Hundreds of photos in folders with no spatial context. Clients asking 'where exactly was this crack?'.
pin360 fixes this.
Structural engineers face a persistent documentation problem. A condition survey generates hundreds of photos that arrive back in the office without spatial context — no clear indication of which photo belongs to which structural element, and no way for a client unfamiliar with a building to navigate the evidence. The traditional workaround is to number photos, annotate drawings by hand, and cross-reference laboriously in a written report. This takes hours and produces documents that are difficult for clients to use.
Pin360 solves this by making the floor plan itself the navigation interface. Every photo lives at a specific location on the engineer's own PDF drawings — the same drawings the client already has, the same drawings the structural engineer worked from at design stage. Clients click a pin on the plan and immediately see a 360° view from that exact location. Severity classifications translate the engineer's professional assessment into immediately understood visual coding.
The survey becomes a permanent, shareable digital record — accessible years later when the building changes hands or the same defect reappears. For structural engineers, this eliminates the photo-numbering overhead, produces more compelling client deliverables, and reduces the number of follow-up queries asking 'which wall did this crack appear on?'. For firms working on subsidence investigations, crack monitoring programmes, or multi-visit condition reports, the ability to compare surveys over time is particularly valuable.
Built for Structural Engineering
Precise Pinning
Drop markers on your structural drawings to mark exact defect locations.
Severity Pins
Use color-coded pins to flag high-priority structural issues.
Interactive Reports
Give clients a 'Street View' of their own building's condition.
How It Works in Practice
1
Upload your structural drawings
Before the site visit, upload the relevant PDF structural drawings or floor plans to pin360. Multi-page PDFs are supported, so you can upload an entire drawing set in a single file and navigate between levels on site or at your desk. The plan becomes your navigation interface for the entire survey.
2
Photograph each survey location
On site, use your 360° camera — Insta360, Ricoh Theta, or GoPro Max — to photograph each key structural element, defect location, or area of interest. No special mounting or complex setup is required. One 360° shot per location captures the full spatial context: surrounding structure, access routes, and scale.
3
Pin panoramas to the drawing
Back at the office, open the drawing in pin360 and drop a pin at the precise location of each photograph. Attach the panorama file. For defects, set a severity classification: critical for structural safety concerns, major for significant deterioration, minor for cosmetic issues, advisory for items to monitor.
4
Add your technical observations
For each pinned location, type the relevant observation — crack widths, materials, extent of damage, or professional assessment. Notes appear when the client clicks the pin. This combines the photographic evidence with your professional interpretation in a single, linked record.
5
Share a single survey link
Generate the project link and send it to your client, include it in your written report, or share it with your team. Anyone can navigate the survey in any browser with no software or account required. The link becomes the permanent, shareable record of the building's condition at the survey date.
Common Use Cases
Structural Condition Surveys
Defect Reporting & Monitoring
Pre-demolition Documentation
Subsidence Investigations
Frequently Asked Questions
pin360 is purpose-built for structural engineers. It lets you pin 360° panoramic photos directly onto your own PDF floor plans and share an interactive link with clients — so every photo has a precise location on the drawing, not just a filename in a folder.
With pin360, upload your PDF structural drawings, drop a marker at each location you photographed, and attach the 360° panorama. Clients and colleagues can click each pin to see an interactive 360° view from that exact location. Add severity pins for defects and share the whole survey as a single link.
Structural engineers traditionally use Bluebeam for PDF markup and iAuditor for checklists, but neither handles 360° photo pinning well. pin360 fills this gap — a dedicated tool for pinning immersive 360° site photos to the actual structural drawings engineers work from.
Yes. pin360 works with any equirectangular 360° camera including Insta360, Ricoh Theta, and GoPro Max. There is no proprietary hardware requirement — engineers use whatever camera they already own.
pin360 offers a free plan for individual engineers. Paid plans start at £348/year (charged annually) for practices needing additional projects and team members. This is significantly more affordable than enterprise tools like Matterport ($65–$510/month) or OpenSpace ($5,000+/year).
pin360 is a focused documentation tool rather than a complex task management platform like PlanRadar. There is no enterprise pricing barrier — pin360 starts at £348/year (charged annually), works with any 360 camera, and lets you pin photos directly to your PDF structural drawings in minutes.
No. pin360 works with any consumer 360 camera including Insta360, Ricoh Theta, and GoPro Max. No hard-hat cameras, no enterprise setup, no BIM integration required. Upload your 360 photos and pin them to your PDF drawings.
Yes. pin360 is specifically designed for engineering documentation, not real estate tours. It costs 90% less than Matterport, works with any camera you already own, and pins photos directly to your PDF structural drawings with severity classification.
pin360 supports multi-storey buildings by allowing multiple PDF floor plans — one per level — within a single project. Each level becomes a separate view, and you navigate between them within the project interface. This maps directly onto how structural engineers work: you have a separate drawing for each floor, and your markers on each drawing correspond to the physical level. There is no limit on the number of views per project, and the shared link gives the client access to all floors in a single URL.
pin360 is not a replacement for the written RICS survey report, which must be prepared by a qualified professional to the RICS Home Survey Standard. However, it is an effective tool for the photographic documentation that supports the survey process. The 360° panoramas and severity pins can be referenced in the written report — the shareable link serves as an interactive appendix, and the exported inspection report provides a structured summary of findings to complement the written survey.
Yes — pin360 is particularly effective for heritage and listed building surveys, where the complexity and character of the building fabric make accurate spatial documentation especially important. Historic structures often have irregular geometries and unusual structural details that are difficult to communicate through flat photography alone. A 360° panorama in a medieval roof void, for example, shows the entire truss assembly and the spatial relationship between defects in a way that no sequence of flat photos can replicate.
pin360 projects can be shared between team members within the same organisation, allowing multiple engineers to contribute markers and severity pins to the same project. This is useful for larger surveys where the team splits across different floors simultaneously, then reconvenes in the platform to compile the complete record. The project owner can review all markers added by team members, adjust severity ratings, and export the final inspection report. Clients access the project via the shareable link without needing their own account.
Stop paying for avoidable revisits
How much are unnecessary site returns costing your practice?
When photos lack plan context, clients and colleagues send you back to re-photograph a room or confirm a defect. Pin 360° evidence to your PDF on the first visit — then quantify what revisits are costing you.