From 50% to 95%: getting an LLM to read engineering drawings

Description and use

<p>Every building automation project starts with the same paperwork problem: pages of technical drawings showing hundreds of individual input and output connections that have to be read, classified and transcribed by hand before any controller gets configured.</p> <p>We built a tool that automates the repetitive parts of that job for a client who installs and configures the Honeywell, Priva and ISMA controllers that run HVAC, climate control and lighting in commercial buildings. Here is what worked.</p> <h2> The task </h2> <p>Every project begins with a technical drawing: a multi-page Visio do

Problem

<p>Every building automation project starts with the same paperwork problem: pages of technical drawings showing hundreds of individual input and output connections that have to be read, classified and transcribed by hand before any controller gets configured.</p> <p>We built a tool that automates the repetitive parts of that job for a client who installs and configures the Honeywell, Priva and ISMA controllers that run HVAC, climate control and lighting in commercial buildings. Here is what worked.</p> <h2> The task </h2> <p>Every project begins with a technical drawing: a multi-page Visio do

Outcome

<p>Every building automation project starts with the same paperwork problem: pages of technical drawings showing hundreds of individual input and output connections that have to be read, classified and transcribed by hand before any controller gets configured.</p> <p>We built a tool that automates the repetitive parts of that job for a client who installs and configures the Honeywell, Priva and ISMA controllers that run HVAC, climate control and lighting in commercial buildings. Here is what worked.</p> <h2> The task </h2> <p>Every project begins with a technical drawing: a multi-page Visio do

Evidence

From 50% to 95%: getting an LLM to read engineering drawings

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