Design automation
Revit plugin suite
A desktop add-in that automates modelling, tagging and sheet set-up, turning days of repetitive drawing work into minutes.
Automation that takes the repetition out of your working day.
CABERN builds bespoke software, plugins and internal tools that turn hours of manual work into a few clicks. Practical design and automation for construction, engineering, manufacturing and marine teams, built around how you already work.
Inputs
- Level_02_Model.rvt48 MB
- Door_Hardware.xlsx312 KB
- Client_Request.pdf1.4 MB
Outputs
| Door schedule | 0 | |
| Room data sheets | 0 | |
| Drawing sheets | 0 | |
| Quantity report | 0 | |
| Issue register | 0 |
Done by hand: 2 h 40 minAutomated: 0.0 s
What we do
If your team does the same task every week, it can probably be automated. We find those tasks and build the tools that handle them.
Workflow automationFor teams buried in repetitive tasks
We map how work actually moves through your business, then automate the manual steps: copying data between systems, building reports, renaming and filing, producing standard documents.
- Process review and quick wins
- Automated document and report generation
- Scripts that link the tools you already use
CAD and BIM pluginsFor design and engineering teams
Custom add-ins for Autodesk Revit and similar platforms that automate modelling, tagging, checking and output, so designers spend their time on design.
- Bespoke Revit add-ins in C# / .NET
- Model checking and batch processing
- Automated drawing and schedule output
Bespoke software and internal toolsFor businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets
Purpose-built desktop and web applications that replace patchworks of spreadsheets and email, designed around your own processes rather than a generic product.
- Internal project and job management suites
- Offline or server-based deployment
- Licensing, updates and ongoing support
Data, reporting and dashboardsFor managers who need the full picture
Dashboards that pull information together from across the business, so you can see where every job stands without chasing anyone for an update.
- Project control dashboards
- Live reporting from existing data
- Clean exports for finance and procurement
Marine and shipbuildingFor shipyards, naval architects and marine design offices
Design and automation for vessel structure, from structural modelling of the hull form to the part lists, nesting data and production drawings that follow from it.
- 3D structural modelling from the hull form
- Plate and profile part lists, material take-offs and nesting data
- Automated production drawings
- Cadmatic, AVEVA Marine, Rhino and DelftShip
Buildings, interiors and vessels
The same approach across very different work: structure generated from rules and placed precisely, so drawings and schedules follow automatically.
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How we work
Small, useful steps rather than big-bang projects. You see working software early and only pay for what delivers value.
Discover
We look at how the work is done today and where the time goes, then agree which tasks are worth automating first.
Prototype
A working first version on your real data, quickly, so you can judge the benefit before committing further.
Build
The tool is finished, tested with your team and documented, with a fixed price agreed up front.
Support
Ongoing updates, fixes and improvements as your needs change, under a simple annual licence.
About CABERN
CABERN is a UK design and automation consultancy that builds practical software for technical businesses, on land and at sea.
We started from the inside: years of delivering engineering and design work in construction and marine showed exactly where skilled people lose hours to repetitive tasks. Now we build the tools that win that time back.
Most of our clients are in the UK, and we also work with teams in Europe and Australia. Everything is delivered remotely, so distance and time zones are rarely an obstacle.
Because we understand the work as well as the code, the software we build fits the job rather than forcing the job to fit the software. You deal directly with the people building your tools, from first conversation to final release.
Examples of what we build
Typical tools we deliver. Every project is built around the client's own process, so no two are quite the same.
Internal software
Project management suite
An offline application that brings drawings, tracking and project status into one place, with an option to move to a shared server later.
Reporting
Project control dashboard
A single live view of progress and deliverables across every job, replacing weekly status spreadsheets and chasing emails.
Talk to us about your project
Tell us which task is eating your team's time and we'll reply within one working day, wherever you are.
Emailinfo@cabern.co.uk