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AI Framing Plan Drafting

A framing plan changes every time the engineer resizes a beam, the architect moves a shaft, or the mechanical engineer asks for a bigger duct opening. Nomic drafts steel, wood, and concrete framing plans in CAD from the engineer's markups and member list, tags every member, and checks the sheet against the member list and the architectural and MEP backgrounds before your engineer of record reviews and stamps.

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Last reviewed: November 2026

You send

  • The engineer's marked up prints or sketches
  • Member list or analysis model export in Excel
  • Architectural backgrounds and the MEP sheets that cross the structure
  • Your structural CAD standards, tag formats, and typical details

Nomic hands back

  • Floor and roof framing plans as DWG files on your layers
  • Member tags with size, studs, camber, and reactions per your format
  • Opening and penetration callouts dimensioned to grid
  • A list of open questions and tags that did not match the member list
1234567ABCW18x35W18x35W18x35W12x1918K5 @ 5'-0" O.C.TOP OF STEEL EL. 128'-6" | 3" COMPOSITE DECK + 3-1/4" LW CONC.27'-3"27'-0"27'-3"27'-3"27'-0"27'-3"94'-8"1AFRAMING PLANSCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"N1234CONSULTING ENGINEERSREVISIONS1ISSUED FOR REVIEWPROJECTWESTFIELD LABSSCALE1/8" = 1'-0"DATE08/10/2026KEY PLANSHEET TITLEFRAMING PLANSHEET NUMBERS-201

On the sheet

Framing Plan, annotated

A structural framing plan with columns on the grid, girders, infill beams, and the lateral system.

  1. 1Steel column at each grid intersection
  2. 2Girder on the grid line, sized on plan
  3. 3Joists with spacing and span arrow
  4. 4Moment connection in the lateral frame

The problem

Every beam size change is a drafting change

On a four-story steel office building, the second, third, and fourth floor framing plans are nearly identical, yet each one carries 200 or more member tags, stud counts, camber values, and top of steel elevations that have to match the engineer's member list exactly. One resized girder in the analysis model means hunting down the same tag on three sheets, the beam schedule, and sometimes a section, and a missed W16x26 that should now read W18x35 is the kind of error that reaches the fabricator.

Framing plans also sit at the center of coordination. Stair and elevator openings move with the architect, roof framing follows the mechanical unit layout, and every duct or pipe that needs to pass through a beam web or slab becomes a markup on the framing sheet. The drafting backlog grows in the last two weeks before issue, exactly when the engineer needs time to review connections and loads.

01 / Draft

From markups and a member list to tagged framing

Attach the engineer's marked up prints, the member list exported from the analysis model, and the architectural backgrounds. Nomic lays out the grid, draws each member on your structural layers, and tags it with size, studs, camber, and end reactions in your firm's format. Repeated floors are drafted once and carried to every level with the differences called out.

  • Steel beams and girders tagged with size, studs, and camber
  • Wood joists, headers, and beams with spacing and direction arrows
  • Concrete slab, beam, and drop panel outlines with marks
02 / Coordinate

Openings and penetrations pulled from the other trades

Nomic reads the architectural and MEP sheets for shafts, stairs, roof units, and duct mains that cross the framing. Deck openings are located and dimensioned to grid, and web penetrations are marked against your typical opening detail, so the engineer sees each one before the steel is detailed.

  • Shafts, stairs, and elevator openings dimensioned from grid lines
  • RTU curbs and roof openings framed from the mechanical roof plan
  • Duct and pipe crossings at beams flagged against typical details
03 / Check

Checked against the member list and the code notes

Before the sheet goes to the engineer, Nomic compares every tag on the plan with the member list, confirms the design loads the IBC requires on construction documents are on the general notes, and lists the openings it could not frame from the information it had. Everything it drew is clouded.

  • Tags on plan matched one to one with the member list
  • Reactions shown where connection design is delegated
  • Open questions on openings and loads listed for the engineer

Checked against

The code and documents behind every sheet

Name the editions the project is designed to and Nomic checks its own drawing against them before handing it back. Your engineer or architect of record makes the final call and stamps the set.

  • AISC 360 and AISC 303 Code of Standard Practice
  • ACI 318 for concrete framing
  • AWC NDS for wood framing
  • IBC Chapter 16 construction document requirements
  • The engineer's member list and markups
  • Your firm structural CAD standards

How it works

From a sentence to a stamped set

  1. Step 1

    Ask for the drawing

    Say what the sheet needs to show and attach the backgrounds, markups, cutsheets, or photos. A sentence is enough to start.

  2. Step 2

    Nomic drafts it in CAD

    Nomic works in CAD on its own computer, on your layers and blocks, following how your firm drew the same thing before. It saves real DWG files to the project.

  3. Step 3

    Nomic checks its own work

    The drawing is checked against the code editions you name and the source documents. Everything Nomic drew is clouded, and open questions are listed.

  4. Step 4

    Your team reviews and stamps

    Your engineers and architects review the clouded changes, make the final call, and issue the set under their own stamp.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Nomic works in CAD on its own computer and saves framing plans as DWG files. It draws grids, members, and openings from the engineer's markups and member list, tags each member in your format, and checks the tags against the member list before the engineer reviews the sheet.

No. The engineer of record sizes members and decides connections, camber, and loads. Nomic drafts the sizes the engineer gives it, flags tags that do not match the member list, and lists questions such as an opening that cuts a girder. The final call and the stamp stay with the engineer.

Yes. Give Nomic the revised member list or a marked up print and it updates the tag on every plan where the member appears, clouds each change, and lists what it changed sheet by sheet so the engineer can confirm the revision.

No. Nomic is not a plugin. It drafts in CAD on its own computer and saves DWG files you open in AutoCAD or any DWG editor. Teams that model structure in Revit get DWGs and a change list their modelers can link or carry into the model.

Steel floor and roof framing with composite deck, wood joist and rafter framing with headers and beams, and concrete slab and beam framing are common starting points. Nomic follows how your firm drew the same system on past projects, including tag formats and line types.

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