Artificial Engineering Solutions builds desktop tools that turn everyday engineering design into fast, checkable calculations. Built in Australia, to the standards engineers work with.
Our tools come from real project work, so they follow the way engineers draw, check and sign off a design.
Calculations and checks follow the codes that apply to the job, including AS 2118.1, NFPA 13, FM and AS/NZS 3500.1.
Our software runs locally on your own computer, with no cloud dependency. Projects open instantly and nothing leaves your machine.
Desktop software for fire protection design, available for Windows.
Sketch the pipe network the way you’d draw it on a plan, or trace it over an imported PDF. SketchFlow balances the network and reports flow and pressure at every node and pipe, then checks the design against the standard for the job.
Have a calculation you still do by hand every week? We’re building more tools for fire protection and building services engineers. Tell us what would save you time.
Suggest a toolGo from a floor plan PDF to a balanced sprinkler network and a calculation report. Watch the voiced walkthrough, then follow the steps. The free demo calculates up to ten nodes, so you can try every step before you buy a licence.
Install SketchFlow from the Microsoft Store and open it. Start a new project and choose the standard it will be checked against: AS 2118.1, NFPA 13 or FM.
Import a PDF or image of the plan as an underlay. Use the opacity slider to fade it so your pipework stands out. For a multi-page PDF, assign each page to its level.
Click two points a known distance apart and enter the distance, or type a 1:N ratio. From then on every pipe you trace measures correctly.
Check it: draw a test pipe along a dimensioned wall and confirm the length before you start.
From the toolbar, place the water supply, then pipes, nodes, risers and sprinklers. Draw in 2D, or switch to the 3D view and sketch on the faces of the view cube for risers and multi-level pipework.
Shortcuts: toggle Ortho with Shift or F8 to keep runs square. While drawing, type an exact length and press Enter to place the next point. Use Copy, Move and the arrow keys to repeat and nudge layouts.
On the Booster & BFP page, add pumps, pressure-reducing valves, orifice plates, fixed drops or backflow preventers to a pipe. Run the AS/NZS 3500.1 hazard check to see the minimum backflow device for the site, or pick a WaterMark device from the library to load its pressure-loss curve.
Enter the design density and area for the system, then draw the design area over the heads. SketchFlow searches inside it for the most hydraulically demanding area.
Run the calculation. The plan is colour-coded by velocity or flow, and anything out of range for the chosen standard is flagged. Use the pipe schedule to pick a node and jump straight to it on the plan.
Export a summary, standard or detailed report, or a plain-text export. Use .DAT or .FIW to move results to other tools. To remove the DEMO mark, enter your licence key in the activation window.
Need a licence? Email sales@ai-es.com.au.
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Our next product lays out EWIS and BOWS speakers and estimates the sound pressure level, in dB(A), throughout a building. Import the PDF drawing, detect the walls, then place speakers or let dB Sketcher distribute them. It maps coverage across every floor against the target, the higher of 65 dB(A) or ambient noise plus 10 dB, accounting for walls, doors, storage racks and running plant.
The same design also cables the speakers back to the FDCIE with voltage-drop checks and sizes the amplifiers and standby batteries. dB Sketcher is a design-stage SPL screen and does not replace STI prediction under AS 1670.4 or measurement at commissioning.
Register interest for early accessOur hydraulic calculation software for fire sprinkler and hydrant systems is available through the Microsoft Store. Engineers can sketch or trace a network, calculate to AS 2118.1, NFPA 13 or FM, and issue reports, all on their own machine. A free demo handles networks up to ten nodes.
Get it from Microsoft StoreArtificial Engineering Solutions is an Australian company developing AI-driven engineering solutions and software. Our aim is to lead the integration of AI into engineering consulting, turning the calculations, checks and documentation that take up consultants’ time into fast, reliable tools.
We pair registered engineers who know how designs are checked and signed off with developers who build the software, so every product is grounded in real project work. SketchFlow, our hydraulic calculation software for fire protection, is the first of these tools.
Founder, CPEng, RPEQ, PE, CFPS
Mohamed is a registered professional engineer with experience across different markets, including the United States and Australia. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia, a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States, and a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS).
Technical Director
Mohamed leads development and coding at Artificial Engineering Solutions. An electrical engineer by background, he moved into machine learning engineering, bringing hands-on experience in technical troubleshooting and rigorous quality assurance to building AI and engineering software. He works across Python, machine learning, artificial intelligence and data science, and is based in Philadelphia, United States.
For product licences, pricing, support and early access to dB Sketcher, email the sales team. For partnerships or anything else, write to the founder directly.