What's in this blog. 1. Design 2. Analyse 3. Collaborate 4. Present Introduction Snaptrude aims to be the single platform for your entire design workflow. Design faster than ever before, with powerful, yet incredibly intuitive, new modelling tools. Easily customise modelling presets as per site location. Keep track of relevant data with live feedback while you’re drawing or iterating. Collaborate with your team and get real time design feedback. Present your designs with realistic shadows and beautiful visuals. Generate annotated drawings automatically from your model, with zero extra w ..read more

What's in this blog. 1. Introduction 2. Walls 3. Slabs, plinth and Flooring 4. Fenestration 5. Staircases 6. Storeys and Levels 7. Revit format 8. How to export to Revit 9. What next in Revit export? Introduction We’ve released a completely updated export to Revit! We understand that design and execution of a project happens across various software platforms, each fulfilling the needs of its niche. We aim for Snaptrude to seamlessly integrate with your existing design workflow. To this end, in previous versions, we released various import capabilities, for sketch images, AutoCAD plans ..read more

Over the past few months, we have been looking at how designing on Snaptrude can more closely mirror the way architects design intuitively. Spaces, their orientation, organisation, and interactions are fundamental to any architectural design. Right at the outset, we made the decision to prioritise drawing of spaces and rooms, over walls and slabs. Rooms remain at the core of the new update, and now they have parametric superpowers! The entire drawing process is overhauled with this launch. Drawing and iterating are now 2x faster and much more intuitive. Rooms are linked to each other such t ..read more

Generative design in architecture and interior design Image Credit: Image by Daniel Nebreda from Pixabay What’s in this Blog? 1. Design. Decisions. Deadlines. 2. What is Generative Design? 3. The Game of Possibilities 4. An Example of Generative Design 5. More Power in Your Hands Design. Decisions. Deadlines. Doodle. Draw. Design. Discuss. Define. Discard. Do it All Over Again.  A typical day (or multiple days) in the life of architects and interior designers. The design journey is all about exploration, creating multiple options, eliminating ideas and rethinking at every stage. Bec ..read more

Fallingwater, the iconic structure by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image Credit: Somach, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons What’s in this Blog? 1. Introduction 2. 1800s: Early Life 3. 1889 to 1910: Chicago & Wisconsin Diaries 4. 1910 to 1920: European & Japanese Journeys 5. 1920s to 1950s: The Rise & Rise of Wright Introduction “Every great architect is necessarily a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright.Image Credit: https://pixy.org/40569/ under CC0 Public Domain A master who created close to 1 ..read more

From sketch to model on Snaptrude Building Information Modelling (BIM) tool What’s in this Blog? 1. Design Process 2. Project Challenge 3. Results Case Study: Early Strategic Insights Changed the Game for this Architect Picture this. You are working on a brief for a multi-storeyed, swanky corporate project BUT the client is expecting concept design options and budget estimates within a day! You understand that architectural design is a highly iterative process and planning in AutoCAD itself can take a couple of days. Also, presenting a rough concept sketch is not an option because you kn ..read more

Rethinking office spaces post pandemic. Image Credit: Medical vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com What’s in this Blog? 1. Rethinking workplace design post Covid-19 2. Design elements of change for Covid-compliant offices 3. Role of generative design in encouraging design exploration How to Redesign Offices in a Post Covid-19 World Globally, the pandemic brought about a tectonic shift in the way offices and office goers operated. Offices closed down abruptly with no resuming date in sight. Co-working spaces started fading and in some cases shut up shop. The lines between office an ..read more

Building Information Modelling is transforming the AEC industry. Image Credit: Building vector created by vectorjuice – www.freepik.com What’s in this Blog? 1. The decade that was for BIM 2. How governments worldwide are promoting use of BIM 3. Will the next decade be the decade of BIM? 4. Being prepared for the future In the last decade, the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has seen tremendous transformation. From reliance on 2D drawings to razor sharp focus on 3D digital models. From the norm of using legacy tools to willingness to explore cloud-based and Artif ..read more

Barcelona Pavilion by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Image Credit: Ashley Pomeroy at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons “God is in the details” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Credited for iconic buildings and iconic quotes like the above, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was undoubtedly one of the most inspiring architects of the 20th century. What’s in this Blog? 1. Background 2. Initial Influences (1900s) 3. Quest for Modernism (1920s) 4. A New Voyage (1930s to 1950s) Background Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Image Credit: Hugo Erfurt ..read more

Download free architectural feasibility study pdf now. Image by anncapictures from Pixabay What’s in this Blog? 1. What is site feasibility study and analysis 2. Who does site feasibility analysis 3. Benefits of site analysis & feasibility studies 4. Stages of site feasibility studies 5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about feasibility study 6. Benefits of automating site analysis & feasibility study 7. Tools for automated feasibility studies All About Architectural Site Analysis & Feasibility Study We know that architecture is not just about drawing plans and designing sp ..read more