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Algorithmic & Parametric Modeling

The drawing updates itself

We develop custom digital scripts that automate shop drawing production and apply parametric modeling strategies throughout the documentation process. This allows us to compress timelines, reduce error, and bring a level of precision to documentation that manual workflows cannot achieve at scale.

Overview

Shop drawings are some of the most repetitive, highest-precision work on a project, and still mostly manual. Every revision means redrawing and rechecking by hand, where small errors compound into expensive field problems.

Why

Concourse writes custom scripts that generate this documentation directly from the model. Change the design, and the parametric logic updates every dependent drawing automatically, no manual reset, no lag between what's modeled and what's issued.

When

Once a design moves into detailing and fabrication, or on any project with heavy repetitive documentation and a design still evolving late in the process.

How

  • Scripts pull directly from the model to generate shop drawings.

  • Parametric rules mean one design change updates every dependent drawing.

  • Documentation stays in continuous sync with the model, no gap between designed and built.