Quadri (Novapoint)
Cloud-based civil infrastructure BIM collaboration platform enabling real-time teamwork on road, railway, tunnel, bridge, water/sewer design. Quadri provides central model storage; Novapoint provides design tools.
Hidden Pricing
3.6 /5 composite score
Worth it -- Quadri/Novapoint is the only BIM platform that natively handles mixed infrastructure formats (IFC, DWG, LandXML simultaneously). Real-time collaboration, cloud storage, and strong interoperability (9+ integrations) make it essential for large infrastructure teams. Quote-only pricing and limited public API documentation are the only friction points.
Solid
Rubric Scorecard
| Criterion | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Value for the price | 2/5 | Contact sales Source → |
| Agent Friendliness | 3/5 | API: Quadri Extensions API (via Google Form request, cloud-based REST/HTTP) |
| Ease of adoption | 3/5 | web-saas, moderate learning curve |
| Portability & lock-in | 5/5 | 6 file formats, export: api Source → |
| Interoperability | 5/5 | 9 integrations Source → |
How we verified this: we checked Quadri (Novapoint) against its live site and an independent source — construction.trimble.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-15.
Evidence
File formats
| Format | Direction | Support |
|---|---|---|
| IFC | both | full |
| IFC 4.3 | export | full |
| DWG | both | full |
| DGN | both | full |
| LandXML | both | full |
| XML | both | full |
Integrations
Novapoint Trimble Connect Tekla Structures Trimble Business Center SketchUp Tilos Revit Civil 3D SiteVision
Adoption
Deploymentweb-saas
Self-serve signupno
Implementation requiredvendor-led
Training requiredcertification
Learning curvemoderate
Data export
Export mechanismapi
Export scopepartial
Sources
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