By MG · Matael Group

From a work week
to a few hours.

Plexa is a new kind of workspace for designing building safety & communication systems — directly on your PDF plans. Drag a device, set addresses and routes, and get a complete installation dossier instantly.

Building Systems Design
project · ToHa 2 — Level 2.pdf
Plexa workspace — placing fire-detection devices on a PDF floor plan
Designed for installers, integrators & consulting engineers
A triple saving

Not just drawing software — a leap in time, manpower and cost

Hours from a week
Time saved
What used to take a 3-person team a full week is now done in a few hours by one person.
1 instead of a team
Manpower saved
One person produces every deliverable — from drawing to pricing and procurement.
$0 CAD license
Software cost saved
Plexa replaces clunky CAD suites that cost thousands of dollars per seat.
What is Plexa

From a static PDF — to a smart engineering workspace

Plexa turns PDF plans into a living environment that bridges design and execution: plan, devices, addresses, routes, quantities and reports — all unified and in sync in one place, consistent across the whole project lifecycle.

PDF
Static plan
A regular drawing file
+
Devices · addresses · routes
Drag and define straight on the plan
Complete installation dossier
Drawings · quantities · specs · reports
Core capabilities

Everything you need to design, price and execute

Work straight on PDF

No file conversion and no complex drawing tools — upload and work directly on the plan.

Drag & drop

Drag a device from the legend onto the plan. The legend adapts to every make and model.

Auto numbering & addressing

Every device is addressed automatically — consistent, with no typing mistakes.

Routes & RS485 comms

Build routes, addressed communication lines and junction boxes — drawn on the plan.

Bills of quantities & reports

Automatic quantity take-off per floor and project — for pricing, procurement and reports.

Instant dossier

When the drawing is done — as-made drawings, specs, one-line diagram and full docs in one click.

How it works

Four steps — from plan to dossier

1

Upload a PDF

Load the floor plan. Add files, floors and zones with no limit.

2

Drag devices

Drag devices from the legend, matched to the specific equipment on the project.

3

Addresses & routes

Automatic addressing, plus communication routes and connections by drag.

4

Dossier

Plexa instantly produces drawings, quantities, specs and diagrams — ready to hand off.

Plexa in action

One project, every deliverable — from the same plan

The plan, the bill of quantities, the one-line diagram and the address register all stay in sync. Switch views below.

Plexa · workspace — devices placed on the plan
Plexa workspace — fire-detection devices placed and wired on a PDF floor plan

Drag devices straight onto the PDF. Addresses, routes and connections build as you place.

Plexa · Quantity Takeoff — auto-generated
Plexa quantity takeoff report — auto-generated bill of quantities with project total

Quantities derived directly from the placed devices — always matching the drawing.

Plexa · Single-line / wiring diagram
Plexa single-line wiring diagram — addressed loop of fire-detection devices

Generated from the same placed devices — addressed loop, branches and sounder lines, each in its own line style.

Plexa · Item List / address & device register
Plexa item list — every device with address, room, description and type

Every placed device, addressed automatically — exported as the project register.

Every system · every language

Not only fire detection — every system a building needs

The legend adapts to every equipment type and manufacturer, and the platform supports multiple languages for international projects.

Fire detection PA & voice evacuation Fireman phone Nurse call CCTV Intrusion alarm IT & comms Other low-voltage

A whole project — unlimited floors, zones or files — synced to one central project.

Plexa · Settings — wiring standards per system
Plexa settings — color and line style standards per system: fire alarm, nurse call, public address, firefighters phone
Automatic dossier

Done drawing? It's all ready.

The moment the drawing is complete, Plexa automatically produces every project deliverable — no double entry and no re-drawing.

As-made drawingsfor the installer and build tracking
Accurate bill of quantitiesfor pricing and procurement
Address & device listname, description, space and location
Wiring & connection drawingsroutes and infrastructure on the plan
One-line diagramthe complete system schematic
Technical specs & equipment filefor matching and client approval
Plexa · Print & export — every deliverable
Plexa print and export dialog — wiring diagram, drawing, item list, quantity takeoff, full report and legend
FAQ

Questions, answered

No. Plexa works directly on your PDF plans — upload and start placing devices. There's no conversion step and no CAD file to manage.

Fire detection is fully live today. The legend and engine are built to extend to PA & voice evacuation, fireman phone, nurse call, CCTV, intrusion and other low-voltage systems.

Addressing is automatic and consistent as you place devices. The bill of quantities and one-line diagram derive from the same placed data, so they always match the drawing.

No. A project can hold unlimited floors, zones and files, all synced to one central project.

As-made drawings, an accurate bill of quantities, an address & device list, wiring drawings, a one-line diagram and technical specs — produced automatically when the drawing is done.

Get started
Tell us your requirements

Pick the systems, capabilities and volumes that fit your work — we'll review and come back with a proposal and a live demo on your own plan.

