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Move designs forward with less repetitive work.

We build tools for the repetitive parts of design work. Your engineers keep the decisions.

01Create the first model

Turn a plan into a first model.

Give it a clean, dimensioned plan and it builds the walls and floor as an editable model. If the drawing leaves something out, it asks.

Example workflowGround floor plan, two roomsIllustration, not a client project

You can use this.

  1. Click a wall
  2. Confirm the height

Source plan

Scale and wall types read

Wall height? The drawing doesn’t say.

An illustration, not a downloadable model.

  1. Situation

    A clean 1:100 plan. Two rooms, five walls.

  2. Finding for review

    Wall height isn’t on the drawing. No walls get built until someone confirms it.

  3. Next step for your team

    Your engineer checks it and carries on.

Your team starts with a model to check and build on.

02Check how designs fit

Find where the designs collide.

Structure and ventilation live in separate models. We can line them up and flag anywhere two things take the same space, with both elements named.

Example workflowCorridor ceiling, level 3Illustration, not a client project

Switch the option.

  1. Switch a discipline
  2. Try a lower route

Geometry only. Clearance and code checks need their own rules.

  1. Situation

    Two teams, two models, one corridor.

  2. Finding for review

    Duct SD-04 runs through beam B-13.

  3. Next step for your team

    The two leads agree a route.

Fix it in the model, before the design goes out.

03Understand revisions

See what else needs checking when a design changes.

A supplier swaps in a bigger unit. We can trace what that touches and give each discipline its own question.

Example workflowPlant room, replacement unitIllustration, not a client project

You can use this.

  1. Switch the unit
  2. Click a check
  1. Situation

    The supplier swaps the 1,200 × 800 mm unit for a 1,600 × 1,000 mm one.

  2. Finding for review

    Three things to check. None confirmed as a problem.

  3. Next step for your team

    Each discipline checks its part.

Each discipline knows exactly what to check.

04Prepare the deliverables

Prepare drawings and schedules for review.

We can draft schedules and sheets from your reviewed model and templates, then check them against the model before your reviewers see them.

Example workflowWindow schedule, drafted from the modelIllustration, not a client project

Click the finding.

  1. Click a window
  2. Add it to the schedule

Window schedule

3 of 4
  1. Situation

    A reviewed model with four windows.

  2. Finding for review

    The draft schedule lists three.

  3. Next step for your team

    Your team reviews it before it goes out.

Less time assembling the set. More time reviewing the design.

Built around your firm’s way of working.

The tools work from your templates, current requirements and approved decisions. Every output shows its sources and stays inside your project. Approval stays with your engineers.

How we start

Start with one repeatable task.

Pick one job your team repeats. We test it on your real examples, against how you do it now.

  1. 01

    Walls and a floor from one plan

  2. 02

    One clash type, one set of models

  3. 03

    One equipment revision

  4. 04

    One document type

Examples, not commitments.

What would your team rather spend less time doing?

Bring one modeling chore, coordination headache or document job that slows you down.

Talk through a workflow