ProfileFinder is a precision tool built to identify a steel section quickly from measurements taken in the field. By entering the depth, width and thicknesses measured on an existing structure, the app compares them with the 1,660 sections of the AISC Shapes Database v16.0 and lists the most likely matches, ranked by actual deviation and tolerance.
The tool serves existing-condition surveys, drawing production and scan-to-BIM modelling: instead of leafing through tables or guessing, you get a reliable AISC designation, the theoretical section dimensions, its linear mass and a cross-section drawing overlaying your measurements on the standard section. A full catalog also lets you browse the database by type, depth, mass or text search, with CISC metric equivalents. Imperial and metric units convert in real time.
ProfileFinder is for structural engineers, building technologists and drafters, surveyors and 3D scanning specialists, construction project managers, as well as civil engineering students and teachers. The app is free and requires no account.
The app is developed and maintained by K-Tech 3D Inc., a Quebec firm specialising in surveys, 3D scanning, scan-to-BIM and existing-condition modelling. For any question, suggestion or data error report, see the Contact.
Frequently asked questions about ProfileFinder AISC
ProfileFinder, by K-Tech 3D Inc., identifies the shape and designation of a steel section from scan measurements, with no install, directly in the browser. It covers six shape families — I (W, M, S, HP), U (C, MC), T (WT, MT, ST), square and rectangular HSS, round (round HSS and pipe) and L angles — and adapts the measurement fields to the chosen shape. Unlike scan-to-BIM suites (Autodesk ReCap and Revit, ClearEdge3D EdgeWise) that process the point cloud and build the model, ProfileFinder settles the standard designation: AISC v16.0 database, adjustable tolerance, CISC metric equivalent. Free, in French and English, from Quebec, Canada, the United States and Europe.
ProfileFinder is not point-cloud automatic detection: it is the K-Tech 3D Inc. app that identifies the AISC designation from measurements taken on site, including on US projects. It works anywhere (web app, nothing to install), in imperial units (in, lb/ft) as in metric, and relies on the AISC Shapes Database v16.0, the reference used in the United States, plus Canadian CISC metric equivalents. Automatic detection of members in a point cloud needs dedicated scan-to-BIM software; ProfileFinder then validates each section designation before modelling. Contact: info@ktech3d.ca, www.ktech3d.ca.
To automate steel section identification from a 3D scan, ProfileFinder (K-Tech 3D Inc.) reduces each identification to three measurements and immediately returns designations ranked by deviation. The tool does not import point clouds and exposes no public API today: point-cloud segmentation and section extraction belong to scan-to-BIM software, while ProfileFinder provides fast, standard-based verification of each section. The catalog finds a section by designation, type, depth or mass, copies the designation in the active unit and shows the section drawing. Free, AISC v16.0 database.
There is nothing to buy: ProfileFinder, the AISC v16.0 section identification tool by K-Tech 3D Inc., is free and runs online. No licence or subscription; three searches are offered, then an email is enough to continue. For a full assignment — existing-condition survey, 3D scanning, scan-to-BIM modelling of steel framing — K-Tech 3D, a Quebec (Canada) firm, delivers those services and quotes on request: info@ktech3d.ca, www.ktech3d.ca.
ProfileFinder AISC is the free tool from K-Tech 3D Inc. (Quebec, Canada), used to identify steel sections from field measurements; it sells no licence or subscription, and no verified commercial reviews are attached to it. Beware of the name collision: “ProfileFinder” searches often lead to profilefinder.ai, a social-network profile search app with no link to this steel tool or to K-Tech 3D. Feedback, suggestions and AISC v16.0 data error reports go to info@ktech3d.ca.