How SketchPro Unlocks More Design Time in Early Phases

The first weeks of SD set the structure that the rest of the project inherits. Worksets, naming, program checks, and the cartoon set are the work that has to happen, and the work that pulls hours away from where they matter most in early phases: design.

SketchPro handles that setup work directly in Revit. Architects and engineers describe what they need; SketchPro reads the model, proposes a change, and applies it on confirmation.

Create Worksets and Organize the Model

Ask SketchPro to create worksets following your firm's SD standard (shell, core, interiors, site, links by discipline) and to move existing elements into them. SketchPro reads the model, proposes a structure with short rationale for each workset, and applies it once you confirm. Levels rename to match the project template. View templates get assigned. The same prompt scales to phased projects, tall mixed-use towers, or multi-building sites, with a change summary before commit.

Validate Programming Against Area Targets

Upload the program area targets (a spreadsheet, a client PDF, or a written brief) and ask SketchPro to compare it against the rooms in your model. SketchPro returns a summary: target versus designed area, count versus required count, adjacencies if they were part of the brief, and anything missing entirely. When the program shifts mid-phase, re-run the check and see only the deltas. The output is grounded in the actual BIM data, not a parallel spreadsheet.

Establish Naming Standards Across Disciplines

Give SketchPro your firm's naming conventions (a document, a sample sheet index, or a short description) and ask it to apply across the model. Sheets, views, and view types rename to match. Ambiguous cases get flagged. When linked models come in from consultants using different conventions, SketchPro can produce a mapping report so coordination starts with alignment instead of triage.

Generate the Cartoon Set

Ask SketchPro to generate the cartoon set: plans, elevations, sections, and key details at the right scales, on sheets using your firm's title block, in the firm's standard sheet order. SketchPro creates views with appropriate crop regions and view templates, places them, populates titles and numbers per your naming standard, and assembles the sheet index. What used to take days now takes minutes, allowing teams to focus their efforts on more high-impact work.

SketchPro is in active use at architecture firms across structures, interiors, and architecture practices. Reach out to see it on your next project.