Firmwide Detail Search
AI-powered search across all project details, drawings, and specifications firmwide.
Definition
Firmwide Detail Search enables architects and engineers to search across all historical project details, standard details, and drawing libraries using natural language or image queries. Instead of manually browsing through project folders, users can ask questions like 'show me all curtain wall details from the last 3 years' or upload a sketch to find similar existing details. This institutional knowledge search helps firms leverage past work and maintain consistency across projects.
In Depth
Firm-wide detail search allows designers to find relevant details from every project the firm has ever done — not just the projects they personally worked on. AI indexes the firm's complete drawing archive and makes it searchable by description, building component, or condition type.
This is one of the highest-value AI applications for design firms because it turns decades of accumulated design work into accessible institutional knowledge. A designer working on a new hospital can find every hospital detail the firm has drawn across all past projects — curtain wall conditions, roof edge details, waterproofing transitions — without knowing which specific projects to look in.
Examples
Finding all past stair details that meet specific criteria
Searching for similar roof assemblies used in previous projects
Locating standard details by uploading a rough sketch
Nomic Use Cases
See how Nomic applies this in production AEC workflows:
Compatible Platforms
Nomic integrates with these platforms so you can use firmwide detail search across your existing project data:
Frequently Asked Questions
Firmwide Detail Search enables architects and engineers to search across all historical project details, standard details, and drawing libraries using natural language or image queries. Instead of manually browsing through project folders, users can ask questions like 'show me all curtain wall details from the last 3 years' or upload a sketch to find similar existing details. This institutional knowledge search helps firms leverage past work and maintain consistency across projects.
Finding all past stair details that meet specific criteria. Searching for similar roof assemblies used in previous projects. Locating standard details by uploading a rough sketch.
Firm-Wide Detail Search: Give designers instant access to every detail your firm has ever drawn.