✏️ From a sketch to a complete project - in 5 steps
Upload a hand sketch or a massing model, get a real photo, then create the project. Everything else (plans, 3D, MEP, BOQ, PDF) continues from that photo.
- New Project → in card ①, open ✏️ From my sketch → 📎 Choose sketch.
- Click ✏️ Make it real. Check "What the AI read", then click ✓ Use for the project on the photo you like.
- Optional: tick the sides and click 📐 Create the ticked sides (left, right, rear, aerial).
- Fill name, type, floors, city → click ② Create complete project.
- In the project: 🏠 3D (with 🧪 MEP only, ⚠ Clashes, ⬇ IFC), Render for more photos, and PDF / DXF Package for the drawings.
💡 Best results: draw every floor and every window and door clearly. Write labels on the sketch - with or without arrows - e.g. "window", "door", "WC", "kitchen", "blue front glass", "stone wall", "wood". The AI reads them and applies them. Free with your own Cloudflare key.
From Description to Engineering Package
Complete walkthrough — create a project, generate SBC-compliant drawings, and download your full engineering package in minutes.
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Create a New Project
Click + New Project on the MEP & BIM Engine page. Fill in your building details — or just type a description and let AI extract the parameters automatically.
- Title: Give your project a name (e.g. "Villa Al-Nakheel — Jeddah")
- Description: Describe in Arabic or English — AI fills the fields automatically
- Building Type: Residential Villa / Apartment / Office
- Floors: Any number — buildings above 10 floors trigger high-rise mode
- Area: Total built-up area in m²
- City: Search from 59 cities across 31 countries (ASHRAE climate data)
- Special Rooms: Toggle chips for spaces like Majlis, Gym, Pool, Server Room, Prayer Room, etc. — this applies to the whole building, not a specific floor, and affects electrical/plumbing sizing for those spaces
Tip: For Arabic input, type "فيلا 3 غرف نوم 350م دورين جدة" and AI will extract all parameters automatically.
Special Rooms are whole-building, not per-floor: Selecting "Gym" or "Server Room" tells the engine your building contains that space somewhere — it doesn't ask which floor. The generation engine allocates appropriate electrical/plumbing capacity for it, but placement on a specific floor isn't something you configure here.
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Generate Electrical System
Click ▶ Regenerate to calculate the complete electrical system per SBC 401. This auto-generates plumbing and HVAC at the same time.
▶ Regenerate
The Summary panel shows:
- MDB Rating — main distribution board ampere rating
- kVA Demand — total connected and demand loads
- Circuits — number of branch circuits generated
- Demand Saved — demand factor reduction from SBC 401-220.42
- Rooms / Phase Imbalance — room count and 3-phase balance
Wire sizing: All conductors sized per SBC 401 Table 310 with altitude derating for high-altitude cities (Abha 2270m, Taif 1880m, etc.)
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Generate Additional Disciplines
Use the header buttons to generate fire protection, high-rise systems, and elevator calculations:
📐 Floor Plan
🔥 Fire
🏗️ High-Rise
🛗 Elevator
Floor Plan
SBC 101 — Architectural floor plans with rooms, doors, windows, dimensions
Fire Protection
SBC 801 / NFPA — Sprinklers, detectors, extinguishers, exit signs
High-Rise (>10 floors)
Transformer, generator, chiller plant, wet riser, refuge floors, piles
Elevator (>4 floors)
SASO 3493 / EN 81 — Passenger, service, firefighter lifts
High-rise mode automatically activates for buildings above 10 floors — adds transformer sizing, chiller plant, pressure zones, wet riser, refuge floors and pile foundation.
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Review Results
Use the tabs on the right panel to review calculations:
Summary
📖 Learn
🎓 Quiz
🏠 3D
- Summary: MDB rating, demand, circuits, phase balance
- Learn tab: Every calculation explained step by step with SBC rule citations — e.g. "Wire sized at 4mm² because load = 2800VA continuous × 1.25 ÷ 230V = 15.2A → 4mm² XLPE (rated 24A, derated to 17.5A) per SBC 401 Table 310"
- Quiz tab: 25 questions generated from your project — test your SBC knowledge
- 3D tab: Isometric building visualization — drag to rotate, scroll to zoom
AI Editing: Click any element in the Learn tab and type a natural language instruction — "increase load by 20%" or "upgrade to 6mm² wire" — AI applies the change and checks SBC compliance.
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Download Outputs
All downloads are available from the header toolbar:
↓ SVG
Vector electrical single-line diagram — open in browser or Inkscape
SVG
↓ DXF
Electrical SLD — open in AutoCAD, LibreCAD, DraftSight, ShareCAD
DXF
📐 Floor Plan
Architectural floor plans — all floors on one A1 sheet
DXF
📋 BOQ
Bill of Quantities — all disciplines, quantities and SBC references
Excel
💰 Cost
Cost estimate — material + labor + overhead + VAT in SAR (mid-market rates)
Excel
📦 DXF Package
Complete multi-sheet DXF — E-01 Electrical, P-01 Plumbing, M-01 HVAC, A-01 Arch
ZIP
🏛️ Municipality
Saudi municipality submission PDF — cover sheet, drawing index, engineer signature block, SBC compliance declaration
PDF
📄 PDF Package
Complete engineering package PDF — all disciplines, drawings and BOQ
PDF
🌐 Share
Toggle project visibility — share to public gallery at aidenbrain.com/mep/gallery
Gallery
⚠ Important: All outputs are AI-generated and must be reviewed and stamped by a licensed engineer registered with the Saudi Council of Engineers before submission to any municipality or authority.
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Supported Building Codes
SBC 101
Architectural — floor plans, room areas, door/window schedules
SBC 301
Structural — column sizing, slab thickness, foundation type, ACI 318
SBC 401
Electrical — IEC 60364, branch circuits, wire sizing, demand factors
SBC 501
HVAC — ASHRAE 90.1, cooling load, AC sizing, duct design
SBC 701
Plumbing — IPC 2021, DFU, pipe sizing, water heater, vent stacks
SBC 801
Fire — NFPA 13/72, sprinklers, detectors, wet riser, refuge floors
48 SBC rules built in — every calculation is cited with the exact code section, table number and page reference.
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