Providing a spec ready CAD file makes it easier for specifiers to use your products in their projects. That means more chances of getting specified, and more sales downstream.
Free CAD Analyzer
See how your CAD drawings measure up against North American industry standards.
Why Spec Ready CAD Matters
CAD drawings are precise, detailed 2D and 3D models of building products that AEC pros use to specify solutions into their designs. When searching for products, specifiers look for CAD files that are:
✓ Up to date with the latest industry standards
✓ Ready to download and drop straight into a project
✓ Compatible with AutoCAD, and drawing tools specifiers use every day
✓ Cleanly built, with correct layers, scale, and units
Expand Your Reach
Building product manufacturers need to get their product information in front of architects and design professionals to be specified in construction projects. Traditional marketing approaches are inefficient at this and do not acknowledge how the design community works. Architects and design professionals that are actively specifying a project are not walking trade show floors or browsing magazines for product inspiration. Rather, they are looking for the design files they need to save themselves time when specifying products. This is why CADdetails is dedicated to providing manufacturers with multiple targeted ways to reach architects that are actively seeking products to specify.
What CAD Analyzer Checks For
- Completeness: Confirms the drawing has the views, title block, dimensions, and parameter tables a specifier expects.
- Accuracy: Checks that every view is internally consistent and matches the real assembly.
- AEC Usability: Looks for the coordination details specifiers actually need, so your file is ready to drop into a project.
- Standards Compliance: Checks the drawing follows AEC conventions specifiers expect.
- File Integrity: Checks the linework is clean, so the file opens the way it was drawn.
- Clarity & Readability: Flags anything hard to read, from cramped notations to muddy linework.
- And more!
Why You'll Love It
Get a Concrete Technical Score
You'll receive an overall score out of 10 built from ten weighted criteria, not a vague "looks good" or "needs work."
Graded the Way a Specifier Would
Your score reflects the standards AEC specifiers actually apply, so a strong result means a file they'll trust and pull into their work.
Fix It Before It Ships
Problems get flagged while you can still fix them, before the drawing reaches a specifier's desk and quietly gets passed over.
See Exactly Where You Lose Points
Completeness, accuracy, AEC usability, standards compliance, and more are each scored individually, with plain-language notes on what's missing.
How It Works
Upload Your CAD
Drop in any files you want evaluated against North American category standards.
Inclusive Access
During this 20 min discovery call, a CADdetails expert will guide you to reach your goals.
Get Your Score
See exactly where you stand with a detailed, downloadable report.
Select a Plan
CADdetails helps you match your objectives to one of our three plans.
Take Action
Use your score to close any gaps and level up your CAD drawings.
Reach Your Audience
Access North American architects and design professionals to start getting your products specified!
FAQs
You can upload DWG and PDF files.
Your results give you a complete technical breakdown of your CAD file, not just a pass/fail. You'll get:
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An overall score out of 10, built from ten weighted criteria like completeness, accuracy, AEC usability, and standards compliance
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A breakdown of every citerion, showing exactly where you're losing points, with plain-language explanations for each score
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A list of strengths, highlighting what your drawings do well
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A clear sense of what to fix first, before the file reaches a specifier
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And more!
In short: you'll know exactly what's working, what's missing, and what to fix before your content ever reaches a specifier.
Nothing! CAD Analyzer is completely free.
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