Guides

How to get STING Tools running in Revit and use it on real projects. Each guide starts with the engineering — what the task actually is and why it matters — then shows how STING approaches it. No programming knowledge assumed.

Start here

START HERE Getting started
From signing up to your first tagged element. What the trial gives you and what to do first.
Installing STING Tools in Revit
Where the files go, how to confirm it loaded, and what to do if the panel doesn't appear.
NEW StingBridge — ArchiCAD & IFC
Connect ArchiCAD, or any IFC-exporting tool, to Planscape: drop-folder sync, live sync, Publisher automation.
NEW The panel, tab by tab
All nine tabs in plain language — what each is for and when you would reach for it.
Trial, plans and payment
What the 14-day trial includes, how mobile-money billing works, and how to stop paying.

Standards and tagging

ISO 19650 in practice
What the standard actually asks of you, and which parts STING handles automatically.
NEW Tagging basics
What the eight parts of a tag mean, where each comes from, and why numbering restarts per level.

Producing drawings

NEW Drawing production
Sheets, views, title blocks and drawing types — how a set stays consistent without anyone remembering the standard.

Engineering disciplines

Each starts with the engineering — what the task is and why it matters — before any buttons.

NEW Plumbing
Fixture units, water supply sizing, why drains need fall — and why steeper is not safer.
NEW HVAC
Heat loads, duct sizing and noise — including why plant sized on the sum of zone peaks is 20–30% too big.
NEW Electrical
Cable sizing, voltage drop, fault current, arc flash and single line diagrams.

Cost and coordination

NEW Bills of quantities
Why measurement needs rules, where rates come from, and how much to trust the grand total.
NEW Clash detection
How detection works, why clearance is not what it sounds like, and getting from 3,000 hits to 40 problems.

Planscape cloud and the site app

The cloud platform and the mobile site app are still in development. We have not written guides for them yet — better no page than one describing something you cannot use.

STING Tools itself runs entirely on your workstation. It does not need an internet connection to do its work.

Stuck on something not covered here? Email hello@planscape.build and tell us what you were trying to do. The answer usually becomes the next guide.