Drawing Coordination AI

Drawing coordination ensures consistency across disciplines — the architect's walls match the structural framing, the mechanical ductwork fits within the ceiling space, the electrical panel locations do not conflict with the plumbing risers, and the fire protection layout works with all of the above. Coordination problems that reach the field cost 10-100x more to fix than problems caught during design.

AI coordination checking goes beyond geometric clash detection to identify logical inconsistencies between disciplines. The architectural plans show a 2-hour rated wall, but the MEP plans show penetrations through it without firestop details. The structural framing leaves 18 inches of ceiling plenum, but the mechanical design requires 24 inches for the main duct run. The door schedule shows a rated frame, but the wall type on the plan is not rated. These are coordination issues, not geometric clashes, and they require understanding the design intent behind the elements.

The multi-discipline comparison is what makes AI coordination valuable. A human reviewer typically checks one discipline against another (architectural vs. structural, or architectural vs. mechanical). AI checks all disciplines against all others simultaneously, finding the cross-discipline inconsistencies that fall through the cracks in sequential reviews — like a plumbing waste line that conflicts with a structural post-tension tendon, something neither the plumbing engineer nor the structural engineer would catch reviewing their own discipline alone.