Extract details from construction blueprints into Google Sheets

New blueprint files in Google Drive are read by AI and their key details are added as a row in Google Sheets.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google DriveGoogle SheetsVLM Run
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The problem it solves

Your team pulls dozens of details off every blueprint by hand, from the drawing number to the revision history. That manual data entry is slow and easy to get wrong, and the details end up scattered across files instead of one place. Finding a specific blueprint's specs later means digging through folders again.

Who it fits

Construction firms and architecture teams that receive and file blueprint drawings regularly.

How it works

  1. A new blueprint file is uploaded to a watched Google Drive folder
  2. The file is downloaded and sent to VLM Run for analysis
  3. Key fields like job name, drawing number, revision, and scale are extracted
  4. The extracted details are added as a new row in Google Sheets
What you get

Blueprint details captured without manual reading

Every new blueprint gets read and its key details land in a Google Sheets row automatically, ready for your team to use.

What you get

A new, structured row in Google Sheets for every blueprint uploaded, with all its key details filled in.

What you need

A Google account with Drive and Sheets access, and a VLM Run API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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