Type the Address. Get the Footprint. Start Measuring

Every window and door project begins with a property. But too often, the digital version of that project starts as a blank page.

Before measurements can be organized, photos attached, openings identified, or installation details documented, someone first has to recreate the structure. That may mean drawing the property manually, working from screenshots, looking through different mapping systems, or trying to make sense of information collected in the field.

WindSketch changes that starting point.

Create a project, enter the property address, and WindSketch can bring the building footprint directly into the editor. Instead of beginning with an empty canvas, your team can start with a visual representation of the actual property and immediately begin organizing the work around it.

With access to 190M+ building footprints across the U.S., Canada, and the UK, more projects can begin with useful property context already in place.

A Better Starting Point for Every Site Visit

Having the footprint ready before you begin measuring changes the way information is collected.

Rather than creating a drawing while walking around the property, your team can focus on the actual work. Windows, doors, shutters, and other openings can be placed directly on the structure in the position where they exist.

As the technician moves around the property, each opening becomes part of a visual map of the job.

Front bedroom window. Sliding glass door on the rear elevation. Kitchen opening on the east side.

Instead of those details living only inside notes, photo galleries, or someone’s memory, they have a clear location within the project.

Every Opening Has a Place

One of the biggest challenges in window and door projects is not collecting information. It is understanding exactly what that information belongs to later.

A project might contain dozens of measurements, hundreds of photos, notes from multiple people, and several similar-looking windows. A picture labeled “IMG_4827” means very little when someone in the office is reviewing the project days later.

When openings are positioned on the property, that information gains context.

Photos taken for a specific window can remain associated with that opening. Measurements can stay attached to the correct location. Notes about damage, installation conditions, accessories, or special requirements can be documented where they belong.

The project becomes easier to understand because the information is no longer just stored—it is organized visually.

Photos Become Part of the Project, Not Just a Camera Roll

Photos are essential during measuring and installation, but large photo collections can quickly become difficult to navigate.

Which picture belongs to Window 4? Was that frame damage on the north side or the rear elevation? Which opening had the unusual sill condition?

A visual project structure helps remove that uncertainty.

Instead of searching through an unorganized collection of images, teams can work from the property itself and access information in context. The footprint provides a natural way to segment the job by location, making it easier for salespeople, measurers, office staff, project managers, and installers to understand what they are looking at.

This becomes especially valuable when the person reviewing the project was never physically at the property.

Make the Project Understandable at a Glance

A well-documented project should not require a long explanation.

Someone opening the job should be able to see the property, understand where the openings are located, select an opening, and find the information associated with it.

That level of visual organization can improve communication throughout the entire project lifecycle.

The salesperson can understand what was measured. The office can prepare documentation with better context. The installer can see where each product belongs. And if a question appears weeks or months later, the project still provides a visual record of what happened and where.

Instead of information being scattered across drawings, folders, photo galleries, messages, and separate systems, the property becomes the center of the project.

Less Time Drawing. More Time Documenting What Matters.

Automatically starting from the property footprint may look like a small improvement, but it changes the workflow from the very beginning.

You spend less time recreating information that already exists and more time documenting the details that actually matter: openings, measurements, photos, conditions, notes, and installation requirements.

The result is not simply a faster way to create a sketch.

It is a better way to build a visual record of the project.

Create the project. Enter the address. Start measuring.

With 190M+ building footprints across the U.S., Canada, and the UK, WindSketch helps window and door professionals start with the property already in view—and build the rest of the project around it.