Xactimate questions / Sketching and capture
Use a controlled verification process for Xactimate assisted room capture before relying on sketch quantities.
Field guidance by Neil Baumann
Working adjuster and Parrot Key instructorUpdatedCompare critical dimensions, openings, room relationships, ceiling information, area, perimeter, and the time required to correct the sketch. Verification should happen while the room is still available and should use a dependable comparison method.
A convincing three-dimensional capture can still contain a dimension, opening, connection, or room-label problem. The relevant question is not whether the capture looks impressive; it is whether the checked result supports the intended estimate and documentation standard.
Parrot Key uses one-room, three-room, and extended stress tests. Keeping the same rooms and comparison measurements makes later software versions easier to evaluate honestly.
The verification plan should match the assignment and risk. At minimum, define critical dimensions and tolerances that must be checked, plus conditions that trigger a full fallback method.
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Current Verisk documentation for Sketch Scan and AI-assisted mobile photo descriptions.
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