Case Study: Bright Sheet Metal cuts modeling time from weeks to days and improves trade coordination with Trimble MEP (SysQue)

Bright Sheet Metal leverages Trimble SysQue to better collaborate with other trades, identify potential clashes and make changes on-the-fly

Bright Sheet Metal, an Indianapolis-based full-service HVAC contractor specializing in ductwork and metal fabrication, faced a slow, error-prone workflow: receiving LOD 200 Revit models and rebuilding them in AutoCAD to achieve construction-ready LOD 400, a process that typically took three to four weeks and made trade coordination and design changes difficult. To address this challenge they adopted Trimble MEP’s Trimble SysQue to streamline their design-to-fabrication process within Revit.

By using Trimble MEP’s SysQue, Bright Sheet Metal now updates models from LOD 200 to LOD 400 directly in Revit in two to three days instead of weeks, enabling real-time clash detection, faster coordination with other trades, and on-the-fly design changes during meetings. Trimble MEP’s SysQue also provides manufacturer-accurate duct fittings and SMACNA/DW144 content, improves hanger and Total Station workflows, and delivers clear time and cost savings for bidding, fabrication, and installation.

Bright Sheet Metal

Rance Pearson

BIM Director