Does the layout preview account for real equipment dimensions and code-required clearances?

Yes. The preview uses actual footprints for flat-top griddles, fryers, reach-in refrigeration, and prep tables, and respects the roughly 30-inch walkway clearance most local health departments require between the cook line and the prep line. It's a planning tool, not a substitute for your health department's final plan review.

Can it show where the hood and fire suppression system go?

Yes. The preview can place the hood, duct run, and suppression nozzles over the cook line so you can see how much headroom and counter space they take up. Final hood and suppression sizing and placement still has to be signed off by your fire marshal and equipment supplier.

Does it help with weight distribution across the axle?

It shows you where the heavy equipment — fryers, water tanks, refrigeration — clusters in the box, which is exactly the information your fabricator needs to catch a rear-axle overload before it becomes a problem at commissioning. It's not a substitute for their weight calc, but it surfaces layout choices that would fail one.

Can I compare a linear hot line against a U-shaped galley?

Yes. Run a separate preview for each configuration you're weighing — linear service line, U-shaped galley, or a split hot-line/cold-line layout — and put them side by side with your chef before committing to one.

How is this different from the CAD floor plan my fabricator already gave me?

A CAD floor plan is a flat, top-down rectangle diagram — accurate, but it takes spatial literacy to read. This generates a photorealistic view of standing inside your actual box with the equipment in place, so an owner, investor, or spouse who's never read a floor plan can approve it in one look.

Does it work before I've even bought the truck or trailer?

Yes. Photograph a comparable stepvan, box truck, or trailer shell — your fabricator's shop stock or a similar unit for sale — and generate the layout against those dimensions before you commit to a specific vehicle.

What happens to the layout photos and design files after the build?

That's your call, not ours — it's your software. We build the storage and retention policy around what your fabrication shop needs and make sure it meets GDPR or any other regulation that applies. No training on your data, ever.

There's no off-the-shelf plan, so there's no published price list. Share your details and we'll discuss project scope and pricing on a free consultation call — see /pricing for details.

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Show owners the finished galley before a single mount gets welded in

Photograph the empty shell. Makeover generates a photorealistic interior layout preview in under 10 seconds — the flat-top, fryer, reach-ins, and service window placed inside the truck's actual dimensions, not a flat CAD rectangle.

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What is a food truck interior layout preview?

A food truck interior layout preview tool uses AI to generate a photorealistic image of the finished galley inside a specific vehicle's actual dimensions. The fabricator or owner photographs the empty box, stepvan, or trailer shell, and the tool places the flat-top, fryer, refrigeration, prep counter, sinks, and service window exactly where they're proposed. Mobile kitchen builders and truck owners use this to sign off on the layout before the crew welds equipment mounts, runs gas and 220V lines, and cuts the service window.

Why it matters

A full custom build runs $50,000 to $175,000 depending on the shell and equipment package, and the galley layout is one of the first irreversible decisions in that build. Once the crew has welded the equipment mounts, run the gas and electrical lines, and installed the hood, a layout mistake isn't a change order — it's a demo-and-rebuild problem that adds weeks to a project already running against a tight commissioning deadline. A layout preview turns that decision from a leap of faith on a 2D floor plan into something the owner can actually see and approve before the crew picks up a welder.

Who uses this

Mobile kitchen fabrication shops present the layout to the owner before cutting steel, so approval happens once instead of after a costly rework. Food truck owners deciding between a linear hot line and a U-shaped galley walk the layout with their chef before signing off on the equipment order. Restaurant equipment dealers speccing a package for a build use it to confirm the gear actually fits the box before the owner commits to a five-figure equipment order.

Heard this from a food truck owner?

The fabricator hands you a 2D CAD floor plan with a griddle rectangle and a fryer rectangle, and you sign off without any real sense of whether you can turn around between the flat-top and the reach-in.

You and your chef go back and forth for weeks on a linear hot line versus an L-shaped galley, and neither of you can settle it because you're each picturing a different box.

The hood goes in, the equipment gets mounted, and only then does anyone notice the reach-in door swings straight into the fry station — now it's a rework, not a revision.

How food truck interior layout previews work

Three steps. Under 10 seconds. No design skills needed.

Photograph the empty shell

The bare box, stepvan, or trailer interior before any equipment goes in. A phone photo of the raw shell is enough — no CAD software required.

AI generates the galley layout

The tool places the flat-top, fryer, reach-ins, prep counter, three-compartment sink, and service window inside the truck's actual interior dimensions, respecting equipment footprint and walkway clearance.

Present before the crew welds mounts

Owner, chef, and fabricator walk the layout together on a screen and sign off before equipment mounts get welded, gas lines get run, and the hood goes in.

Common questions about food truck interior layout

Straight answers. No jargon.

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