Abarca services
Electrical BIM coordination & detailingElectrical BIM & detailing
Coordinated models. Installation-ready details.
Abarca Services provides electrical BIM coordination and detailing for contractors — resolving conflicts in the model so they never reach the field, and producing drawings crews can build from.
What Abarca does
Two closely related services, done carefully: coordinating the electrical model with every other trade, and detailing the installation so the field isn't left guessing.
BIM coordination.
Full-cycle coordination of the electrical scope in Revit — modeling raceway, equipment, and supports, running clash detection against mechanical, plumbing, structural, and architectural models, representing the electrical trade in coordination meetings, and carrying the model through to sign-off.
Electrical detailing.
Installation-ready deliverables built from the coordinated model — dimensioned layouts, hanger and rack details, sleeve and penetration drawings, and equipment room plans — plus Bluebeam markups and takeoffs and custom spreadsheet development for tracking material, layout data, and installation workflows.
Abarca markup.
A PDF markup and takeoff tool built for the trade — one file, no installs, no accounts. It runs entirely in your browser and your drawings never leave your machine.
Vector export.
Markups export as true vectors — text stays sharp and searchable in the PDF you send out, not a flattened screenshot.
Scaled takeoffs.
Set the sheet scale once; lengths, areas, and counts total live by subject, in your units, with one-click CSV export.
Toolbox & assemblies.
Save count tools with a symbol, subject, and parts list — place 40 devices and the takeoff hands you 40 boxes, rings, and straps.
Snap & grid.
Snap to drawing linework, markup vertices, or a scaled grid — with a live indicator that shows the lock before you click.
Text select.
Drag across sheet text to copy panel schedules, circuit tags, and keynotes straight to your clipboard — no retyping.
Layers & sets.
Organize markups on layers, group sheets into project sets, and label sheets automatically from the title block.
Local-first: your work lives in this browser. Use Back up / Restore (in the app menu) to move between machines.
Learn markup.
Short, practical guides — each one takes you from a blank sheet to a finished deliverable. More added as the tool grows.
Set a sheet scale
Pick a known scale from the toolbar, or calibrate against a dimension printed on the sheet. Every measurement on that sheet follows from it.
Full guide with screenshots coming soon.
Run a takeoff
Measure lengths and areas with subjects like “2″ EMT”, place counts for devices, then open the Σ Takeoff tab for live totals and CSV export.
Full guide with screenshots coming soon.
Build a count tool with parts
In the Toolbox tab, create a tool with a symbol, subject, and the parts each placement represents. Arm it, click your way across the sheet, and the parts rollup does the material list for you.
Full guide with screenshots coming soon.
Export for the GC
Export writes your markups as vectors into a copy of the original PDF — dimensions, notes, and count numbers all searchable. Hidden layers stay out of the deliverable.
Full guide with screenshots coming soon.
Behind Abarca.
Abarca Services is run by Shane — a master electrician and IBEW member with 25 years in the trade, working across BIM coordination, detailing, and the tools that support them. Every model, drawing, and spreadsheet comes from someone who understands how the work actually gets installed.
Have a project in mind?
For BIM coordination and detailing work, or any questions about how Abarca can support your project, get in touch.
shane@abarca-services.com