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RealityMAX
Atomic Pixels
The 3D design collaboration platform to boost your design workflows. Invite your teammates to collaborate in real-time, build, compose and present in a whole new way. Start building 3D projects together, faster. Stop struggling with different desktop design software and tools at every stage of the process, sending massive files back and forth, and wasting endless hours exporting assets. RealityMAX technology makes all this a thing of the past. Create scenes with multiple 3D models. All major 3D file formats are supported. Share the same 3D workspace, at the same time, working remotely. Get your content out in the world as Web 3D or AR experiences, or insert it on your web page. Invite people to your virtual 3D workspace with just one link. Bring your teammates together from anywhere using the same collaboration software. See changes and updates as they are made, from any device.Starting Price: $40/mo -
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4Reality
4Reality Studio
4Reality is a versatile real-time rendering software designed to deliver photorealistic visualizations and simulations. It supports CAD and 3D model imports, offering advanced features like Lumen and Pathtracing technologies, dynamic sky simulation, and real-time VFX. Equipped with libraries of materials and models, 4Reality streamlines design processes for professionals in architecture, engineering, and product design. The software supports real-time DEM and CFD simulations, VR headset compatibility, point cloud imports, and advanced material creation. Additional tools include dynamic scene control, saved camera views, interactive annotations, and rendering without resolution limits. Available in French and English, 4Reality transforms 3D models into lifelike experiences.Starting Price: Free -
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PoligonSoft
PoligonSoft
Professional tools for modeling and optimizing metal casting processes with the ability to predict the formation of defects in cast parts. - Filling Dynamics - Macro and Microporosity - Residual Stresses - Deformations and Warping - Cracks (Hot and Cold) - Hydrostatic Pressure - Mold Wear - Slag Formation PoligonSoft provides reliable simulations that prevent waste and costly redesigns, allowing manufacturers to "get it right" the first time. The core of PoligonSoft includes three calculation systems: hydrodynamic, thermal, and stress. Along with a set of additional options, it allows the simulation of all traditional casting technologies and many special processes. At PoligonSoft, all stages of the casting production process can be sequentially simulated: mold heating, mold filling with molten mass, solidification on the bench or in the thermostat, extraction of the cast part from the mold, cutting of the feeding system and risers, etc.Starting Price: $14,137 USD/year -
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Avoyd
enkisoftware
Avoyd Voxel Editor and Renderer Create, import, export and render large voxel worlds. 3D art and rendering tool for voxel artists, map builders and game developers. Main Features: - Large scenes up to 256k voxels a side. - CPU and GPU path traced rendering. - Export to optimised mesh glTF and OBJ with physically-based materials parameters, and VOX. - Import MagicaVoxel VOX, Minecraft maps, heightmaps, palettes. - Orthographic projection with Isometric presets. - Up to 65k physically based materials. - Physically based light and atmosphereStarting Price: €15 one-time payment -
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RSECTION
Dlubal Software
Do you often spend too long calculating cross-sections? Dlubal Software and the RSECTION stand-alone program facilitate your work by determining section properties of various cross-sections and performing a subsequent stress analysis. With the stand-alone program RSECTION, Dlubal Software provides you with a time-saving solution for the calculation of thin-walled and massive cross-sections. The program determines the section properties and performs a stress analysis. The seamless integration with the FEA software RFEM and the structural frame & truss analysis software RSTAB allows for efficient cooperation. RSECTION cross-sections are available in the RFEM and RSTAB libraries, and you can easily import the internal forces in the programs.Starting Price: €292.50 rent 1 month -
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RSTAB
Dlubal Software
RSTAB is a powerful analysis and design software for 3D beam, frame, or truss structure calculations, reflecting the current state of the art and helping structural engineers meet requirements in modern civil engineering. Use the successful structural frame & truss analysis software RSTAB for your design of beam, frame, or truss structures consisting of steel, reinforced concrete, timber, aluminum, or other materials. With RSTAB, you can easily and quickly define a structural model and then calculate the internal forces, deformations, and support reactions. There are design add-ons at your side that you can use to consider the material- and standard-specific requirements.Starting Price: €487.50 rent 1 month -
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KUKA.Sim
KUKA
KUKA.Sim is an intelligent simulation software designed for efficient offline programming of KUKA robots, enabling users to optimize system and robot operations outside the production environment swiftly and effortlessly. The software facilitates the creation of digital twins, providing an identical representation of subsequent production processes. This 3D simulation encompasses the entire planning process, from process design and visualization of material flows to identifying bottlenecks and generating PLC code. KUKA.Sim ensures 100% data consistency, allowing both virtual and real controllers to operate with identical data, thereby laying the groundwork for virtual commissioning. This approach enables pre-testing and optimization of new production lines, offering significant time savings by allowing rapid and individualized planning of system and robot concepts without the necessity of physical construction.Starting Price: Free -
