AI compliance for drawings & BIM

AI-powered compliance checking for construction drawings & BIM models

Upload your drawings and BIM models. Ask anything in plain English. Get full compliance reports in minutes, every check cited against your drawings and the code.

Residential building / Melbourne

Do habitable rooms have window openings that meet NCC minimum natural light requirements based on floor area?

Assistant

All habitable rooms significantly exceed the 10% minimum requirement. Bedrooms 3 and 4, in particular, provide nearly three times the required natural light area.

Natural light: PassGlazing area: Pass
Cited frombuilding_plan_v3.ifcNCC 2025 Vol 2
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UptoCode reads and understands your project

An AI platform that reads your construction drawings and BIM models to check them against building codes, regulations, or your own internal quality standards.

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PDFs, IFC, Revit, DWG. Floor plans, elevations, schedules, sections. We read them all.

Is the fire rating on this wall compliant?
Wall type W2 is rated FRL 90/90/90, meeting the boundary requirement.
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Ask anything

"Do these windows comply?" "What’s the fire rating on this wall?" Answers with cited evidence.

Compliance report94% complete
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Egress width
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Full compliance audit reports in minutes. Every check cited against your drawings and the code.

How it works

From upload to cited report in four steps. No manual code lookups, no switching between tools.

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Upload your files

Drag and drop your drawing PDFs, IFC models, and compliance documents. We process them automatically.

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AI reads everything

Our AI extracts every detail: dimensions, materials, fire ratings, sill heights, from both drawings and BIM data.

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Ask or run a check

Chat with your project or run a full compliance audit. The AI cross-references all your data against the relevant codes.

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Get your report

A detailed compliance report with every check cited against your drawings, the BIM model, and the regulation.

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Chat with your drawings

Ask questions in plain English. The AI retrieves data from your drawings, BIM model, and regulations to answer, and shows you exactly where each answer came from.

  • Grounded in your actual files, not generic advice
  • Every answer cited to a drawing, model, or code clause
  • Follow up naturally, the project stays in context
Project / Residential building designU

I'm designing a residential building in Melbourne. What are the minimum ceiling height requirements?

Assistant

For residential buildings in Melbourne, the National Construction Code requires a minimum ceiling height of 2.4 m for habitable rooms such as living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens.

For non-habitable spaces: bathrooms, laundries, and corridors are 2.1 m minimum. For sloping ceilings, at least two-thirds of the floor area must meet the required height.

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building_plan_v3.ifcDrawings and notesRegulations

Full compliance reports

Run a full audit across every section of the relevant codes, or test against your own company-specific QA guidelines. Detailed pass and fail per requirement, cited against your actual drawings.

  • Every section of the relevant regulation, checked
  • Run against your own internal QA standards
  • Pass / fail per requirement, cited to the drawing
NCC 2025 compliance audit2025 vs 2019
PartTopic20192025Change
H1 StructureFootings, masonry, framing, glazingNo change
H2 DampDamp-proof courses, flashingsNo change
H2 CondensationPliable membrane, vapour managementClass 4 membrane now specified
H3 Fire SafetyBoundary walls, smoke alarmsNo change
H4 Wet AreasWaterproofing to AS 3740Alternate DTS path valid
H6 Energy EfficiencyStar rating referenced7-star NatHERS + Whole-of-Home required
H8 Livable HousingNot in NCC 2019N/ANew Part, 5 items non-compliant

What we check

Upload any regulation document. Our AI reads it and checks your drawings against it, across every major compliance domain.

Fire Safety

Fire ratings, separation walls, egress paths, smoke detection.

Structural

Load paths, bracing, member sizes, foundation details.

Energy Efficiency

Insulation values, glazing U-values, NatHERS star ratings.

Accessibility

Door widths, ramp gradients, bathroom clearances, Livable Housing.

Light & Ventilation

Sill heights, safety glazing, fall protection, ventilation areas.

Waterproofing

Wet area membranes, termination heights, flashing details.

Plus:any regulation you upload. NCC, IBC, Eurocodes, AS/NZS standards, and even your company's own design standards.

See it for NCC 2025 compliance or BIM & IFC models.

We speak your file types

Bring the files you already work in. More native formats are landing through 2026.

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Drawing sets, specifications, council documents.

IFC

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BIM models from ArchiCAD, Revit, Tekla, and others.

RVT

Q3 2026

Native Revit files, direct model access.

DWG

Q4 2026

AutoCAD drawings, 2D plan reading.

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Construction projects are fragmented by nature, with multiple consultants and stakeholders working across the same set of plans.

UptoCode brings everyone into one collaborative workspace, so your designer, engineer, energy consultant, and certifier communicate in a single thread. Align decisions early and keep the project moving in the right direction from day one.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about checking drawings and BIM models with UptoCode.

PDF and IFC are live today, covering drawing sets, specifications, council documents, and BIM models from ArchiCAD, Revit, Tekla, and others. Native Revit (RVT) access lands in Q3 2026 and AutoCAD (DWG) in Q4 2026.

Upload your drawings and BIM models along with the regulations you want to check against. UptoCode extracts dimensions, materials, fire ratings, sill heights, and more from both the drawings and the BIM data, then cross-references everything against the relevant code and returns a structured pass/fail report cited to your files.

Any regulation you upload. The NCC, IBC, Eurocodes, AS/NZS standards, local council requirements, and even your company's own internal QA and design standards. The AI reads the document you provide and checks your drawings against it.

A question in chat is answered in seconds, grounded in your project files. A full compliance audit across an entire regulation typically completes in minutes, instead of the hours manual review takes.

Yes. Upload your company-specific quality assurance guidelines as a document and UptoCode will verify your drawings against them the same way it checks against published codes, with every finding cited.

No. The Free plan includes 65 credits and full platform access with no credit card required. Upgrade only when you are ready, and there are no lock-in contracts.

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Compliance report94% complete
Residential, MelbourneNCC 2025
Fire separation
Egress width
Ceiling height
Natural light
Cited frombuilding_plan_v3.ifcNCC 2025 Vol 2