As-sold drawings are the permit-ready construction documents produced after a homebuyer has made their selections. They take the builder's base model plans and apply every buyer-selected option — structural upgrades, elevation choice, garage orientation, room extensions, and finish selections that affect the construction drawings — to produce the drawing set that gets submitted for permit and used on site to build the home.

Outsource CAD produces as-sold drawings for US production builders, taking your base plans and buyer option confirmations and delivering permit-ready drawing sets in AutoCAD to your standards and timescales.

What is the difference between base plans and as-sold drawings?

Base plans show the standard configuration of a house type before any buyer customisations are applied. As-sold drawings are produced after the buyer has finalised their selections and reflect the exact configuration of the home as it was sold — including all structural options, elevation choices, garage orientation, extended rooms, and any other modifications that affect the construction documents.

As-sold drawings are what get submitted for permit and used by the framing crew on site. Every lot in a community may be different, so producing accurate as-sold drawing sets for every home is a significant ongoing drawing production workload for production builders.

What does an as-sold drawing set include?

A complete as-sold drawing set typically includes the floor plan showing all buyer-selected options and room configurations, foundation plan updated for the specific lot and any structural options, roof plan reflecting the elevation selection, exterior elevations for the chosen elevation package, electrical plan if required by the jurisdiction, and a plot plan showing the home positioned on the specific lot with setbacks and driveway orientation.

How Outsource CAD produces as-sold drawings

Our process begins with receiving your base model plans, the buyer's option confirmation sheet or selections document, and any lot-specific information such as the plot plan or survey. We review the structural options being applied, update the floor plan and affected plan sheets, update the foundation plan for any structural modifications, apply the correct elevation package, and run internal QA checks before submitting the completed drawing set.

We work within your existing template library and drawing standards, so the output integrates directly with your permit submission process.

Turnaround and volume

We offer 24 to 48 hour turnaround on standard as-sold drawing sets. For high-volume programmes, dedicated CAD technicians work to agreed daily throughput targets with shared trackers giving you visibility of every lot in the queue.