The plan is projected onto the street,
not paper.
arbim lets engineers and planners walk through and assess their CAD plans from road and civil engineering right at the planned location – to scale, 1:1, in AR, generated fully automatically from the drawing.
The problem
Reading plans today means translating them.
Whether design, review or approval: drawings are read on a screen or on paper and mentally transferred onto the location. That takes experience and spatial thinking – and that is exactly where planning errors arise.
Planning errors
Conflicts with existing structures and positioning errors show up late – often only on site, when corrections are most expensive.
Coordination
Clients, authorities, politicians and residents have to understand a project but can hardly judge a 2D drawing.
Rework
Queries, late changes and correction loops cost time, money and trust.
The solution
Three steps. Fully automatic.
No manual modeling, no rework. The drawing becomes a design you can walk through.
Provide the plan
Upload the drawing (DXF/DWG) or hand it over directly from AutoCAD via plugin.
Convert automatically
arbim generates a 3D model and assigns pipes and components on its own, based on standards.
Assess it on location
With the AR glasses, planners and stakeholders walk through the design at 1:1 scale at the planned spot – before anything is built.
The benefit
Translate less. Understand more.
This is what arbim aims to achieve for planning and coordination.
See errors earlier
Conflicts with existing structures and positioning errors show up on location instead of only on site – while everything can still be changed.
Agree faster
Walking through the plan together settles questions on the spot instead of in long rounds of queries.
Everyone understands the plan
Clients, authorities and residents do not have to read a drawing. They see what is going to be built.
In the office or on location
As a model on the table or right at the planned place – whichever fits the moment.
No extra effort
The drawing automatically becomes a model you can walk through. Nothing has to be rebuilt by hand.
Collaboration
Assess plans together.
Everyone on the project works on the same plan – and walks through it at the same time.
Everyone in the same project
Planners, specialists, clients and authorities work on one project together – and walk through the plan at the same time. Everyone sees the same thing and can chime in right away.
Mark it right there
Something catches your eye? Just mark it on location. The note instantly becomes a task in the project – with the exact viewpoint it was set from.
Walk through together
Several people wear a headset and see the same plan at the same place. Anyone who cannot be there watches live on a tablet.
The plan on the table
Simply put the plan on the table: as a model everyone can look at from all sides – even without experience in reading plans.
Traceable
Who commented on what, and what was changed? Everything stays traceable – for approvals and coordination with authorities.
Who it is for
For everyone who designs, reviews and approves plans.
Scientifically founded*
In a study with engineers, participants saw great potential for AR in road planning – as a model in the office and right at the planned location. Published at the international conference ACM CHI 2026.
Current status
The software is under development and the beta is in preparation. Early interested parties will be selected as beta testers.**
Help build it.
Whether beta test, pilot project or partnership: we are mainly looking for planning offices and authorities who want to try arbim in a real planning phase. And if you have an idea or criticism, write to us.