What you can do with Calq

Calq is a BIM modeller in the browser where you and Calq AI draw the same building: ask in words or draw by hand. One model gives its plans, sections, elevations, schedules and sheets, and leaves as open IFC. Each page below says what a workflow does, what it needs, what it makes and where it stops.

• Calq AI: an AI that builds the BIM model with youAsk Calq AI in words, or give it a brief, a plan or a spreadsheet: it sets the project up, offers options, and builds and edits the same BIM model you draw on, every change undoable.
  • Beta
  • On a paid plan
• BIM modelling in the browserModel a building in a browser tab: walls, floors, roofs, stairs, rooms, openings and the ground, with plans, sections, elevations and 3D from the one model.
  • Available
  • Free account
• Drawings and sheets to scalePlans, sections and elevations drawn to scale from the BIM model, with automatic dimensions, keys, title blocks and PDF sheet sets.
  • Available
  • Free account
• IFC and open BIMCalq writes IFC4 Reference View, IFC 4.3 and IFC2X3 checked against the official schema, with COBie, gbXML, BCF and IDS, and reads IFC, DXF and DWG.
  • Available
  • Free account
• A storey of flats from the plan engineLay out a storey of flats in the browser: the plan engine gives three checked options with the core, the corridor and the mix of homes, as BIM elements you edit.
  • Available
  • Free account
• From a brief to a BIM modelCalq AI reads a written brief or a spreadsheet of rooms, draws massing options to choose from, then lays the rooms in the chosen mass as an editable BIM model.
  • Beta
  • On a paid plan
• From a drawing to a BIM modelBring a PDF drawing, a DWG or DXF, or an image of a plan into Calq and build editable walls, doors, windows and rooms from it.
  • Beta
• Site and topographyBring a survey into Calq as points, CAD contours, LandXML or GeoJSON, or take the ground and the neighbours from the map, then grade it and seat a building on it.
  • Beta
  • Free account
• Calq from ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistantsCalq has one Model Context Protocol address. An assistant such as ChatGPT or Claude signs in with your Calq account and builds and edits your models with Calq's tools.
  • Available
• Calq and RevitHow a Calq model reaches Revit today (IFC and DXF) and what the Calq for Revit add-in, still in development, will do.
  • In development