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8 Top Tools for Architectural Surveying

Architizer

Through features such as 3D scanning, digital sketching, photographic overlay and even Bluetooth laser measuring systems, what was once a rough pen-on-paper process has now become a meticulous and seamless workflow. The software can be downloaded on a phone or tablet and is ideal for quick, 3dimensional surveys.

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Sketch to Finished Floor Plan

30X40 Design Workshop

Concept Sketch. Walls, Doors, + Windows. Wall Poch é + Material Hatches. Floor edges + Medium Weight Lines. Color washes + toning.

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Sketching in Isolation - Work From Home Skill Building

30X40 Design Workshop

DOWNLOAD the 30X40 PROCREATE PACK Assets Used in this Sketch (most are custom + included in the 30X40 Procreate Pack): App: Procreate Canvas + Color palette: Blueprint Brushes: Kuru Toga, Soft Colored Pencil, Sign Pen, Dotted Line Round, Dashed Line, Clouds Structured, Willow Charcoal. Quarantine Chapel Sketch - 04.17.2020.

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An App for Everyone: Spaces Is the Conceptual Design Tool Architects Always Needed

Architizer

Spaces version 2 comes complete with improved editing tools, increased 2D viewing options, new sun studies, new sketching capabilities and additional workflow integration options. The sketchbook encompasses new technologies, such as the Apple pencil, and allows designers to test their ideas out by sketching and note-taking.

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SketchUp for iPad Will Change the Game for Architects on the Go

Architizer

Markup mode allows users to sketch, redline, and annotate on top of their 3D models using Apple Pencil, combining the fluidity of trace paper with the tools of a digital touchpad. Head this way to learn more about SketchUp for iPad and download your free trial.

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Charting the Future of Downtown Baltimore

Community Architect Daily

After downloading these facts and figures, the crowd broke into 9 study tables separated by 6 geographic areas. Each table had a moderator, sketch paper and a map at the ready in the usual charrette manner. However, the number of households in the DSA increased from 19,140 in 2017 to 19,388 in 2022, a gain of 1.3

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New tools for the Studio (iPad for Architects)

30X40 Design Workshop

Having always sketched on paper or trace with pencil and ink, a tablet never really appealed to me or seemed entirely useful. In this video you'll see the other ways I'm putting it to work in my residential architecture practice and how it could be the thing that makes you discover an entirely new way to sketch. Sketching Tutorial.