Pre-sales Drawings Agent — ai pre sales drawings for aec feasibility, bid, and concept sets
The Pre-sales Drawings Agent generates feasibility-stage plans, sections, elevations, and simple area schedules from Rhino .3dm mass models, Revit massing studies, or Grasshopper-driven geometry. It targets pre-sales, bid, and concept-to-pitch drawing sets, labelled as feasibility-grade, not CDs. It is available as a bespoke Labs engagement under MSA + Appendix for AEC studios that want repeatable pre-sales drawing production.
- Feasibility drawing set (plans + sections + elevations + key area schedule) generated from a Rhino mass model, ready for client pitch review and exportable to VitruAI + Revit.
- Bid-package drawings produced consistently across competing schemes — same template, same conventions, comparable side-by-side for internal review and pre-sales drawing production.
- Same agent runs against any feasibility-stage geometry source — Rhino, Revit massing, Grasshopper — Labs scoping picks the canonical pipe per studio and aligns it with the Rhino + Grasshopper integration.
What the Pre-sales Drawings Agent does.
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Plan, section, elevation generation from massing
Reads a Rhino mass model or a Revit massing study and generates feasibility-grade plans, sections, and elevations against the studio’s pre-sales drawing template. Drawings sit in a dedicated “Feasibility” sheet set so nobody confuses them with CD sheets in VitruAI + Revit. Views carry diagrammatic graphics, simplified lineweights, and clear “Not for Construction” labels so reviewers know the scope and risk profile.
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Area-schedule and quick-quantity drafting
Produces net-and-gross area schedules, building-footprint summaries, and quick-quantity tables such as gross floor area, net leasable area, and parking counts. Schedules follow the studio’s feasibility template, including naming conventions and rounding rules, so numbers drop straight into pitch decks or pre-sales drawing production workflows. Each Labs deployment calibrates which parameters matter for a regional residential developer versus a hospitality feasibility team.
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Bid-package drawing consistency
When a studio responds to multiple competition briefs in parallel, the agent outputs bid-package drawings to a single template — same scale conventions, same labelling, same layer or category structure. That consistency lets reviewers compare four schemes in a single session without re-learning graphics. The same configuration can sit alongside the Shop Drawings Agent so fabrication-stage sets and pre-sales sets stay visually distinct but internally coherent.
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Rapid iteration on concept changes
Concept-stage geometry changes daily during pre-sales; the agent regenerates the drawing set on demand for each new scheme. A Rhino mass update or a revised Grasshopper definition can produce a refreshed feasibility set in single-digit minutes per scheme, calibrated per deployment. Studios stop hand-drafting feasibility plans for three different options and instead trigger a regeneration pass each time the massing changes, keeping bid and pitch material in sync with the latest design.
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Multi-tool geometry intake: Rhino, Revit, Grasshopper
Accepts Rhino .3dm files, Revit massing models, or Grasshopper definitions that output massing geometry as its inputs. Labs scoping defines the canonical pipe — for example, Rhino massing to Revit documentation through the Rhino + Grasshopper integration or direct Revit-native massing. Edge cases like split phases, multiple design options, or linked context models are documented in the deployment playbook so teams know which geometry the agent reads.
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Available as a bespoke Labs engagement under MSA + Appendix
This agent ships as The Draftsman for feasibility work: it captures the customer’s pre-sales drawing template, typical project types (mixed-use, residential, healthcare, hospitality), and downstream handoff conventions. Labs scoping records whether feasibility hands off to a CD-stage Revit project or stays in Rhino, and how bid drawings flow into later VitruAI + Revit documentation. Each deployment is available as a bespoke engagement under MSA + Appendix, with scope, tools, and drawing examples agreed up front.
Pre-sales Drawings Agent — FAQ
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How is this different from the Shop Drawings Agent?
The Pre-sales Drawings Agent focuses on feasibility, bid, and concept-stage drawings that support sales conversations and early client approvals. The Shop Drawings Agent targets fabrication-stage detail work with dimensioned, coordinated, and often IFC-aware outputs. Many studios run both: pre-sales sets for pitches and competitions, then shop drawings once a scheme moves into procurement or contractor coordination.
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Does it produce CD-grade drawings?
No, this agent explicitly produces feasibility-grade drawings and labels them accordingly with clear “Not for Construction” and “Feasibility” markers. Studios that need CD-grade documentation continue to use Revit-native workflows and tools described in VitruAI + Revit. Labs scoping can define which view templates and title blocks belong to pre-sales so nobody confuses these with contract documents.
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What input geometry does it need?
The agent expects a Rhino mass model, a Revit massing study, or a Grasshopper definition that outputs massing geometry as its primary input. It does not currently read sketched 2D plans from PDF or DWG; that scope sits with document-first agents rather than geometry-first tools like the Rhino + Grasshopper integration. Labs scoping documents the exact input path so feasibility teams know which file or model to publish before triggering drawing generation.
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How quickly do drawings regenerate when the design changes?
Run time depends on model size, geometry complexity, and the chosen input tool, but a Rhino-mass-model regeneration typically runs in single-digit minutes per scheme. Each Labs deployment ships with a per-project runtime baseline calibrated to the customer’s actual feasibility pipeline. Teams usually fold this into their pre-sales drawing production rhythm so that a design tweak and a refreshed drawing set fit inside the same review block.
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Can it produce drawings to our studio’s specific feasibility template?
Yes, that is a primary focus of the Labs engagement. VitruAI captures your existing feasibility drawing templates, including title block conventions, layer or category structures, scale standards, and labelling style. Those rules then drive automated outputs so every pre-sales set, whether fed from Rhino massing or Revit options, aligns with the same template and can later hand off into Rhino massing to Revit documentation without rework.
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How does this fit alongside other VitruAI pre-sales and documentation workflows?
The Pre-sales Drawings Agent sits at the front of the funnel, turning early geometry into pitch-ready drawings and schedules. Downstream, workflows like Rhino massing to Revit documentation and the VitruAI + Revit integration take over for detailed documentation once a scheme is selected. Labs customers often start with pre-sales drawing automation, then extend into additional agents as their teams see where automation removes the most weekend work.