Case Study: US Steel-joist Manufacturer speeds up steel detailing with Moravio

US Steel-joist Manufacturer aims for 3-5x throughput with Moravio

The customer, a US steel-joist manufacturer, faced a growth bottleneck due to its highly manual drafting process in AutoCAD, where every element was drawn and typed by hand. This cap on throughput prevented the company from scaling its operations. The vendor, Moravio, was engaged to develop a custom software solution that could automate this process without compromising on the 100% accuracy required for its bill of materials.

Moravio implemented a multi-part system built around a robust .NET AutoCAD plugin and automated BOM generation to read data directly from the model. The solution was designed to integrate with existing workflows, requiring no migration or rip-and-replace. The results for the manufacturer were significant, achieving a 40-50% near-term increase in drafting speed with the ambition of three to five times the throughput, allowing them to handle more projects without proportionally increasing their team of drafters.