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Pipe Flow Calculations
Application Services LLC
Fast & Accurate Fluid Flow Calculations. Pipe Flow Calculator is essential for engineers, students, and professionals working with fluid dynamics. With 18 desktop calculators, it solves simple and complex fluid flow problems in under a minute—GUARANTEED. Why Choose Pipe Flow Calculator? ✅ Easy to Use – Just enter values and get instant results. ✅ Trusted Worldwide – Used daily by thousands of professionals. ✅ Reliable & Updated – Bug fixes within 1-2 days. ✅ Transparent Calculations – All formulas are provided. Key Features ✔️ Switch between metric and imperial units. ✔️ Select pipes, materials, and fluids from predefined lists. ✔️ Export results to Excel & Word, save, print, and continue where you left off. ✔️ Copy/paste full calculation reports. Available Calculators 🔹 Pressure Drop, Pipe Diameter, Pump Performance, Reynolds Number 🔹 Orifice Plate, Venturi Tube, Nozzle, Prandtl Probe 🔹 Control Valve, Gas Flow, LPG, Thermal EnergyStarting Price: $9.95/month -
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GerbView
Software Companions
GerbView is a software application primarily designed for viewing, printing, and converting PCB design files, particularly Gerber and ODB++ formats. It offers a comprehensive set of features for visualizing, analyzing, and manipulating these files, making it a valuable tool for PCB designers and manufacturers. GerbView allows users to open and display Gerber (RS-274D and RS-274X), ODB++, Excellon, PDF, DXF, and HPGL/2 files. Both RS-274D and RS-274X Gerber formats are supported, and you can use GerbView to convert your older Gerber files to the new RS-274X extended format. GerbView includes a comparison tool to highlight differences between design revisions, aiding in version control and quality assurance.Starting Price: $85 -
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RunMat
RunMat
RunMat (by Dystr) is a fast, free, open-source alternative for running MATLAB code. Users can run their existing .m files with complete MATLAB language grammar and core semantics. No license fees, no lock-in. 300+ built-in functions supported. RunMat is built with a modern Rust runtime featuring a tiered execution model: an interpreter (Ignition) for instant 5ms startup and a JIT compiler (Turbine/Cranelift) for hot paths. GPU acceleration is automatic via a fusion engine that detects elementwise operation chains and dispatches them as optimized GPU kernels across NVIDIA, AMD, Apple Silicon, and Intel GPUs through Metal, DirectX 12, Vulkan, and WebGPU. Up to 131x faster than NumPy and 7x faster than PyTorch on dense numerical workloads. Runs everywhere: CLI, NPM package, Homebrew, Jupyter kernel, or instantly in the browser via WebAssembly + WebGPU. Single portable binary. MIT licensed.Starting Price: $0 -
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netScope® Cloud
Net-Base Software GmbH
Access your wsi data easily via digital remote/tele access, even in a joint session with others via the Internet if you wish. In addition, you can automate some processes using barcodes and QR codes, distribute slides to your customers without having to send them manually. Or use netScope Cloud in teaching, show many people what you are talking about at the same time. Aside Data from ZEISS Axio Scan all kinds of CZI data can be displayed. ZEISS customers who still use older MIRAX slides in the previous MRXS format can also display those slides in the netScope. Similar to CZI, netScope also supports all channels of Perkin-Elmer Vectra/Akoya Biosciences QPTIFF files. DICOM, Big-tiff slides such as Philips tiff files, IBL (basic implementation; more sample files needed) Hamamtsu NDPI and those in the formats Aperio SVS, Aperio AFI, Leica SCN, Roche Vantana BIF, Sakura Virtual Slide SVSLIDE, NanoZoomer VMS, VMU and many more are also supported.Starting Price: €19.98 -
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Filio
Filio
Filio is an AI-powered field documentation and construction photo management platform that connects the Data Collector mobile app with the Web Console. Capture photos, videos, 360 media and voice notes on maps, plan sheets and blueprints, with available GPS, time, direction and author metadata. Walking (Smart SLAM + AR) places photos on calibrated plan sheets; Interior Scan creates 2D plans and 3D room models. Compare earlier and later conditions with Before & After. Use editable AI captions, labels, multilingual voice-to-text and project-specific AI guidance to organize evidence. Search by content, metadata, map, plan sheet or timeline; build customizable PDF and Word reports. Supported offline capture synchronizes when connectivity returns. Use Filio for progress logs, QA/QC, inspections and field reporting. Photogrammetry reconstructs 3D models from suitable photos. Project permissions support field, office and external collaboration.Starting Price: $20/collector/month, annual -
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Wingops
Wingops
Designed as an easy-to-use, complete solution for managing all aspects of aircraft airworthiness and maintenance. Wingops is modern, cloud-based, customizable, and intuitive to use.Starting Price: Free Trial -
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PhCNC LSSE
TELENET LTD.
