Patent Pending · US 64/069,038

MDU network design,
end to end.

Plan fiber, Wi-Fi, and outside-plant cabling for apartments, condos, hotels, and campuses — in one integrated tool. From floor plan to procurement-ready bill of materials.

No installation. Web-based. Works with floor-plan DWG, DXF, and PDF uploads.

Live · Synchronized 2D / 3D Bldg 1 MDF SE Bldg 2 Bldg 3 N Cable install method ⛏ Trench 🚧 Bore 📡 Aerial SE — service entry

Built for fiber consultants, ISP planners & MDU integrators

FIBER CONSULTANTS ISP PROVIDERS MDU INTEGRATORS SMART BUILDINGS
Capabilities

Everything you need to plan an MDU network

Six tightly integrated views — placement, RF, OSP, schematics, 3D, and BOM — all driven by one project data model. Change a building footprint and every view updates in sync.

Per-floor canvas

Upload DWG, DXF, or PDF floor plans. Place APs, ONTs, IDFs, and units with smart defaults — hallway or per-unit deployment modes.

Outdoor RF heatmap

Predict campus-wide signal coverage with realistic building attenuation. Synced 2D overlay + 3D ground-plane texture, computed off the main thread.

OSP cable routing

Click-to-pick install method per cable segment — trench, bore, or aerial. NEC-aware crossing warnings flag cables running through buildings.

Synchronized 3D campus

Three.js-powered 3D rendering that mirrors the 2D plan in real time. Walk the campus, inspect routes, validate clearances before construction.

Hierarchical BOM

Every line item traces back to a placement. Headend gear, IDF gear, OSP fiber, microducts, labor — calculated, not estimated. Export to PDF.

Multi-tenant SaaS

Built for consulting firms and ISP planning teams. Organizations, per-user roles, shared catalogs of AP models & equipment SKUs.

How it works

From floor plan to bill of materials in one tool

Start with a project setup wizard. Upload floor plans. Drag building footprints into place. Watch every other view auto-update.

Step 1 · Project Setup

Cascade defaults to every building

Enter your project's basic parameters once — number of buildings, floors per building, units per floor, square footage, deployment architecture — and they propagate to every building in the project. Override per-building as needed.

  • Floor / UPF / FHT / unit-size defaults cascade on save
  • Auto-rebuilds the building list when count changes
  • Address geocoding + manual lat/lon override
  • Vendor-aware microduct & fiber SKU picker
Project Setup Number of buildings 7 Floors per building 5 Units per floor (UPF) 40 Unit size (sq ft) 2500 Deployment architecture FTTU + Wi-Fi ↓ Cascades to 7 buildings on commit Apply & Rebuild
Step 2 · Floor Canvas

Drag, drop, place — or let the tool auto-place

Upload a floor-plan PDF or DWG. Calibrate scale once with two clicks. The system auto-places hallway or per-unit access points; you fine-tune by dragging. Doors, units, and IDF cabinets render to match your plan.

  • DWG / DXF / PDF / image floor plan support
  • Two-click scale calibration
  • Hallway and per-unit AP placement modes
  • Auto-place outdoor APs with one click
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Step 3 · OSP & Campus Plan

Route OSP cables. Catch NEC violations early.

Drag building footprints. Click any cable to pick its install method (trench, bore, or aerial) for each segment. The system automatically warns when a cable would run through another building's interior — an NEC 770/800 violation in the field.

  • Automatic single-entry-point derivation for the MDF
  • Per-segment install method (trench / bore / aerial)
  • NEC 770/800 building-crossing warnings
  • Mixed-method runs with stacked-dash legend
Bldg 1 MDF SE Bldg 2 Bldg 3
Step 4 · 3D View & BOM

Walk the campus. Ship the materials list.

The 3D view mirrors the 2D plan in real time — buildings extruded to their floor count, cables following the same waypoint routes, RF coverage projected as a ground texture. Hand the BOM straight to your procurement team.

  • Three.js camera with orbit, pan, and zoom
  • Toggle RF heatmap, cable runs, building visibility
  • BOM grouped by section with source-attribution
  • Print-ready PDF packet for installers
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Why Glow MDU

Built for the way MDU networks actually get deployed

Other tools handle pieces. Glow MDU handles the whole picture — from RF coverage to the procurement order.

End-to-end, not piecemeal

Most planning tools handle either RF coverage OR outside-plant routing OR bill-of-materials. Glow MDU is the first to integrate all three with a 3D campus view and floor-level placement in a single project model.

Procurement-ready output

Every BOM line item traces back to a placement on the canvas. No more spreadsheets that don't match the field. The materials list IS the design.

NEC-aware by default

The system warns when an OSP cable route would violate NEC 770/800 (running outside-plant cable through a building interior). Catch compliance issues at design time, not during inspection.

Physically realistic RF

Outdoor RF coverage modeling correctly handles APs mounted on building exteriors — exempting the AP's own building from wall-attenuation counts, while honoring obstructions from neighboring buildings.

Web-based, multi-tenant

No installs, no version mismatches. Built for consulting firms with per-organization catalogs, per-user roles, and shared equipment libraries. Onboard new engineers in minutes.

Engineered for speed

Web-worker propagation calculations, GPU-accelerated 3D rendering, and incremental rebuilds mean the tool stays responsive even on projects with 20+ buildings and 100+ floors.

Use Cases

Plan any multi-dwelling property

Glow MDU is designed for the unique constraints of multi-dwelling units — not adapted from generic indoor planning tools.

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Apartments & Condos

Garden-style or high-rise. FTTU + Wi-Fi per unit.

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Hotels & Hospitality

Hallway-AP layouts with high guest density coverage.

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Student Housing

Dormitories with per-unit ONTs and dedicated APs.

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Multi-Building Campuses

Inter-building OSP routing with shared MDF.

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Senior Living

Reliable coverage for medical & emergency systems.

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New Construction

Plan before slab pours. Validate conduit pathways.

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Retrofit / Upgrade

Document existing networks, plan upgrades incrementally.

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ISP / WISP Buildouts

Standardize across the portfolio with reusable templates.

Pricing

Try it for two weeks. Then choose your plan.

Designed for consulting firms, ISPs, and integrators of every size. Get hands-on with the full product before committing — and ask about early-access discounts when you do.

Get Started

2-week free trial

No credit card. All capabilities unlocked.
  • All capabilities unlocked during trial
  • Up to 5 users per organization
  • Email support & onboarding assistance
  • Print-packet PDF export
  • Vendor SKU catalog included
  • Early-access discounts available on paid plans
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See it on your next project

Book a 30-minute demo. We'll walk through your real floor plans and show you the BOM Glow MDU produces — live, in your browser.