Axial — AI Engineering Drawing Review Agent
Axial is an AI agent that reviews engineering drawings in under 5 minutes. Email any drawing PDF to redline@axisforged.com and get a redlined PDF back. It runs five specialized vision passes checking GD&T, missing dimensions, assemblies, BOM, views, and manufacturability against ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO 1101 standards. First 3 reviews free, no signup required.
What is Axial?
Axial is an AI-powered engineering drawing review agent that automates the first pass of drawing quality checks. It uses five specialized vision models running in parallel to catch issues human reviewers miss: missing dimensions, GD&T errors, BOM mismatches, view inconsistencies, and manufacturability problems. It validates against ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO 1101, achieving greater than 60% recall on drawing violations in under 3 minutes per drawing.
How Does Axial Review Engineering Drawings?
Axial runs five parallel vision passes on each drawing, then merges results into one redlined PDF returned in under 5 minutes. Each pass is a specialized model trained on a single class of drawing issue:
- Missing Dimensions — Finds unconstrained features, missing basic dims, incomplete hole callouts, and undefined radii or chamfers before they reach your supplier.
- Assemblies & BOM — Cross-references parts list against drawing balloons, callouts, and quantities. Catches orphan balloons, quantity mismatches, and duplicate part references.
- GD&T — Checks every feature control frame against datum hierarchy and your team's standards. Catches missing datum references, conflicting tolerances, and material condition errors.
- Views — Validates that every view is correctly projected, scaled, and that dimensions are consistent across sheets.
- Manufacturability — Flags features that can't be made or that drive cost: sharp internal corners, deep pockets, bad datum surfaces.
How Does Axial Learn My Team's Standards?
Axial progressively learns your team's drawing conventions over approximately 30 drawings, reducing false positives while increasing recall on defects your team historically misses.
- Day one: Catches general defects against industry-standard criteria — better than any manual first pass, out of the box.
- After 15 drawings: Understands your callout formats, conventions, and known-good patterns. False positives drop significantly.
- After 30 drawings: Reviews like your team — low false positives, high recall on the defects your team historically misses.
Axial Performance and Accuracy
Axial achieves greater than 60% recall on drawing violations with a review time under 3 minutes per drawing.
- Greater than 60% recall on drawing violations
- Under 3 minutes review time per drawing
- 5 specialized passes per drawing running in parallel
- Results returned as a redlined PDF via email
What CAD Software Works with Axial?
Axial works with engineering drawings exported as PDF from any CAD software. Compatible platforms include SolidWorks, Fusion 360, CATIA, Siemens NX, Onshape, and any other CAD tool that can export drawing PDFs. No plugins or integrations required.
What Standards Does Axial Check Against?
Axial validates drawings against ASME Y14.5-2018 (Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and ISO 1101 (Geometrical Product Specifications). It also learns your team's specific conventions including tolerance defaults, callout formats, approved supplier callouts, material spec libraries, and naming conventions.
How Much Does Axial Cost?
The first 3 drawing reviews are completely free with no signup required. Email any engineering drawing PDF to redline@axisforged.com and receive a redlined PDF back in under 5 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Axial?
- Axial is an AI agent that reviews engineering drawings. You email a drawing PDF to redline@axisforged.com and receive a redlined PDF back in under 5 minutes. It runs five specialized vision passes — missing dimensions, GD&T compliance, assembly/BOM, view validation, and manufacturability — against ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO 1101 standards.
- How does Axial review engineering drawings?
- Axial runs five parallel vision passes: (1) Missing dimensions, (2) Assemblies & BOM, (3) GD&T, (4) Views, (5) Manufacturability. The results merge into a single redlined PDF returned in under 5 minutes.
- What standards does Axial check against?
- Axial validates drawings against ASME Y14.5-2018 (Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and ISO 1101 (Geometrical Product Specifications). It also learns your team's specific conventions.
- How much does Axial cost?
- The first 3 drawing reviews are free with no signup required. Email your drawing PDF to redline@axisforged.com.
- Does Axial learn my team's drawing standards?
- Yes. After about 15 drawings, it reduces false positives by learning your conventions. After about 30 drawings, it reviews like your team — high recall, low false positives.
- What CAD software works with Axial?
- Any CAD software that exports PDF drawings: SolidWorks, Fusion 360, CATIA, Siemens NX, Onshape, and more.
- How fast is an Axial drawing review?
- Under 3 minutes per drawing. Five specialized passes run in parallel. Results are returned as a redlined PDF via email in under 5 minutes total.
- Is Axial better than manual drawing review?
- Axial achieves greater than 60% recall on drawing violations and completes reviews in under 3 minutes, compared to 30-60 minutes for manual review. It catches issues that human reviewers frequently miss, especially missing dimensions and GD&T errors, and it doesn't get fatigued on large drawing packages.
How to Get Started with Axial
Send any engineering drawing PDF to redline@axisforged.com and get a redline back in under 5 minutes. No signup, no account creation, no credit card. The first 3 reviews are free. Axial reviews your drawing against ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO 1101 standards, then returns a redlined PDF with all issues flagged and explained.