Tools to think a project through.
The master directory of our planning tools, calculators, wizards and interactive guides — for the questions that come up early in a serious project. Conservative, well-documented, useful before any conversation begins.
- Calculator
- 16
- Configurator
- 26
- Interactive
- 6
- Reference
- 5
Built at the engineering desk
Each tool was first built for our own desk — sized to NBC, IS code and the kind of conservative assumption a defensible BOQ rests on. We made them public because the early-stage questions an architect or owner needs answered should not require an enquiry form first.
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02 / Start here
Start with these
planning tools.
Where most projects begin — screen and speaker sizing, power and network headroom, brand shortlists and the two guided planners.
Projector Throw Calculator
Engineering-grade throw distance calculator across a verified multi-brand projector catalogue — Sony, JVC, Epson, BenQ, LG, Optoma, ViewSonic, Panasonic, Barco, Christie, Canon, InFocus, Maxell, Casio, EIKI, Philips, Nebula, JMGO, Dangbei, Boxlight, ASUS, Leica, Xiaomi, WEMAX, Ricoh and more. Searchable picker, throw range, lens-shift envelope, viewing distance, pixel density, feasibility flags and a custom-throw fallback. Sources cited per model.
Speaker Coverage Planner
Engineering-grade speaker coverage and SPL planner across a verified, source-cited public model catalogue spanning pro touring, commercial audio and architectural speakers. Predicts SPL at listener distance, coverage radius on the -6 dB dispersion axis and quantity needed for the room.
LED Wall Size Calculator
Direct-view LED wall sizing across a verified, source-cited model catalogue including Samsung, LG MAGNIT, Sony, Philips, Leyard, Absen, Unilumin, ROE Visual, AOTO, INFiLED, Daktronics, Planar, Nanolumens and more. Cabinet count, native resolution, brightness adequacy, power and weight — with pitch-vs-distance honesty and camera-refresh flags. Sources cited per model.
UPS Runtime Estimator
Critical load in kW + redundancy target in — runtime per battery string at 100/75/50% load, recommended VA rating and the load-vs-runtime curve. Online double-conversion UPS only.
Network & PoE Calculator
Sized to year-three load — switches, Wi-Fi 7 access points, PoE budget (watts), Cat6A run count, port/AP sizing. Cisco / HPE Aruba / Juniper-class enterprise gear.
Brand Comparison Tool
Thirteen-category catalogue — automation, home & pro audio, projector, networking, surveillance, BMS, fire, lighting control, UPS & power, conferencing, EPABX and active-LED display. Pick a discipline, pick up to four brands, compare on the fields that matter. Honest about strengths, gaps and where each is decisively right.
Hotel Technology Planner
Pick the property archetype — boutique, 4-star, 5-star, resort — and the planner maps each space (guest floor, lobby, banquet, F&B, spa, BoH) to systems, AP density, AV grade and lifecycle cost.
Multi-Room Audio Explorer
Tap a room — Lounge, Home Theatre, Kitchen, Study — and hear the speaker, source and SPL appropriate to it. Sonance flush ceilings, KEF Reference, Waterfall glass-cabinet, Polk Reserve. Specify the rooms before you specify the speakers.
Three common questions —
three quick paths.
Most browsers arrive with a specific question. Pick the row that fits and the three tools most useful for it appear with a one-line reason.
Designing a building that faces a Fire NOC?
Sizing a network or AV deployment?
Modelling energy resilience and efficiency?
Planning the systems behind the numbers? See the Visual Engineering Guides — conceptual planning references before drawings.
04 / The full toolkit
53 tools —
each listed once.
Grouped by discipline. Every tool documents its assumptions on its own page; each category has a landing page with the full engineering brief behind the numbers.
04.01 · Fire & Compliance
Fire & Life-Safety Compliance· 6 tools
Planning and self-assessment aids only — no layouts, quantities or pass/fail verdicts. Every output is subject to drawings, AHJ/consultant review and project scope.
04.02 · AV & Acoustics
AV, Cinema & Acoustics· 12 tools
- AV Room StudioAV · Configurator
- LED Wall Size CalculatorAV · LED
- Projector Throw CalculatorAV · Projection
- Cinema SizerAV · Cinema
- Boardroom Solution SelectorAV · Selector
- RT60 Acoustic CalculatorAV · Acoustics
- Speaker Coverage PlannerAV · Audio · Coverage
- Room Acoustic SimulatorAV · Audio · Simulation
- Lighting Scenes InteractiveAutomation · Lighting
- Multi-Room Audio ExplorerAudio · Whole-home
- Cinema Scenes InteractiveAV · Cinema
- AV-over-IP vs HDBaseTAV · Distribution
04.03 · Networking & IT
Networking & IT Infrastructure· 5 tools
04.04 · Energy & BESS
Energy, BESS & Solar· 4 tools
04.05 · Planning & Estimation
Project Planning & Estimation· 20 tools
Discovery and coordination consoles for owners, architects and project teams — qualitative starting points that hand off to a brief, never a scope, BOQ or design.
- Project Brief WizardLead intake
- System Need FinderDiscovery
- Industrial & Tea-Estate Technology PlannerSite planning
- Architect Brief BuilderCoordination
- Drawing & BOQ Readiness CheckerDrawing readiness
- Access Control Readiness CheckerReadiness
- System Handover Readiness CheckerHandover
- BMS Readiness CheckerBMS · Readiness
- BMS Energy & Fault-Response Readiness PlannerBMS · Readiness
- Security Control Room Readiness ChecklistSecurity · Readiness
- Healthcare ELV Readiness CheckerHealthcare · Readiness
- School & Institution AV/ELV Readiness CheckerEducation · Readiness
- Auditorium AV Scope & Readiness PlannerAuditorium AV · Readiness
- Pre-Opening Hotel Technology ChecklistHospitality · Readiness
- Smart Home Discovery WizardSmart Home
- Project Phase VisualiserProcess · Timeline
- Specification TiersPlanning · Tiers
- Hotel Technology PlannerNewHospitality · Systems
- Consultation Prep ChecklistReadiness
- CCTV Readiness CheckerReadiness
04.06 · Brand Intel
Brand Intelligence· 1 tools
04.07 · Operational
Operational & Maintenance· 5 tools
After handover — preventive and corrective upkeep, periodic health checks and AMC scope planning. Response targets are documented in the AMC scope itself, not promised here.
Planning aid only · Every tool here is a design-stage scoping aid — a planning reference, not a quotation. None of them replace a site survey, a licensed engineer’s stamp or a regulatory submission pack. Outputs are conservative and documented, but a project decision is still a human-engineering decision.
05 / Room & experience studios
See the room
before you scope it.
Guided, image-led scene explorers — design direction, not measurement. Each link opens the page where the module lives, illustrative only.
- Multi-room audio explorerRoom concept
- Home cinema scenesScene explorer
- Lighting automation scenesScene explorer
- Auditorium acoustic coverageRoom concept
- Professional audio & voice-evacuationDesign direction
- Conferencing & boardroom scenesScene explorer
- Architectural & façade lightingDesign comparison
- Home & bedroom automationRoom concept
- Fire cause-&-effect cascadeScene explorer
- Building energy & BMS timelineDesign direction
· Curated starting points
Browse the preset typology library
Hand-curated configurations for the engineering-grade calculators — hotel lobby BGM, 300-seat auditorium, home theatre throw, factory CCTV storage and more. Each preset opens a problem-specific narrative with the calculator preloaded.
06 / Or skip ahead
Talk to a project lead
instead.
Tools answer the early questions. The brief itself answers the harder ones. Send the drawings and we will write back within two working days.