InStandart

Automation built inside the CAD tools engineers already use

InStandart writes custom software that sits on top of design platforms, chiefly AutoCAD, Revit, Plant 3D and AVEVA E3D. The company's own description is specific about what that means: it builds the calculations, integrations and checks that those platforms do not ship with, and then maintains them as a product. It says it does not sell off-the-shelf software and does not supply staff for other people's projects, and that where standard CAD already covers a workflow it will say so rather than build something unnecessary. The team started out as a Ukrainian outsourcing and custom development company, and its older pages describe work for retail, hospitality, real estate, logistics and fashion clients before the current engineering focus took over.

How the plugins are built

The tools use the native programming interfaces of each platform: the AutoCAD and Revit APIs, the Plant 3D SDK and AVEVA PML. The point, according to the company, is that engineers stay inside the application they know, and the automation reads and writes live drawing data instead of relying on export and import cycles. It also writes AutoLISP routines for quick improvements and batch scripts that process hundreds of drawings overnight.

Formwork, plant and model review work

Several service areas are listed. Formwork calculation software generates material takeoffs, load calculations and shop drawings for temporary construction structures. For oil and gas and process plant teams, the company extends AVEVA E3D with PML-based tools, catalogue changes and validation rules, and automates AVEVA Diagrams so that P and ID updates flow into the 3D model and back. Other work covers automated clash detection and coordination between disciplines, extraction of dimensions, quantities and attributes from drawings into Excel, databases or ERP systems, and CAD to ERP connectors that sync drawing data with SAP, Oracle or a PLM system. A further offering builds interactive 3D training environments from a client's own CAD models, so operators can rehearse procedures and emergency response before entering the plant.

Results the company reports

The company says each engagement is judged by a measured number rather than billable hours. Its examples include a 70 percent fall in formwork calculation cost, bill of materials entry cut from four hours to under fifteen minutes with errors dropping from 15 percent to below 2 percent, and clash resolution shortened from three to five days to under one. It reports more than 140 completed projects, in oil and gas, construction, EPC and specialised manufacturing.

Four stages from audit to upkeep

Work begins with a workflow audit, in which the team watches engineers handle a live project using real files, scripts and error logs to find the most expensive step, measured in hours. Building, validation against real project data and long-term maintenance follow.