQUENT QUESTIONS

Questions asked on site.

What is a current-revision check?
The check of whether a drawing in hand still matches the last issued revision. Traditionally this means calling the office that issued it. Planstatus moves the check onto the drawing itself: the printed QR code leads to a page that confirms or refutes the revision of that particular sheet.
Does the answer replace a drawing approval?
No. Planstatus shows which revision the issuing office has recorded — not whether you may build from the drawing. Responsibility for checking and using a drawing stays with whoever uses it. In case of doubt the call to the issuing office decides, not the screen.
Do you need an app to scan?
No. The camera app on iPhone and Android recognises QR codes by itself. An ordinary web page opens, with no sign-in and no installation.
How does the QR code get onto the drawing?
Two ways. Either the code is downloaded from Planstatus and placed in the CAD layout, or — with Allplan — through the “Planstatus QR” plugin, which draws the code straight into the drawing as vector geometry and creates the revision at the push of a button. For other programs there is a lean interface.
What happens when a new revision is issued?
The new revision gets its own code, and every older revision of the same drawing is set to superseded in the same step. From that moment on, every older print reports when scanned that it has been overtaken.
Does it work with poor reception on site?
Yes. The answer page is a single request with no images, no font files and no script, well under 15 kilobytes. It is built for EDGE, not for 5G. Entirely without a connection it will not work, though.
How long does a code stay valid?
That is how the system is built: a code is never issued twice, and a recorded revision is not deleted but carried on as superseded or withdrawn. No promise about a particular operating period is implied by this — that would be a matter for an agreement.
Who can see the answer?
Anyone who knows the code — that is, anyone holding the drawing. The codes are assigned at random and cannot be guessed: from one code neither the next nor another project can be derived. Whoever has no drawing sees nothing.

Scan. Read. Carry on.

3.99€
per user and month
NET, PLUS VAT · BUSINESS PRICE
  • Unlimited projects, drawings and revisions — no tiers
  • Scanning stays free for everyone, no account needed
  • UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2026 — THEN 4.99 €

Planstatus is developed and operated by NEED immersive reality GmbH in Graz, Austria. If you would like to use it on a project, or have a question: write or call.

office@xr-need.com +43 699 190 262 88