PhCNC LSSE is Windows PCB CAM software for CNC PCB milling and prototyping. It imports Gerber RS-274X, Excellon Drill, ODB++, DXF and Pick&Place data and provides tools for arranging, cloning and panelizing PCB projects. It generates toolpaths for isolation milling, copper rubout, drilling, routing and board cutout, marking drill operations and stencil milling, with support for multiple machining tools. Generated G-code can be inspected and simulated in the integrated CNC workspace before export. PhCNC LSSE supports multiple PCB designs in a single project, breakout tabs and configurable machining operations. Evaluation Mode has no time limit and allows complete project preparation, toolpath generation and CNC simulation. A EUR 75 perpetual license for one computer enables saving, copying and exporting G-code and other production-use output files. PhCNC LSSE does not directly control CNC machines and is also available through Microsoft Store.Starting Price: €75 one-time -
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OwlCAD
Spare Matter Corp
OwlCAD is parametric 3D CAD that runs in your browser, built for designing parts to 3D print. It sits between beginner tools people outgrow and professional CAD that needs an install and a learning curve. Every dimension stays editable: change a value and the model rebuilds. Booleans are manifold by construction, clearance presets size press, slip and loose fits for FDM, and a printability check flags overhangs, thin walls and leaks before export. Includes constrained sketches, per-edge fillets and chamfers, patterns, sweep and loft, assemblies with mates and a bill of materials, and 30+ generators for gears, threads, enclosures, Gridfinity bins and hinges. Imports STL, 3MF, OBJ, STEP and OpenSCAD; exports STL, 3MF, OBJ, GLB, STEP, DXF and SVG. AI generation turns a prompt into an editable model or a sculpted mesh. Also available as a desktop app and an MCP server for AI agents. Nothing to install, no account needed to start.Starting Price: $12.00/month -
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ProtoFlow
ProtoFlow
ProtoFlow is an AI-native desktop electronic design automation (EDA) tool for schematic capture and PCB design. Describe a circuit in plain language to create an editable first draft, search real electronic parts and footprints, inspect datasheets, clean up wiring, and continue manually in familiar schematic and board editors. ProtoFlow supports ERC/DRC review, 3D board inspection, Git-backed versioning and visual diffs, comments and collaboration, plus manufacturing outputs including Gerber, drill, BOM, and placement files. Designs remain normal editable geometry, and users should verify symbols, footprints, connections, and manufacturing data before production. ProtoFlow can read and write native KiCad files and export to established EDA workflows. A free plan is available without a credit card, with paid options for higher AI usage. It is built for hardware engineers, makers, students, educators, researchers, and electronics startups.Starting Price: Free -
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SysMLv2 Editor
Change Vision, Inc.
SysMLv2 Editor is a Visual Studio Code extension from Change Vision, Inc. for writing SysML v2 models in the standard textual notation. Models are saved as plain-text .sysml files in your VS Code workspace. Features include syntax highlighting, real-time detection of syntax and spelling errors, jump to definition and reference navigation, an outline view for a structural overview, and automatic diagram generation from the text. SysMLv2 Editor runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is included at no extra cost with a valid Astah SysML, Astah System Safety, or Astah Faculty Site License, and it stays available while that license is valid. A 20-day free trial is available. It is not data-compatible with Astah products, so it does not open SysML v1 models created in Astah SysML.Starting Price: Included with Astah SysML ($14 -
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Astah System Safety
Change Vision, Inc.
