APEX turns manufacturer shop-drawing PDFs into parametric Revit families — transformers today, switchgear in active development. Nobody else does this. Confidence-scored data, human-in-the-loop review, and survey points that export straight to the field.
APEX is in private beta, developed through a hands-on pilot at Cache Valley Electric — the founder's electrical contracting firm — so every workflow is tested on real project drawings first.
Stop building families by hand. Generate parametric, validation-checked content in minutes — and send it to the field without a rebuild.
One platform to generate, validate, and deploy construction-ready Revit content.
Drop in a manufacturer shop-drawing PDF. APEX reads the geometry, tags, and dimensions and builds a parametric, validation-checked Revit family — in minutes, not hours. Transformers today; switchgear in active development.
Survey points are nested inside every family and export to a clean CSV compatible with Trimble field workflows — so the field lays out exactly what was modeled.
Every family runs six automated validation checks, and every extracted field carries a confidence score — amber flags low confidence, and nothing enters the model unapproved. Every AI write is a named Revit transaction: one Ctrl+Z undoes it.
On the roadmap. Today APEX pulls files from Autodesk Construction Cloud and BIM 360; deeper sync, version tracking, and an in-Revit equipment-register pane are in development. Here's where it's headed.
Most BIM models become inaccurate the moment construction begins. This is where APEX is headed: drawing-revision diffing and an as-built verification loop that keeps the model aligned with field reality. The first three steps ship today; the rest is Phase 3 of our roadmap.
PDFs, submittals & manufacturer data in.
Intelligent Revit families, built automatically.
Layout points nested in every family.
CSV export compatible with Trimble field workflows.
Phase 3 — field data compared to design intent.
Phase 3 — model kept accurate through turnover.
Convert manufacturer shop-drawing PDFs into parametric Revit families — transformers now, switchgear in active development.
Survey points nested in every family, exported as CSV compatible with Trimble field workflows. Leica and Topcon support is planned.
Will compare field-collected survey data against design intent and flag deviations automatically.
Drawing-revision diffing to keep BIM models accurate through construction and turnover.
The future of BIM isn't creating models. It's keeping them accurate.
Beyond family generation, APEX is building toward an all-in-one Revit add-in — the everyday modeling tools MEP teams reach for. Everything below is roadmap: Phase 2, in design now. Shipping today: transformer family generation, nested survey points, and Trimble-compatible CSV export — with per-section switchgear geometry in active development.
Route whole conduit runs automatically, straight from your run schedules.
Parametric bend families model conduit bends faster — and more accurately.
Drop clash-free multi-tier trapeze racks and hangers in seconds.
Auto-place sleeves and box-outs from your own customizable rule sets.
Lay in cable tray and fine-tune clearance zones exactly where it's tight.
Place, view, and edit field points for layout and coordination — export-ready.
Select elements, assign a spool, and auto-build spool sheets, views & schedules.
Organize, filter, and search your families by their parameter values.
Drop connectors onto open conduit ends and smart bends in one pass.
Break a conduit run at any point and place a pull box on the selection.
Auto-place spacer families along a selected group of conduits.
Build your own APEX tab and a tailored collection of Revit tools.
Route rectangular and round duct automatically from your run schedules.
Lay pipe with correct fittings, slopes, and tap-ins generated for you.
Place clash-free trapeze racks and rod hangers across duct and pipe.
Apply insulation thickness and wrap to selected systems in one move.
Drop valves, unions, and fittings onto pipe runs with the right connectors.
Place and export field points for hangers, sleeves, and equipment anchors.
Assign spools and auto-build fabrication sheets, views & schedules.
Auto-place wall and floor penetrations from customizable rule sets.
Generate code-compliant seismic bracing along duct and pipe runs.
Model maintenance and pull space around skids, AHUs, and pumps.
Organize, filter, and search mechanical families by parameter values.
Build your own APEX tab and a tailored collection of Revit tools.
The plan: point APEX at a conduit run schedule and it routes the whole rack — parallel runs, smart bends at every turn, pull boxes at break points, and nested layout points along the path. In design now as part of Phase 2; not yet shipped.
Every claim on this page traces back to one of three things: a measured eval, a human-verified family, or a workflow you can watch live.
Mean extraction accuracy across 20 real manufacturer shop drawings, scored by our internal eval harness — re-run on every pipeline change.
Transformer families generated from real drawings and verified by a human in Revit 2025 — each passing 6/6 automated validation checks.
Extracted fields are confidence-scored — amber means low confidence — and nothing enters the model unapproved. Every AI write is a named Revit transaction: one Ctrl+Z undoes it.
Live today: the APEX add-in for Revit 2025, Trimble-compatible CSV export, and basic ACC / BIM 360 file pull. The rest is planned — and labeled that way.
Book a 20-minute demo and bring a real transformer shop drawing. We'll generate a parametric, validation-checked family live — with embedded data and nested survey points ready for a Trimble-compatible CSV export.