Pathworks Engineering — Remote Engineering, FTTx and Energy
Capability

The software our engineers work in.

Outsourced design only works if the output lands in your workflow without translation. These are the platforms our team works in every day, and where you already have a standard, we work in yours.

All licenses commercially held and maintained.

How we work with your stack

We work in your CAD standard, not ours.

Send your template, layer list, title block and plot styles and the output is indistinguishable from work produced in-house. Where you have a published CAD standards document, we follow it.

We work in your environment where you have one.

If you run Autodesk Construction Cloud, SharePoint, Egnyte or Procore, we work inside it. Version control stays in one place and file transfer disappears entirely.

We deliver in native and neutral formats.

Every package ships in both the working file format and a review format: DWG and PDF, RVT and IFC, XLSX and CSV, native GIS and shapefile or KMZ. You never receive a deliverable you can only open with the software we happen to use.

Where you use something we don't, we'll say so.

If a project needs a platform outside this list, we'll tell you at scoping rather than after. Sometimes the answer is that we're not the right team for that piece.

By discipline

Every platform we license, grouped the way our services are.

Core drafting and documentation

Used across every discipline.

  • AutoCAD: 2D drafting and detailing, all disciplines
  • AutoCAD LT: high-volume drafting and markup turnaround
  • Autodesk Revit: 3D modeling and coordinated documentation
  • Bentley MicroStation: for clients standardized on Bentley workflows
  • Navisworks Manage: model federation, clash detection, sequencing
  • Bluebeam Revu: markup, redline handling, measurement and QA review
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro: deliverable assembly and submission packages
  • Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360: shared model environment where the client hosts one

FTTx and telecom

Network design and records

  • Comsof Fiber: automated FTTH network design and route optimization
  • 3-GIS: telecom network design and asset management
  • VETRO FiberMap: fiber network mapping and records
  • OSPInsight: outside plant design and fiber management
  • IQGeo: geospatial network planning and field records
  • Google Earth Pro: KMZ network records and route review
  • Bentley OpenComms: telecom infrastructure design

Make-ready and structural

  • SPIDAcalc: pole loading analysis to NESC
  • O-Calc Pro: pole loading and structural analysis
  • Katapult Pro: field survey, make-ready and attachment workflow
  • PLS-CADD: transmission and distribution line design

Wireless and in-building

  • iBwave Design: in-building DAS and wireless network design
  • tnxTower: tower and mount structural analysis to TIA-222
  • RISA-3D: structural analysis for mounts and modifications

Energy and renewables

  • PVsyst: yield simulation, loss analysis and bankable energy reports
  • Helioscope: rapid PV layout and preliminary yield
  • PVcase: solar layout design within AutoCAD
  • Aurora Solar: residential and commercial PV design and proposals
  • RatedPower (pvDesign): utility-scale PV plant design
  • PVSol: PV system simulation and shading analysis
  • HOMER Pro: microgrid and hybrid system optimization
  • SAM (System Advisor Model): renewable energy performance and financial modeling
  • ETAP / PowerFactory: grid connection studies and BESS integration
  • Meteonorm, Solargis, PVGIS: irradiance and meteorological datasets

GIS, survey and reality capture

GIS

  • QGIS: spatial analysis, mapping and data preparation
  • ArcGIS Pro / ArcGIS Online: enterprise GIS and asset records
  • FME: spatial data transformation between formats and schemas
  • Global Mapper: terrain and multi-format spatial data

Reality capture

  • Autodesk ReCap Pro: point cloud registration and preparation
  • Leica Cyclone and CloudWorx: scan registration and CAD extraction
  • FARO SCENE: scan processing and registration
  • Trimble RealWorks: point cloud processing and modeling
  • CloudCompare: cloud comparison, cleaning and analysis
  • Agisoft Metashape: photogrammetry and orthomosaic generation
  • Pix4Dmapper: drone photogrammetry and survey outputs

Measurement and commercial

  • Bluebeam Revu: on-screen measurement and quantity take-off
  • PlanSwift: take-off and estimating
  • Exactal CostX: measurement and cost management
  • Cubicost (Glodon): BIM-based quantity take-off
  • Microsoft Excel and Power Query: schedules, BOQs and data reconciliation
Deliverable formats
DrawingsDWG, DXF, DGN, PDF
ModelsRVT, IFC, NWD, NWC, SKP
Structural and fabricationTekla, IFC, NC/DSTV, CNC, PDF
Point cloudsRCP, RCS, E57, LAS, LAZ
SpatialSHP, KMZ, KML, GeoJSON, file geodatabase
Analysis reportsPDF, with native model files on request
Schedules and dataXLSX, CSV
DocumentsPDF, DOCX

Have a sketch? That’s enough to start.