Built in India · For Indian civil engineers

Stop copying data between tools all day.

CivilAI plugs into ETABS, STAAD, AutoCAD and Excel — and automates the manual donkey-work between them. Load combos, BBS, drawing prep, schedule export, report writing. Less data entry. More engineering.

ETABS · STAAD · Excel AutoCAD · Revit Hours of manual work → minutes
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Running · ETABS → Excel round-trip
Sunshine Residency · 8 load combos · 142 columns
Auto-running
Export
Story drifts · DCRs
From ETABS v22 model
Excel sheet
Auto-formatted
Your firm's template
Re-import
Modified sections
Back into ETABS
CivilAI did this for you →

Exported 142 columns + 8 load-combo results from your ETABS model into your firm's deflection-check sheet. Flagged 6 columns over DCR limit. Re-imported revised sections back into ETABS — all in 47 seconds.

47s · Was: ~3 hours manual
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Made for everyone who builds in India:
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The manual work that eats your week

Engineers don't hate engineering.
They hate everything around it.

Indian civil engineers spend 60-70% of their day on copy-paste, formatting, and re-running the same checks. We give that time back.

3 hours → 47 seconds

ETABS → Excel → ETABS, all day.

Story drifts, mass schedules, DCRs, load combo results — engineers spend hours copy-pasting between ETABS and Excel for every project. The data doesn't change. The pain does.

Hours → 1 click

AutoCAD repetition that should not exist.

Column callouts on 40 sheets. BBS plots. Title block updates. Revision clouds. Sheet renumbering. The same actions, every project, every day, by hand.

Auto-refresh

Excel sheets nobody trusts.

BoQ rollups. Deflection check sheets. Design summary tables. They live or die based on whether someone remembered to refresh the right cell. We make them update themselves.

1 week → 30 min

Reports written from scratch — every project.

Design basis reports. Structural analysis summaries. Compliance check documents. Same format, different numbers. Junior engineers spend a week per project on this.

One tool. Every role on the project.

CivilAI works for your role — not a generic chatbot.

Pick your role. The workflow, the language and the outputs change to match what you actually do.

For · Structural engineer

Design a full G+4 building in one afternoon.

  • Upload sketch or AutoCAD plan — get slab, beam, column designs in minutes.
  • Every output checked against IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893, IS 800.
  • BBS (bar bending schedule) and structural drawings ready to print.
Typical result
10×
faster than manual design
Works with
AutoCADETABSSTAAD.ProExcel
How it works

Plug in. Pick a workflow. Save your day.

CivilAI doesn't replace your tools — it sits between them and does the donkey-work. Your ETABS, your AutoCAD, your Excel templates stay exactly as they are.

Step 1 — Plug in

Point CivilAI at your existing ETABS / STAAD / AutoCAD / Excel files. Nothing leaves your machine or your firm's cloud.

→ Connected: ETABS v22, AutoCAD 2024, Office 365
Step 2 — Pick a workflow

ETABS-to-Excel round-trip. AutoCAD column callouts. BBS generation. Design report writer. STAAD reaction export. Or ask us to build a custom one for your firm.

Picked: ETABS → Excel round-trip · 142 columns · 8 load combos
Step 3 — CivilAI runs it

Hours of manual work in seconds. Auto-meshes ETABS models. Auto-tags AutoCAD sheets. Auto-formats Excel deflection sheets. Auto-writes design reports.

✓ 47 seconds · was ~3 hours of manual copy-paste
Step 4 — Engineer reviews

You stay the engineer of record. CivilAI never sends anything to the client without your stamp. Audit log shows every input, every output, every diff.

6 DCRs flagged · awaiting your approval
Step 5 — Back into your tools

Revised sections pushed back into ETABS. Updated drawings back into AutoCAD. Refreshed Excel sheets dropped in OneDrive. Everything where you expect it.

Synced: ETABS model + 12 DWG sheets + 3 Excel tabs
What we actually automate

Real workflows. Real time saved. Pick yours.

Each card is a real workflow we have already shipped to Indian engineering firms. If yours isn't here, send it — most can be built in 2-3 weeks.

Flagship automation

ETABS → Excel → ETABS, round-trip.

Pull story drifts, mass schedules, DCRs and member forces from ETABS into your firm's Excel templates. Engineers tweak the sections in Excel. CivilAI pushes the changes back into the ETABS model — auto-meshed, auto-named, ready to re-run.

