Endra

By audience

MEP Engineering

• MEP engineers upload an architectural IFC or DWG and Endra auto-places compliant devices (smoke detectors, sprinkler heads, light fixtures) across the floor plan.
• Endra generates riser diagrams, cable routing, and zone maps automatically, cutting fire-alarm design for a 500,000 sq-ft building from 2 months to under a day.
• Engineers validate and adjust the generated design in Endra's web UI before exporting the final Revit model or IFC file.
• Calculations and documentation required for permit submission are produced alongside the engineering model.
• Natural-language Q&A interface lets engineers query design rules and adjust parameters without manual CAD edits.

Designer / Drafter

• Drafters import an Endra-generated design into Revit via the native add-in, mapping Endra device placements to firm-specific Revit family types.
• Routine cable-routing and device-placement tasks are automated, shifting drafter effort toward design review and customisation.
• DXF/DWG and PDF exports let drafters bring results into any CAD environment without proprietary lock-in.

BIM Coordinator

• BIM coordinators receive clash-free MEP models from Endra, reducing coordination iteration cycles with structural and architectural models.
• IFC output is directly importable into coordination platforms (Navisworks, BIMcollab) for federated model review.
• BIM coordinators can verify code-compliance parameters are embedded in the model metadata before issuing for construction.

By phase

Design

• During schematic and detailed design, MEP engineers use Endra to generate compliant system layouts from an architect's model in hours rather than weeks.
• Endra's automated calculations and documentation support design freeze and permit submission milestones.
• Iterative changes to the architectural model can be re-run through Endra to update MEP layouts without manual redesign.