Smarter Spatial Design

The intelligent drafting layer between PDF and BIM.

draftIT is an AI-native conceptual drafting platform for AEC. Sketch on a PDF while AI detects rooms, lays out fixtures and controls, builds schedules and legends, previews photometrics, and checks energy code. Lighting first, and built to grow across every discipline.

PDF FirstLighting FirstCAD and BIM Ready
draftIT / Maple Street Hospitality
draftIT workspace with an AI-generated lighting layout
9 Rooms Detected
41 Fixtures Placed
Title 24 Aware
Where It Fits

Most AEC projects begin long before BIM. draftIT makes that beginning intelligent.

PDF tools mark up. CAD tools draft. BIM platforms model. Photometric tools calculate. No tool owns the conceptual phase where the real decisions happen. draftIT does.

Markup
PDF Review
Drafting
CAD
Production
BIM
Analysis
Photometrics
The Conceptual Layer
draftIT / AI-Assisted Conceptual Drafting
01 / AI Spatial Drafting

Describe the concept. Watch it draft.

Select a room or the whole plan, then prompt in plain language. draftIT reads the geometry, places fixtures at real spacing, assigns control zones, and writes the metadata behind every object as it works.

  • Room and space detection straight from an imported PDF.
  • Fixture, switch, and sensor placement tuned to spacing and optics.
  • Plain prompts like "lay out a hospitality scheme."
  • Every placed object carries schedule, controls, and export data.
draftIT / Rooms Detected
draftIT detecting rooms with the object inspector open
02 / Smart Objects

Every symbol carries its intelligence.

A draftIT object is not a static graphic. It is a structured entity holding geometry, optics, controls, mounting data, and export mappings. Edit it once and the schedules, legends, and code totals follow.

  • Optics, wattage, control zone, and mounting height on every object.
  • Change a property and the geometry updates. Change geometry and the data updates.
  • Import a PNG, PDF, or CAD symbol and convert it into a smart object.
  • One architecture that scales from lighting to AV, security, and beyond.
draftIT / Object Inspector
draftIT object inspector showing structured metadata
03 / Conceptual Photometric Preview

See the light before you calculate it.

draftIT draws conceptual coverage right on the plan from beam angle, mounting height, and workplane. Read spacing, overlap, and continuity in seconds, long before formal calculation software enters the picture.

  • Beam coverage circles sized from real optics and mounting height.
  • Import an IES file for conceptual isolux contours and overlap.
  • Catch dark gaps and uneven spacing while the concept is still moving.
  • Stay in one environment from sketch to coordination.
Coverage Fixture Overlap
draftIT / Photometric Preview
OPTIC 30° MOUNT 9'-0" AFF Ø 4'-10" 6'-0" OC
04 / Lighting Controls

Controls placed, zoned, and named.

draftIT treats switches, sensors, and stations as first-class objects. It tags control zones, assigns occupancy and daylight devices, and auto-populates control stations by zone count, then writes the controls narrative for you.

  • Occupancy, vacancy, and daylight devices placed by room.
  • Control zones named on a clear, consistent convention.
  • Wall stations auto-populated by zone count and manufacturer.
  • Ceiling devices on the RCP, wall stations on the floor plan.
draftIT / Controls and Stations
draftIT placing control stations on the floor plan
05 / Energy Code Intelligence

Code awareness while you design.

draftIT classifies rooms, tracks lighting power density room by room, and flags overages and unresolved spaces as you work. Switch energy codes and the totals recalculate against the right standard.

  • Room, floor, building, and site lighting power density.
  • Switch between major energy codes and LEED-aware defaults.
  • Warnings for unclassified spaces and missing controls.
  • Totals build in the background as objects land.
Lighting Power Density Title 24ASHRAE 90.1IECC
Lobby0.71 W/sfUnder
Dining0.84 W/sfUnder
Private Dining1.02 W/sfReview
Storage 104needs typeClassify
Corridor0.58 W/sfUnder
More In Every Project

Built into the workflow, not bolted on.

The same project carries forward instead of being rebuilt across separate tools.

Schedules and Legends

Fixture, controls, and room schedules build automatically and edit back to the drawing.

Cloud Sessions

Permission-based collaboration with revision history and shared AI workflows.

Smart Flatten

Flatten for print, or smart-flatten to preserve recoverable objects and metadata.

Office Standards and AI Training

Teach draftIT your templates, naming, and layouts so it drafts in your style.

CAD Export Roadmap

Smart attributed DWG and DXF blocks that carry types, metadata, and layers.

BIM Interoperability Roadmap

Map conceptual objects to families and levels for a lighter path into BIM.

The Wedge

Why lighting design first.

Lighting work is visual, geometry-driven, and schedule-heavy, and it still lives in PDFs during the conceptual phase. That makes it the clearest place to prove value. Solve it here and the same architecture reaches every other discipline.

  • Designers juggle optics, spacing, controls, code, and schedules at once.
  • Conceptual photometrics are valuable and currently disconnected.
  • Immediate, visible return inside a familiar PDF workflow.
  • The object architecture extends to AV, security, interiors, and more.
draftIT / Your Projects
draftIT home with recent lighting projects
Licensing

Four tiers, one platform.

From solo designers to enterprise firms. Premium modules unlock as teams grow.

Core
Conceptual drafting and smart objects for solo designers and students.
  • PDF drafting and smart objects
  • Room detection
  • Schedules and legends
  • Basic AI drafting
See it in the demo
Pro
Advanced AI and exports for professional consultants and studios.
  • Advanced AI drafting
  • Office libraries and standards
  • CAD export workflows
  • Energy analysis
See it in the demo
Lighting First
Lighting
Photometric preview and IES workflows for lighting and electrical teams.
  • Conceptual photometric preview
  • IES import and coverage overlays
  • Optics and spacing tools
  • Advanced controls workflows
See it in the demo
Enterprise
Private AI and infrastructure for firms standardizing across teams.
  • Private, office-trained AI
  • SSO and enterprise permissions
  • Deployment and audit controls
  • API and partner integrations
See it in the demo
The Vision

Every AEC project begins in draftIT.

Capture design intelligence the moment ideas are created, then carry it forward into schedules, controls, energy, and future CAD and BIM workflows. No more rebuilding the same information across disconnected tools.