Astah System Safety is a model-based safety analysis tool for safety-critical systems, developed by Change Vision, Inc. It combines SysML modeling with STAMP/STPA hazard analysis, GSN/D-Case assurance cases, ASAM SCDL safety concepts, and UAF in one tool. Safety analyses are linked to the system model, so control structures, hazards, and safety arguments stay traceable to requirements and architecture. Safety engineers in automotive, aerospace, railway, and embedded systems use it to build safety cases for standards such as ISO 26262. AI Chat Copilot and a local MCP server require your own API key from a supported AI service (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint). SysML models can be exchanged with Cameo Systems Modeler through XMI import and export. Runs on Windows and macOS. FTA, FMEA, and simulation are not included. A 40-day free trial is available.Starting Price: $550 per year -
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Vizbase
Vizbase
Vizbase is an AI rendering platform for architects, interior designers and design studios. Upload a view from SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Blender, or a hand sketch. Vizbase detects the walls, floors, joinery, furniture and fixtures in the scene and lets you set materials element by element: in plain language, from a reference photo, or from a library of more than 2,000 materials. It then returns a photorealistic render that follows your design. Four render modes cover different jobs, from Gen 2.0, closest to the source image, to Gen 4.0, with photographic light and materials. Refine changes a marked area of a finished render, Multiview carries an approved look across camera angles, and exports go up to 8K. The native SketchUp plugin (SketchUp 2021+, Windows and macOS) renders straight from the model. Vizbase runs in the browser, so no render engine or GPU is needed. Renders come with full commercial rights. Free plan: 5 credits, no credit card.Starting Price: €29/month -
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3DGEN
3DGEN
3DGEN is a set of parametric generators that run entirely in the browser and turn ideas into print-ready 3D models without CAD. Upload an STL and get a printable two-part box mold, a reusable silicone mold box or a plaster slip-casting mold; or start from an image, text or a photo to make cookie and clay cutters, stamps, texture rollers, nameplates, keychains, lithophanes, suncatchers, vase and planter molds, casting trays, pet bowls and bowl stands. Every generator has a live 3D preview and sliders for size, walls and details, and exports STL or 3MF ready for the slicer. Files are processed locally in the browser and are not uploaded to a server. Freemium: the free plan covers personal use; Pro adds unlimited downloads, a commercial license and your own logo instead of the 3DGEN mark.Starting Price: $20/month -
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Tutelia
Tutelia
Tutelia is a browser-based floor-planning application for creating measured 2D layouts and exploring them in 3D. Users can draw walls by entering dimensions or trace an existing JPG, PNG or SVG plan, then add rooms, doors, windows, furniture, lighting, floor and wall finishes, balconies, gardens, pools, stairs, multiple levels and basements. The plan can be viewed from above, in section, or as a first-person walkthrough, including day and evening views. Projects can be shared through a browser link so recipients can view the plan and 3D walkthrough without installing an app or creating an account. Users can also export a scaled A4 PDF or image and a floor-area sheet. Tutelia is intended for property professionals, interior designers, renovation businesses, retail and office planners, and homeowners who need to visualize a space or communicate a proposed layout.Starting Price: €15/month -
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Vizai Render
Vizai Render
Vizai Render is an AI-assisted rendering extension for SketchUp used by architects, interior designers, and design students to create presentation visuals from a model viewport. It captures the active view for cloud processing and returns generated imagery in the SketchUp panel. Users can choose project type, lighting, weather, framing, and aspect ratio, then refine images with masked edits, create alternate views and close-ups, and upscale output. Additional creative tools support room furnishing, rendered floor plans, moodboards, conceptual diagrams, 360-degree panoramas, short AI videos, and 3D blocks from reference images. The extension also includes utilities for model cleanup, mirror reflections, lighting effects, and seamless floor textures. It is available for Windows and macOS, with free credits and monthly subscription or credit-pack options.Starting Price: $29 -
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PartGrid
Partgrid.ai
PartGrid is a web-based spare-parts catalog platform for manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, dealer networks, and aftermarket e-commerce teams. It converts exploded-view diagrams, technical drawings, PDFs, and structured parts lists into searchable interactive catalogs. AI-assisted detection links diagram callouts to part records, with review and correction tools for exceptions. Teams can organize parts into categories and collections, maintain replacements and pricing, and publish branded catalogs as embeds in websites or portals. The customer-facing viewer supports visual lookup and can route selected parts to quote or cart workflows. Catalog localization, currencies, dealer access, and documented integrations help fit the experience into existing service and commerce operations.Starting Price: €99/month -
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CADProps
CadProps Technologies Pte. Ltd.
