Facade Shop Drawings & BIM Services for Fabricators Across Canada
Every project begins with a complete 3D BIM model — even when you only need 2D output. Accurate, coordinated, on time.
WE MAKE FACADES BUILDABLE.
Tesseract Drafting & Design has specialized exclusively in facade design and drafting since 2017. We don't do general drafting — we engineer curtain walls, storefront systems, window walls, ACM panels, structural glass, canopies, and glass railings using a fully digital BIM workflow. Based in Coquitlam, BC, we deliver coordinated Revit, AutoCAD, and IFC packages to fabricators, architects, and contractors across Western Canada and North America.
[THE METHOD]
FROM FILE TO FABRICATION.
Initial shop drawings — submittal-ready.
Plan views, elevations, sections, and connection details. Annotated and formatted to your submittal standard.
Parametric 3D model — one source, every sheet.
Built fully in Revit before a single sheet is produced. When a detail changes, the model updates and sheets regenerate automatically.
Fabrication packages your shop can run.
Cut lists. Panel schedules. Anchor layouts. Tolerances. Formatted for your shop floor and CNC.
QA and clash detection — before anything ships.
Every package is verified against the 3D model before release. Structural conflicts caught and flagged at the model, not on the scaffold.
CLASH DETECTION
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Structural and facade conflicts cost real money when they surface on site — re-fabrication, schedule compression, trade disputes. We catch and flag them in the model first.
MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION
+AS-BUILT ACCURACY
+CLASH DETECTION
Structural and facade conflicts cost real money when they surface on site — re-fabrication, schedule compression, trade disputes. We catch and flag them in the model first.
MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION
Panel layouts and cut sequences optimized directly in 3D. Less waste. Lower material cost. Shop-floor-ready cut lists — no re-entry, no margin for misreading.
AS-BUILT ACCURACY
Slab deflection, column drift, wall plumb — all in the model before a single order goes out. No 30mm surprises at the curtain wall sill. No re-fabrication.
[ FIELD REPORTS ]
320 Granville
PROJECT STUDY
Vancouver, BC
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, this 30-storey downtown office tower is defined by its sculpted, undulating glass façade. By building a complete curtain wall BIM model and utilizing precise 3D site scans, we translated complex design intent into buildable geometry—resulting in zero fabrication errors.
Method
BIM
Location
Downtown Vancouver
Scope
Curtain Wall / Cladding
The Hive
COORDINATION STUDY
Vancouver, BC
One of the most technically ambitious mass timber buildings in North America. We delivered complete glazing and cladding coordination models, running targeted clash detection between the complex honeycomb envelope and the prefabricated glulam structure.
Structure
Mass Timber
Levels
10-Storey
Focus
Clash Detection
[ SERVICES ]
Our Services
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FACADE SHOP DRAWINGS
Comprehensive drawings for fenestration and cladding. Plan views, elevations, sections, anchor layouts, and connection details — ready for the shop floor.
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SCAN-TO-BIM + AS-BUILT MODELING
LiDAR point clouds and reality capture data converted into LOD 300–500 Revit models. Your fabrication package is built from verified site conditions — ensuring first-time fit.
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3D BIM COORDINATION + CLASH DETECTION
Parametric Revit models for design review and multi-trade coordination. Structural and MEP conflicts caught and documented in the model — not on the scaffold.
LEARN MORE about 3D BIM COORDINATION + CLASH DETECTIONFACADE SHOP DRAWINGS
Comprehensive drawings for fenestration and cladding. Plan views, elevations, sections, anchor layouts, and connection details — ready for the shop floor.
LEARN MORE about FACADE SHOP DRAWINGSSCAN-TO-BIM + AS-BUILT MODELING
LiDAR point clouds and reality capture data converted into LOD 300–500 Revit models. Your fabrication package is built from verified site conditions — ensuring first-time fit.
LEARN MORE about SCAN-TO-BIM + AS-BUILT MODELING3D BIM COORDINATION + CLASH DETECTION
Parametric Revit models for design review and multi-trade coordination. Structural and MEP conflicts caught and documented in the model — not on the scaffold.
LEARN MORE about 3D BIM COORDINATION + CLASH DETECTION
[THE PORTFOLIO]
EVERY FACADE. BUILT TO SPEC.
GLASS ENCLOSURE
FACADE BIM
PIER WEST
ISOMETRIC MODEL
320 GRANVILLE
CURTAIN WALL
WHY IT WORKS.
[THE DIFFERENCE]
Facade Experts.
Specialized in facade since 2017 — and passionate about it. Curtain wall, storefront, ACM, and cladding across 500+ projects. No general drafting. Our experience spans the full process, from concept through fabrication and installation.
Works With You.
We start by learning how you work, then build around your process. Because a good drawing set isn't an end result — it's part of the process itself. It coordinates, it communicates, it gets ahead of problems before they reach the field.
Design to Fab.
We stay on projects through fabrication, not just permit. Because shop drawings and fabrication drawings come from the same BIM model, they stay in sync through every revision. One team, one source of truth.
[THE DIFFERENCE]
WHY IT WORKS.
Facade Experts.
Specialized in facade since 2017 — and passionate about it. Curtain wall, storefront, ACM, and cladding across 500+ projects. No general drafting. Our experience spans the full process, from concept through fabrication and installation.
Works With You.
We start by learning how you work, then build around your process. Because a good drawing set isn't an end result — it's part of the process itself. It coordinates, it communicates, it gets ahead of problems before they reach the field.
Design to Fab.
We stay on projects through fabrication, not just permit. Because shop drawings and fabrication drawings come from the same BIM model, they stay in sync through every revision. One team, one source of truth.
[TECHNICAL INQUIRY]
SEND US YOUR DRAWINGS.
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