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Shop Drawing Robot

Turns models dropped into a folder or web page into shop drawing sets on its own, and reports questions and finished jobs by email.

Get in touch Sample output
Input
STEP + job card
Output
Sheet set + forms
Notice
Email
Status
Ready
Front, side and top views of an anchor set, its 3D isometric, item list and production data. From a real job; project, client and personal details removed.
R-15 · 01Anchor set assembly sheet · A3

The robots' shared workbench

The Shop Drawing Robot is not a single fabrication robot but the platform the robots run on. The team drops a job folder into a shared folder or a web form; the platform queues it, hands it to the right robot and writes the result into a revision-numbered folder.

No silent guessing: an uncertain part is not produced; it comes back as a question with a proposal. While a question is open the set is stamped "incomplete – not for fabrication". Every delivery comes with a check report: sheet count, open questions, warnings and text clashes.

Today the anchor and profile families run live on this platform; the other robots join it as they finish training.

Input and output

The robot takes files as they are; the output comes out in the form the workshop, purchasing and site teams use directly.

Input

  • STEP
    ModelsAssembly and part files.
  • XLSX
    Quantities / BOMSet quantities, materials and fixings.
  • TXT
    Job cardType, job number, requester, notes and answers to questions.

Output

  • PDF
    Sheet setOne revision-numbered PDF, 1:1 DXF and DWG.
  • XLSX
    Forms and logWork and material requests, fabrication log.
  • PDF
    Check reportSheets, questions, warnings, rule numbers, revision differences.

This is what the output looks like

The first sheet comes from one of the robot's real jobs, with the title block, project, client, personal and product names removed and codes changed to DMO-. Any other drawings come from a fictional demo project.

Front, side and top views of an anchor set, its 3D isometric, item list and production data. From a real job; project, client and personal details removed.
R-15 · 01Anchor set assembly sheet · A3

Whose work this robot makes easier

  • 01

    Engineering teams

    Drop the job, get the result in a revision-numbered folder.

  • 02

    Engineer

    Questions and the check report in one place.

  • 03

    Workshop

    Sheets and forms in the same layout every time.

  • 04

    Planning

    Job, sheet and weight summary in the fabrication log.

Get in touch

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This section introduces the robots. Write to us to talk about what a robot does, its input and output, or to learn more.

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Please mention

  • 01Which robot you are interested in
  • 02The kind and size of your work
  • 03The file formats you have (STEP, DWG, XLSX…)

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Frequently asked questions

Is it a robot or a platform?

A platform: robot families such as anchors and profiles run on it, sharing the job queue, questions, check report and notices.

What does it do with an uncertain part?

It does not produce it; it asks a question with a proposal and produces the remaining parts. Once answered, the same revision is completed.

How are revisions tracked?

A changed model opens a new REV and a report of added, removed, re-shaped and re-counted parts; the previous revision is kept.

How can I learn more about the platform?

Write to info@archesign.studio.

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