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Equipment Search Guide

Don't hunt for equipment. Discover it. Pharos utilizes a professional, attribute-first search protocol that lets you find the exact equipment you need in milliseconds.

Explore & Specify Equipment

Discover food service equipment models using the interactive web interface. The search page provides intuitive visual filtering to isolate options by category, manufacturer, or connection requirements.

Utilize the high-performance WebGL preview canvas to inspect 3D models before downloading. Interactively verify physical dimensions, clearance boundaries, and electrical parameters (voltage, phase, amperage) to ensure alignment with facility constraints.

Insert Directly into Revit

Integrate verified models directly into your projects without leaving your CAD environment. Pair your workstation securely via device WebAuthn pairing at /login to establish local authority.

Use the Revit Plugin sync button to fetch lightweight, metadata-rich Revit families, automatically placing them in your design workspace with full electrical and mechanical connector properties populated.

Query Data via the CLI

For power-users and automation pipelines, the Pharos CLI provides a direct, attribute-first syntax for querying the global equipment database.

The Basic Query

Search for equipment by manufacturer or model name directly.

$ pkd manufacturer=hobart

Physical Properties

Narrow down results with voltage, phase, or physical dimensions to match utility configurations.

$ pkd manufacturer=vulcan voltage=208 phase=3

Wildcard Cheat Sheet

* (Asterisk)

Zero or more characters

"Hob*" finds "Hobart".

+ (Plus)

One or more characters

"V+36" finds "V4B36" (matching "4B" between V and 36).

? (Question)

Exactly one character

"LXe?" finds "LXeR" (matching "R").

[set] (Brackets)

One character from a set

"V4B3[567]" finds "V4B36" (matching "6" within the set).

Return Clause

Specify exactly which attributes should be returned by the CLI command.

$ pkd manufacturer=3m return name model voltage

Full Technical Specification: search-specification.md