CADProps is a browser-based CAD viewer and measurement workspace for engineers, manufacturing and purchasing staff, designers, and other users who need to inspect parts without installing desktop CAD software. It opens supported STEP, IGES, STL, OBJ, 3MF, DWG/DXF and selected native CAD files, with capabilities that vary by format and geometry. Users can inspect assemblies, measure dimensions and geometry, calculate surface area and volume, estimate mass using a selected material density, compare models, process batches, and export property data. Viewing and measuring are available without an account; signing in is required to convert files, save them across devices, or create share links. The web workspace also supports temporary guest sessions and shareable model reviews. It covers 92 extensions. Native CAD formats are processed on CADProps servers. Ethan Tan, CTO.Starting Price: Free -
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FPVtune
FPVtune
FPVtune is a browser-based Betaflight tuning and flight-log analysis tool for FPV drone pilots. Users provide Betaflight blackbox flight logs and a CLI configuration dump; the service analyzes gyro noise, resonance, step response and motor data, then returns recommended PID, filter and feedforward settings as Betaflight CLI commands. It supports Betaflight 4.5 and later. Additional tools analyze crash logs for possible causes such as ESC desynchronization, power loss, failsafe events, gyro overflow and mechanical failures, and inspect motor imbalance, vibration and saturation. A flight-time calculator estimates flight time from battery capacity and current draw. The product is intended for pilots who want help interpreting flight data and applying tuning changes in Betaflight Configurator.Starting Price: $19.95/month -
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Nasjicad
UPREPS
Nasjicad is a 2D computer-aided design (CAD) application for creating and editing technical drawings in a browser or as desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux. It provides line, polyline, arc, circle, spline, hatch, dimension, text, layer, snap and block tools, plus editing and plotting functions. It opens and saves DWG and DXF drawings and offers PDF, image and drawing-conversion tools. Optional AI features can create or revise editable 2D geometry, trace PDF pages and images, generate takeoff tables, apply office standards and prepare sheet sets. The software supports drafting tasks such as floor plans, sections and mechanical details. Manual drafting is free and requires no account; optional AI and whole-drawing services use monthly plans, credits or a limited free monthly allowance.Starting Price: $5/month -
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fabPlane
TensorFleet
fabPlane is a desktop electronic design automation (EDA) workspace for creating and editing printed circuit boards with an AI agent. It bundles KiCad and works directly with existing KiCad project files, so users can open and continue working on .kicad_pro projects without importing or converting them. Designers can describe a board's purpose, sketch connections, or provide a reference, then use typed tools and review each proposed change as a diff before accepting or discarding it. After acceptance, fabPlane runs the autorouter and design-rule checks. The workflow also includes manufacturing checks, output generation, bills of materials, and purchase carts for supported fabrication houses and component distributors. fabPlane is free to download, with desktop builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It serves electronics and PCB designers, KiCad users, hardware teams, and open-hardware makers.Starting Price: $0 -
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Sol-load
Solplan
Sol-load is a Windows desktop application for geotechnical and structural engineers analyzing the axial capacity and load-settlement behavior of a single pile in layered soil. It calculates compression and uplift capacity using API, USACE, FHWA (Nordlund and Tomlinson), Revised Lambda, and CPT-based NGI, ICP, UWA, and Fugro methods, with nominal, ASD, or LRFD design values. Nonlinear load-transfer analysis uses shaft t-z and tip Q-w curves generated from soil inputs or entered by the user. Workflows also cover driven piles and drilled shafts, negative skin friction, neutral-plane assessment, CPT soundings, and comparison with pile load-test data. Reports can be exported to PDF, Word, and Excel, with SI and US customary units. The Windows 10/11 application uses an online license and supports up to 30 days of offline use. A 7-day free trial is available.Starting Price: $20/month -
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Solpile
Solplan
Solpile is Windows desktop software for geotechnical and structural engineers analyzing a single pile under lateral loading in layered soil. Users define pile geometry, section properties and soil layers, then apply pile-head or distributed loads to calculate response. It uses p-y soil models and a finite-difference beam-on-springs solver. Analysis options include groundwater, sloping ground, battered piles, static or cyclic loading, soil movement, nonlinear pile-section behavior, axial-load interaction and LRFD combinations. Results include deflection, bending moment, shear, soil reaction and p-y curves at selected depths. Additional studies cover pushover response, buckling, stiffness and pile length. Tables and reports can be exported to PDF, Word and Excel, and analyses can use SI or US customary units. Solpile is a Windows 10/11 desktop application with online licensing and offline use for up to 30 days.Starting Price: $40/month -
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AutoMEP
Envy Creative
AutoMEP is a browser-based AI drafting tool for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers and designers. Users upload AutoCAD DWG or Revit RVT drawings, describe changes in plain English, and receive updated native DWG or RVT files. An AI agent reads the drawing, plans and applies requested work, then runs a separate review pass against the request. Supported tasks include HVAC duct and pipe routing, equipment placement, tagging with leaders, dimensions, pipe-slope annotations, schedules, and sheet layouts. AutoMEP organizes new geometry on AIA/NCS layers or a firm's own CAD standard and supports files with external references (xrefs). The browser-based workflow requires no installation, plug-in, macros, or CAD training and supports routine drafting changes across HVAC, electrical, and plumbing projects.Starting Price: $39/month
