5 Great iPad Apps for Architects
An iPad might not replace your laptop or home computer, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get some work done on one or have a little bit of creativity time. Let’s look at some apps that you might find fun or useful.
1) Autodesk® FormIt – Free
Autodesk FormIt is a fantastic app for being a free offering. FormIt is Autodesk’s answer to programs like Rhino and especially SketchUp. If you have an afternoon, you can learn this app. If you know SketchUp, it will take less time than that. FormIt comes with a plethora of tutorials to get you started, let’s you do your BIM on satelite images, and is easy to use. You can also sync your files with in the cloud with Autodesk® 360 and Revit. For free, this app seems like a great choice.
Autodesk® FormIt – itunes.apple.com
2) Procreate – $4.99
While not necessarily geared towards the architectural community, Procreate is a great app for doing simple, to very complicated sketches. It’s a great tool to have around so that you can ensure you can get your ideas onto your iPad before you forget them and they are lost forever. The app is easy to learn, and reasonably priced at $4.99. It does feature some in-app purchases, however, they give you a lot of tools out of the gate so that they don’t nickel and dime you. I would also recommend a stylus with this app.
3) Architizer – Free
Architizer is an online forum for sharing architecture pictures and information. While I found the website somewhat interesting, the iPad app seems to be a much better fit for the content. The Architizer iPad app allows you to scroll through numerous pictures of architectural installations. When you tap on a picture, the app gives you information about the building, the designer, the location, and other information. The app reminds me a lot of pinterest or flipboard, but for the design of buildings. You can also share what you find through twitter and other forms of social media.
4) Morpholio – Free
Morpholio is the portfolio for the modern person. Instead of carrying around a giant folder featuring your work, you can now display it using your iPad. Not only does it help you organize your work, you can also share it, follow other architects, and create layouts. It’s a great way to showcase who you are and what you do.
5) iDraw -$8.99
iDraw is a great tool for making vector images. While not as robust as Illustrator or some of Autodesk’s offerings, it works great for the iPad and is a great jumping off point for ideas. iDraw also works well with Dropbox. The app also seems to be updated frequently, making for a better and better product.
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13 New Renderings of One WTC Without its Sister Towers
If you were wondering what the new World Trade Center would look like if One WTC was the only tower going up, today's your lucky day.
The Port Authority and Durst Organization released 13 new renderings showing the tower's "recent design modifications," which we can't really discern (the antenna looks different?), but we did notice that they forgot two of the other towers—only Four WTC makes an appearance. Also, it is going to be blindingly bright at night, so get ready. The renderings show views from Brooklyn, New Jersey, and Staten Island, plus the W Hotel, New York by Gehry, and Pier 40, which may not be possible by the time the tower opens.
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Free Download Vray Guide The Key to 3d Success
“We are sharing books and items from our vast library. Here lies the guide you need to become a professional.”
This eBook will provide you with TOP secret tips of PRO 3D Artist! AND business success!You will learn to work LIKE a PRO! and will be able to succeed in every challenge! The full package comes with free resources library of 3D models, textures, IES lights, HDRI Images and much more!
What are you waiting for?.. go ahead and download the pdf file.. copy the link and share..
The book was written by Alexander Vasiliuk aka VRayGuide
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Explore mobile apps from Autodesk®, the maker of 3D design software.
Explore mobile apps from Autodesk®, the maker of 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. Find an app for Productivity & Utility, Creativity, or for Games or Entertainment.
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Who Needs 3-D Design? 5 Reasons You Do
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New Minnesota Vikings Stadium Renderings
Designed by HKS Sports and Entertainment, the stadium will seat 65,000 and can seat as much as 73,000 for a Super Bowl (which, of course, is always the goal). Since a retractable roof was too expensive, the stadium will have a clear roof to let in some of that sweet, sweet natural sunlight
Minnesota Vikings Stadium Exterior Rendering
Minnesota Vikings Stadium Interior Rendering
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Price vs. Value
Price is a public matter — a negotiation between supply and demand. A thing’s price is set in competition. So the price of a car is determined by how much some people want it, how much they are willing to pay, and how ready the manufacturer is to sell. It’s a public activity: lots of people are involved in the process, but your voice is almost never important in setting the price.
Value, on the other hand, is a personal, ethical and aesthetic judgment — assigned finally by individuals, and founded on their perceptiveness, wisdom and character.
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Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley
Published on May 10, 2013
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
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Making of Audi Perfect Shadow
Making of Perfect Shadow directed by Fuse
Music : Roadgame by Kavinsky
Done in Maya.
Rendered with Vray and mental ray (just for dust particles and some volumetric lighting).
Compositing in nuke.
Editing and final compositing in after effects ( flares, light dust, camera aberrations).
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Which Square Is Darker?
Does this tricky “Gotcha” ruin the shading and colors in your drawings and paintings?
Hint: Look closely at these squares...
The answer is...
This is an optical illusion that you face in your drawings everyday. In fact, both squares are the exact same color.
Don't believe it? Drag that square above with the hole in the middle over the two squares and you can see for yourself.
It can be extremely difficult to see the change between values—and where there is no change in value, your image goes flat.
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