![]() This is somewhat ironical, given that we typically see more applications and apps in any field as time goes by rather than less. ![]() I had looked into this shortly after the iPad was released - see the article, “ iPad Apps for AEC: Design and Visualization,” published in 2011 - and the only app that is still around from those that I reviewed back then is Graphisoft’s BIMx. Unlike the multitude of apps that are available for creating art on the iPad, we don’t really have any apps for creating building designs. Creating art on the iPad with the Apple Pencil. And they, by and large, are still doing this conceptualizing using traditional sketching with pen and paper (Figure 1), with perhaps some number-crunching in spreadsheets to ensure that they are meeting the area requirements of the project.įigure 2. those who actually come up with the preliminary design concept for a building project. by design architects, project architects, practice owners, practice principals, etc. GenesisĪs I emphasized in the above referenced article: “ Any tool in which you have to model walls, a floor, and a ceiling to create a space is NOT a conceptual building design tool.” This rules out the use of popular BIM applications like Revit, Archicad, Allplan, Vectorworks, etc. It is the new Spaces iPad app, developed by a startup company, Cerulean Labs. Well, it’s been 7 years, but we finally have the start of something like this. ![]() Is there nothing else we can do to make the process of conceptualizing a building smarter, more intuitive, more fun? Why can’t we simply be able to sketch out a building design - say a floor plan or a façade - and automatically get a fully detailed, structurally sound, constructable BIM without actually having to model every bit of it? Is this too much to ask for? ![]() As far back as in 2015 in the article, “ Why Isn't There a Smarter BIM Tool for Building Design, Yet?,” I had bemoaned the lack of a smart conceptual design tool for architecture, asking: ![]()
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