AI for Finding Construction Details
Using AI to find specific construction details in drawings.
Definition
AI for finding construction details enables search across drawings for specific detail types. AI can understand detail content and match based on function rather than just keywords. This dramatically reduces time spent searching for details.
In Depth
Finding specific construction details across a firm's project archive is one of the most common and most frustrating tasks in architectural practice. The detail exists somewhere — the firm has drawn it before — but finding it in a library of thousands of DWG files or PDF sheets requires either remembering exactly where it was or browsing through hundreds of files hoping to recognize it.
AI detail search works semantically. Describe what you need — "brick veneer shelf angle detail with continuous insulation" — and AI returns matching details from across all projects in the firm's archive. The search understands the technical description and matches it against the visual and textual content of every detail the firm has produced, regardless of file name, project, or date.
Examples
Searching for waterproofing details
Finding connection details
Locating typical details
Nomic Use Cases
See how Nomic applies this in production AEC workflows:
Frequently Asked Questions
AI for finding construction details enables search across drawings for specific detail types. AI can understand detail content and match based on function rather than just keywords. This dramatically reduces time spent searching for details.
Searching for waterproofing details. Finding connection details. Locating typical details.
Firm-Wide Detail Search: Give designers instant access to every detail your firm has ever drawn. Project Research: Instantly access all project-critical information from a single search interface.