Pirros for
Engineers
Find the engineering solutions your firm already built.
Your best details are buried in old Revit models. Pirros makes them searchable — so designers document faster and firm leaders see how knowledge is reused.
The solution already exists
Most engineering details already exist. But retrieving them usually means opening old models, searching through sheet sets, or digging through folders to find the right condition.
Engineers regularly run into the same challenges:
- Difficulty retrieving past engineering solutions from project files
- Recreating standard details that already exist elsewhere in the firm
- Communication gaps between engineers and production staff
- Interruptions as teams clarify which details should be used
- Valuable institutional knowledge getting lost between projects
Duplicated work. Inconsistent documentation. Valuable design knowledge that never gets reused.
How Pirros Helps
How engineers use Pirros to work smarter
Search across your firm's project history
Find Revit details and families across all uploaded projects at once. Pirros's search is powered by AI and computer vision, so content is discoverable by what it is. No tags, naming conventions, or folder structures required.
Preview and compare engineering solutions
View full PDF previews of details and sheets, inspect families in rotatable 3D, and review parameters and types before downloading anything. Compare how similar structural or technical conditions were resolved across multiple projects without opening old Revit models.
Load content into Revit without switching tools
Use the Pirros Revit plugin and Live Link to search and place details and families directly into an active project. Select specific family types on download, pull multiple items at once, and work across Revit versions. Content enters the project exactly as intended, with no staging folders or manual file management.
Mark up and share details & families with production staff
Annotate details on the PDF preview inside Pirros and share them with drafters, production teams, or external consultants as marked-up PDFs, no Revit access required. Flags and comments stay attached to the content without scattered redlines and email threads.
Vet and control engineering standards
Review project content and promote proven details into the standards library through built-in approval workflows. Restrict outdated or unvetted content to reference-only access. Track version history and receive notifications when a vetted detail or family is updated, so teams always know what is current.
See how content is used across your firm
Track which details and families are downloaded, by whom, and for which projects. Identify what content is most relied on, where gaps exist in the standards library, and which project work is generating the most reusable knowledge.
Faster production.
Stronger project delivery.
- 30-50%Faster detail retrieval and reuse
- 15-30+ hrsSaved per project
- $100K - 500K+Annual value through faster production
- 1,000+ hrsRecovered annually across teams
- HigherConsistency across engineering documentation
for engineering leaders
Turn engineering knowledge into operational advantage
Engineering firms generate enormous technical knowledge through their projects, but most of it remains buried inside project files. Pirros helps leadership capture and reuse that knowledge across the organization.
With Pirros, leaders can:
- Reduce duplicated work across teams and projects
- Improve consistency in engineering documentation
- Capture valuable solutions from past projects
- Give teams faster access to proven technical solutions
Pirros typically saves 15–30 hours per project by reducing time spent searching for and recreating details.
Trusted by leading engineering firms
Buehler Engineering didn't adopt Pirros because their details were disorganized. They adopted Pirros because they were already doing the hard work of building a high-quality library, and wanted the next step: making that knowledge faster to access, easier to compare, and simpler to distribute across engineers and production staff.
Buehler's team now operates Pirros at real scale with roughly 10,000+ detail views per quarter and 1,200+ detail downloads per quarter, saving 2–3 minutes per view.
"We discussed the frustration in finding and navigating things. If we can make people's lives easier, then we knew that Pirros was worth it, as it helped us make work easier and better for our people."
Kevin Cissna
Associate Principal at Buehler
Build on the work your firm already did
Your firm has already solved many of the problems your engineers face today. Pirros helps teams find those solutions and use them again. See how Pirros works for your firm.
Frequently asked questions
Check out some of our recently asked questions.
How do engineering firms keep teams from redrawing the same Revit details over and over?
That usually happens when teams cannot find a detail they trust, even if the firm has already solved the problem before. Pirros lets engineers and drafters search across both vetted standard details and non-standard project details, so they can start from existing work instead of recreating common conditions from scratch. That cuts down on duplicated effort and helps documentation move faster.
How do engineers find the right detail if it is not in the standard library?
That is one of the biggest advantages of Pirros. Engineers can search across the firm’s broader Revit content, not just the vetted details in the standard library, which makes it easier to find relevant solutions from past projects. If a detail is older or should not be reused freely, it can be marked as reference only so teams can still review it and request permission before downloading it.
How do engineers share details and markups with drafters more clearly?
A lot of time gets lost when feedback is spread across screenshots, email threads, and side conversations. Pirros gives teams a cleaner way to mark up details, keep comments attached to the content, and organize relevant details into shared stashes for a project or workflow. That makes it easier for drafters to understand what to use, what to revise, and what the engineer is actually asking for.
How do engineering firms let teams access past project details without encouraging blind reuse?
This is one of the hardest parts of reuse. Pirros helps firms strike that balance by allowing non-standard or outdated details to be marked as reference only, so they can still be searched and reviewed without being freely downloaded into a new project. If a team wants to reuse that content, they can request access from an admin, which gives firms more control without hiding valuable knowledge.
How do engineering firms maintain consistent standards across teams and offices?
Consistency gets harder when different teams rely on different folders, local habits, or outdated project files. Pirros makes vetted standard details easier to access and gives BIM leaders a more structured way to review and promote strong project content into the standard library over time. That helps firms maintain standards while still allowing teams to benefit from the broader range of project knowledge across the practice.
How can engineering firms speed up project startup in Revit?
Project startup is much easier when teams can begin with content that already exists instead of building everything from scratch. Pirros helps engineers and drafters quickly find reusable Revit families, vetted standard details, and other relevant project content from past work. That gives teams a better starting point early on and helps create more consistency from the beginning of the job.
How do engineering leaders keep control over what content teams are using?
Pirros gives engineering leaders visibility and control without turning them into a bottleneck. Teams can search across both approved and non-standard content, while features like reference-only access, permission requests, version history, flags, and markups help firms guide reuse more carefully. That makes it easier to protect quality while still giving engineers access to the knowledge they need.
Is Pirros only useful for BIM managers, or does it help engineers too?
Pirros is valuable for both, just in different ways. BIM managers and design technology leaders use it to improve standards, control quality, and understand usage across the firm, while engineers use it to find trusted details and families faster, compare past solutions, and reduce repetitive work in documentation. It supports the people managing content and the people using it every day.
