Frequently Asked Questions

Geoniks is a free online tool for wooden houses: you draw or pick a house in 3D, walk through it, get dimensioned drawings and an instant price estimate, and ask wood house manufacturers in your country for real quotes — all in the browser, nothing to install.

Press "Start designing free" and choose: a blank canvas, one of the ready-made wooden houses (cabin, bungalow, family home), your own 2D plan, or a CAD / 3D file. Walls, doors, windows, roof and stairs are drawn with familiar CAD tools and exact sizes.

Yes. Upload a photo of a hand sketch or an architect’s floor plan with your country and contact details. The team builds it as an editable 3D wooden house, shows it next to your drawing and sends you the price.

Yes. AutoCAD DWG and DXF plans open with their walls, doors and windows; SketchUp opens as it looks in SketchUp; IFC, Rhino, FBX, 3DS, OBJ, DAE, glTF, STL, 3MF, PLY, VRML and USD open as walls with thickness and height. Revit and ArchiCAD files (or export IFC from them), PDF plans and photos are sent to the team, who build the house in 3D for you.

The editor shows an instant cost estimate for your country from the design itself — floor area, walls, roof and materials. For a quick figure without drawing, use the house cost calculator; for a real offer, request quotes from manufacturers.

Press "Get a Quote" in the editor or on this page. Your design and contact details go — only with your consent — to manufacturers that build in your country and work with your wood type; their offers come to you. There is no commission.

The Plot Analyzer checks your land: draw the plot on a map or enter its size, and it shows the coverage ratio, floor area ratio, setbacks, the maximum footprint and number of floors, whether timber construction is allowed, and a ready-made house that fits.

Yes. Press Walk in the editor (or open a ready house in walk mode) and move through the rooms in first person — W A S D or the arrow keys on a computer, the on-screen joystick on a phone. You can pass through walls; press G to stop at walls instead.

Yes. One click makes a drawing set: dimensioned floor plans per level, four elevations, sections and a roof plan as a vector PDF, the same plans as a layered DXF for AutoCAD, and a material list in Excel (timber pieces, boards, doors and windows, cost).

Anyone who has used SketchUp or AutoCAD feels at home: L line / wall, R rectangle, P push/pull, M move, Q rotate, S scale, F offset, T tape measure, B paint, typed lengths like 5.2 or @3,0 and a command line. Beginners can start from a ready-made house and change it.

Yes. Connect your AI assistant to Geoniks and describe the house — "an 8 × 10 m three-bedroom cabin with a gable roof" — or attach a floor plan. The assistant draws it in Geoniks, gives you the 3D link, the drawing set and a price, and can ask manufacturers for quotes.

Log houses (round and laminated log), timber frame, post and beam, CLT and SIP panels, with the right wall build-ups and U-values — from saunas and tiny houses to bungalows, cottages and two-storey family homes.

Yes for viewing, walking through the house, the Plot Analyzer, sending a plan and asking for quotes. Drawing works best on a computer with a mouse and keyboard.

Ready-to-price requests from buyers in your countries (3D model, dimensioned plans, material list), and a licence to put the Geoniks design tool on your own website with a partner portal for every lead.

Yes. Designing your house, walking through it in 3D, using the cost calculator and requesting quotes are all free while Geoniks is in beta. You only need a free account to save projects.

No. Geoniks runs in your web browser on desktop and mobile — nothing to download or install.

Yes. Start from one of the ready-made wood house templates (cabins, tiny houses, bungalows, family houses) and adjust it, or simply upload a photo of your own drawing and our team builds it in 3D for you.

Use the free Cost Calculator for an instant range based on living area, number of floors, wood type and country. For an exact price, request a quote with your design — prices depend on the actual plan, finish level and location.

Request a quote with your design. You can draw it in the 3D editor, start from a template, or upload your own paper sketch, 2D plan or 3D design image. We send your request to matching manufacturers and get back to you — usually within 48 hours.

The calculator and template prices are indicative turnkey ranges for a standard-spec timber house, ready to live in. They exclude land, site works, utility connections and permits.

No. A quote request is free and non-binding. You decide whether to go ahead with a manufacturer.

Your request goes to wood house manufacturers that deliver to your country and work with your chosen wood type. The Geoniks team matches your design with them and follows up on every request.

You receive a confirmation email right away and a price within 48 hours.

It depends on size, manufacturer and season — typically 2–6 months from signing to a finished house for a prefabricated timber home. The manufacturer confirms the timeline in their quote.

You sign and pay directly with the manufacturer you choose — usually in stages: a deposit, a payment on delivery and a final payment on completion. Geoniks adds no markup.

The manufacturer or a local architect usually prepares the permit documents. The Plot Analyzer gives you a first check of what your land allows (coverage, floor area, setbacks, timber permission) before you start.

Yes. Click “Your plan → 3D” in the editor or “I want to see my own paper drawing in 3D” when creating a new project. Upload a photo (JPEG or PNG), add the area in m² and your country, and optionally a phone number.

It can take a little while because our team builds it for you. When it is ready, we email you the 3D view and price information.

Yes — any plan image works: a hand-drawn sketch, an architect’s 2D plan or a screenshot of a 3D design.

Yes. Walk mode lets you explore your design in first person — on desktop with the keyboard and mouse, and on mobile with touch controls.

Pine, spruce, larch, cedar, oak and solid log, with standard frame, log, timber frame, post & beam and CLT wall systems. You can paint walls, roof, floor and cladding separately inside and outside.

The cost calculator covers most of Europe plus the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of the Middle East. Quote requests are accepted from any country.

Only you, unless you share a link. When you request a quote, the design and the details you enter are shared with the Geoniks team and the matched manufacturer so they can price it.

Email support@geoniks.com — we reply within 48 hours.