Versions supported
ETABS v19, v20, v21, v22
Time saved per project
~12 hours
Models tested on
G+3 to G+25

AutoCAD column callouts

Auto-place column tags, dimension chains, and section markers across all sheets. 40 sheets in 30 seconds.

BBS in one click

From RC drawings or ETABS designed sections — cutting length, bend angles, bar marks. DWG + Excel.

Design report writer

Design basis report drafted from your ETABS output — your firm's template, your phrasing, IS code references inline.

Drawing revision compare

Diff S-201 Rev 2 vs Rev 3 in plain English. 'Beam B4 camber changed 6mm. Affected: PO 2031-A.'

STAAD reaction export

Foundation reactions, member forces, support data — auto-extracted into foundation design templates.

Sheet set + title block updater

Project info changes? Update one source. CivilAI pushes to every title block across every sheet.

Voice queries on site

Site engineer asks in Hindi/Marathi/Tamil — 'Yeh rebar sahi hai?' — CivilAI answers with the IS code reference.

What our pilots saw

Real numbers from real Indian projects.

22 firms · 180 projects · 9 cities · 6 months of pilot data.

0%
less time on structural design
across 22 pilot firms
0×
faster than manual workflow
median, design phase
0L
saved per project on average
small to mid-size builds
0%
less steel without losing safety
RCC frame structures
Getting started is easy

From first call to full speed in one month.

CivilAI pays for itself in the first project — or you don't pay for the second.

Step 01Day 1

Quick call

30-minute call with our team. Tell us your typical project — house, apartment, mall, factory. We tell you honestly if we are a fit.

Step 02Day 2

First project free

Send us one real plan. We design it free of cost. You see the quality, the IS code references and the drawing format yourself.

Step 03Week 1

Team setup

We set up your account, train your team in one online session, and connect to your existing AutoCAD or drawing tools.

Step 04Week 2

Real projects

Start using CivilAI on live projects. Every output reviewed and stamped by our in-house PE before delivery.

Step 05Month 2

Full speed

Your team is designing 5-10x more projects per month. You take on bigger jobs without hiring more engineers.

What people say

Indian engineers and builders. Honest words.

Names are real. Project details kept private at request. Want a reference call? We can connect you with any of them.

I designed three G+3 buildings last week. Earlier this was one month of work. My consultancy is now taking on 5x more projects.
Rahul S.
Structural Consultant, Pune
I am a small builder in Surat. I used to wait 2-3 weeks for structural drawings. With CivilAI I got them in one day.
Mehul P.
Builder, Surat
Bahut acchi cheez hai. The voice feature in Hindi works very well — my site engineers are not scared of using it.
Anil K.
Site Engineer, Lucknow
Steel cost on my last 4 projects dropped by 14%. CivilAI's design is leaner than what we used to do — but the IS code references convinced our checker engineer.
Priya N.
Director, RCC Consultancy, Chennai
I run a 5-person engineering firm. We used to lose bids because we couldn't quote fast enough. Now we win bids on speed.
Vikram M.
Principal Engineer, Hyderabad
Drawings came in the exact RERA format Maharashtra wants. I submitted same week. Approval came in 18 days instead of 3 months.
Anita D.
Developer, Mumbai
I designed three G+3 buildings last week. Earlier this was one month of work. My consultancy is now taking on 5x more projects.
Rahul S.
Structural Consultant, Pune
I am a small builder in Surat. I used to wait 2-3 weeks for structural drawings. With CivilAI I got them in one day.
Mehul P.
Builder, Surat
Bahut acchi cheez hai. The voice feature in Hindi works very well — my site engineers are not scared of using it.
Anil K.
Site Engineer, Lucknow
Steel cost on my last 4 projects dropped by 14%. CivilAI's design is leaner than what we used to do — but the IS code references convinced our checker engineer.
Priya N.
Director, RCC Consultancy, Chennai
I run a 5-person engineering firm. We used to lose bids because we couldn't quote fast enough. Now we win bids on speed.
Vikram M.
Principal Engineer, Hyderabad
Drawings came in the exact RERA format Maharashtra wants. I submitted same week. Approval came in 18 days instead of 3 months.
Anita D.
Developer, Mumbai
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Common questions

Answers to what people ask us most.

Question not here? Email civil.ai@arpitkhandelwal.com or call +91 82240 99125. A real engineer will reply same day.

No. CivilAI replaces the manual work your engineers hate — the ETABS↔Excel copying, the AutoCAD repetition, the report formatting. Your engineers still do the engineering, the judgement and the stamp. They just stop wasting 60% of their week on data entry.