HVAC Drafting
HVAC drafting turns a completed design, markup or sketch into clean AutoCAD drawings. It is for HVAC contractors, builders and mechanical design firms that have the design done and need drafting hours. We draft to your standards and title blocks, and design responsibility stays with your team. Small drafting jobs usually take 3 to 5 business days. Larger sets get dates agreed before work starts.
- Turnaround
- Small drafting jobs usually take 3 to 5 business days. Larger sets are broken into phases, with each date agreed before work starts.
- Built for
- HVAC contractors, Home builders, Mechanical design firms that need drafting capacity
- Where
- Calgary and across Alberta.
Scope
What is included
- 2D AutoCAD plans, sections, details and schedules
- Redlines and hand sketches turned into clean drawings
- Residential duct layouts drawn from your design
- Duct shop drawings from the approved design
- As-built drawings from field markups
- Work done to your CAD standards, templates and title blocks
Scope: drafting only, from a design your team has completed. On commercial projects we draw what your design team has designed. We do not make design decisions on those projects.
Process
What you send and what you get back
You send
- The completed design: drawings, markups or sketches
- Architectural backgrounds as DWG files
- Your CAD standards and templates, if you have them
You get back
- AutoCAD (DWG) files
- A PDF set for review
- Revisions as markups come back, with the number of rounds set in the quote
FAQ
Common questions about HVAC drafting
Can you draft commercial projects?
Yes, as long as the design is complete. We draft what your design team has designed. We do not design commercial systems.
Which software do you use?
AutoCAD. We can work in your templates and drawing standards so the files drop straight into your set.
Can you turn hand markups into drawings?
Yes. Send scans or photos of the redlines with the base drawings and we will turn them into clean, to-scale drawings.
Other services
- Heat Loss and Heat Gain Calculations (CSA F280)Room-by-room heat loss and heat gain to CSA F280-12, ready for your permit. For Part 9 houses, infills, custom homes, major renos and basement developments.
- Heat Pump and Furnace SizingFurnace, heat pump and air conditioner sizing from a room-by-room heat loss. Cold-climate heat pumps sized for Calgary winters, with the right backup heat.
- Residential Duct DesignSupply and return duct sizing, register and grille placement, and a duct layout drawn on your floor plans. Built from the room-by-room airflow.
04 / Quote
Send your drawings for a quote
Tell us about the project and Raymond will reply within one business day with a fixed price and a delivery date for your HVAC drafting job.
- contact@ductscale.ca
- Phone
- 825-964-2917