Contact · demo

See Plexa on your own project

Leave your details and we'll set up a live demo on a real project.

A demo on your plan

We'll work on a real drawing and walk the whole flow end to end.

Onboarding & rollout

The MG team supports you from matching through your first project.

Features

Everything from plan to dossier — in one workspace

Plexa replaces the chain of CAD, spreadsheets and manual numbering with a single environment built for building-systems design. Here's what's inside.

Work surface

Design directly on the PDF

Upload a plan and start working — no conversion, no CAD file to maintain. The PDF is the canvas, with calibration and scale so every measurement is real.

  • Upload, calibrate and set scale in seconds
  • Unlimited floors, zones and files per project
  • Pan, zoom and measure with live coordinates
PDF workspaceupload · calibrate · scale
Placement

A legend that matches your equipment

Drag devices from a legend tuned to the exact make and model on your project. Markers carry a shape, a group color and an address tag — so meaning survives even in black-and-white printing.

  • Per-manufacturer catalog and symbols
  • Shape + color + tag — never color alone
  • Choose which items appear per project
Catalog / legendfire detection
S
Smoke detector
SMK-A
H
Heat detector
HEAT-A
FACP
Fire alarm panel
FP-01
MCP
Manual call point
MCP
S+ST
Sounder + strobe
SIR-ST
I/O
RS485 I/O module
RS-IO
Addressing & routes

Automatic numbering, drawn routes

Plexa addresses every device consistently as you place it — no typos, no renumbering by hand. Build addressed loops, RS485 lines and NAC circuits as routes, each in its own line style.

  • Per-system numbering (loop / address / panel)
  • One route per system, reorder by drag
  • Line style carries meaning in B&W
Addressed loop 17 devices · auto-numbered
L1.001Smoke detectorOffice 1
L1.002Smoke detectorOffice 1
L1.003Combined detectorOffice 2
L1.004Heat detectorOffice 2
L1.005Manual call pointCorridor
Output

Quantities, diagrams & the full dossier

The bill of quantities and one-line diagram derive from the same placed data — so they always match the drawing. When you're done, export the complete installation dossier in one step.

  • Auto bill of quantities, grouped by system
  • One-line diagram generated from the plan
  • Your logo on every printed sheet
Export dossierone click
As-made drawings
Bill of quantities
One-line diagram
Technical specs
Excel export
Print to PDF
Ready when you are

See these features on your own plan

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Requirements

Tell us what you need

Check the systems, capabilities and volumes that fit your work, add a few details, and send. We'll review your requirements and come back with a tailored proposal.

01

Which systems do you design?

Select every system you work on — Plexa adapts the legend to each.
02

Models & manufacturers

How wide is the equipment catalog you need?
03

Project volume

Roughly how much do you design? Pricing tracks models & quantities, so this helps us scope.
04

Deliverables you need

What should Plexa produce for you automatically?
05

Your details

So we can send your tailored proposal.

We'll review your requirements and reply with a proposal and a live demo on your own plan. No obligation.

Thanks — we've got your requirements

The MG team will review and come back to you shortly with a tailored proposal.

About · by MG · Matael Group

We build the tools we wished we had on site

Plexa comes out of Matael Group (MG) — a team that spent years designing building safety and communication systems the hard way. Plexa is the workspace we kept wishing existed.

Our mission

Designing a fire-detection or low-voltage system shouldn't mean a week of CAD, spreadsheets and manual numbering. Plexa collapses that into a few hours — on the plan you already have.

For years, the work was scattered across tools that didn't talk to each other: a CAD seat to draw, a spreadsheet for quantities, a separate pass to number devices, and another to draw the one-line. Every change meant re-doing all of it.

Plexa unifies it. The plan, the devices, the addresses, the routes, the quantities and the reports live in one place and stay in sync — built on AI tooling developed inside MG. One person can now own a project end to end.

90%
less time per level
1
person, not a team
$0
CAD license
8+
building systems planned
What we value

Principles behind the product

On the real plan

We meet engineers where they work — on the PDF that already exists — not in a format they have to convert into.

One source of truth

Drawing, quantities and diagrams derive from the same data, so they can never drift out of sync.

Honest by default

Meaning carried by shape and line style — not color alone — so a drawing reads the same in color, B&W and on site.

The road so far

From field frustration to a product

2024

The problem, named

MG engineers map out why every fire-detection package takes a week — and how much of it is re-entry, not design.

2025

Work on the PDF

The core idea proves out: place devices and draw routes straight on the plan, with automatic addressing.

2026

One workspace, every deliverable

Quantities, one-line and the full dossier generate from the placed data. The Plexa brand and desktop app take shape.

Next

Beyond fire detection

PA & voice evacuation, fireman phone, nurse call and more — the same workspace, more systems.

Want to see it on your project?

We'll run a live demo on one of your real plans.