Trimble SysQue

We use Trimble SysQue for drawing piping at a fabricable level, place hangers, and create point files. Their comprehensive library of content allows us to use a wide range of materials, connection methods, and hanger types. With BIM becoming more and more prevalent as a requirement for construction projects and the required LOD is higher and higher Trimble SysQue has been one of the tools that we have been using to achieve that.

Trimble SysQue allows us to design and coordinate mechanical, sheet metal, electrical, and plumbing systems using Revit, with the added bonus of native Revit pipe, valve, and fitting families. It also allows us to create spool drawings for our fabrication shop to pre-fabricate piping assemblies for our projects. SysQue also ties us directly to our Trimble Total Station for a hanger layout in the field.

SysQue saves us a tremendous amount of time starting up a project because it allows us to use the engineers' Revit model as a base so we don't have to start from scratch for each job.

We use Sysque to create detailed piping models, hanger placement, point files for robotic total station layout, and spooling for fabrication. Having a library of fitting, piping, valves, and hangers allows us to create models that go into minute details and achieve a level of accuracy that has not been possible in the not so distant past. Like the saying goes, "aim small, miss small." Construction always has hiccups that are unforeseen in the modeling environment, but with the capability to get into the level of detail with SysQue, we can try to avoid more mishaps than we were able to before.