Stabicad

Subscription Engineer & Analyze

MEP design productivity plugin for Revit and AutoCAD enabling mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers to rapidly design pipe/cable systems, access 30,000+ manufacturer BIM families, and perform integrated heating/cooling calculations.

Made by Trimble, public (TRMB, $12.4B)

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4.0 /5 composite score
C3 5/5 reflects the Revit and AutoCAD plugin workflow plus the 30,000+ manufacturer BIM family library, while C4 5/5 and C5 5/5 reflect RFA, DWG, and IFC portability with Revit, AutoCAD, and MEPcontent integration. C2 stays 1/5 because no public API, CLI, or MCP surface is documented.
Worth it

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 Subscription Source →
Agent Friendliness 1/5 --
Ease of adoption 5/5 desktop-install, gentle learning curve Source →
Portability & lock-in 5/5 3 file formats, export: manual
Interoperability 5/5 3 integrations Source →

Pricing

ModelSubscription
Free tierno
Free viewerno
Trialno
TiersMonthly subscription, Annual subscription, Perpetual license
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How we verified this: we checked Stabicad against its live site and an independent source — trimble.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-15.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
RFA both full
DWG both full
IFC export full

Integrations

Revit AutoCAD MEPcontent library

Adoption

Deploymentdesktop-install
Self-serve signupyes
Implementation requirednone
Training requiredtutorials
Learning curvegentle

Data export

Export mechanismmanual
Export scopepartial

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