Autocad

[ Originally published on November 8, 2020 at www.modumate.com ] Hello, and welcome to another essay in Modumate’s “The Future Is…” series, where we analyze profound AEC and technology problems and offer our view on solutions.‍ Today’s post examines the epidemic of tedious document drafting on which architects are forced…

[ Originally published on July 26, 2022 on https://www.modumate.com/ ] In July 2022, our CEO Richman caught up with rising architect Nate Steinrueck and shared what Modumate has built so far, and where we’re going next. It’s an exciting mix of current technical demo, future vision, and debate about the role software will play in construction moving forward. As architects ourselves, we’re passionate about pushing the building design industry into a future with more empowered design, and less mindless document drafting.

[ Originally published May 17, 2021 on Unreal Engine Spotlights ] In April 2021, we chatted with the architectural services team at Epic Games, who realized we’re not just building 3D visualization tools like Twinmotion, Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray… we’re building an all-in-one BIM system that unites modeling, rendering, drawing, and more. They got excited and we’re grateful to be featured on their blog!

[ Originally published on August 18, 2021 on https://www.modumate.com/ ] Welcome to another Innovation Showcase essay, in which we highlight one of Modumate’s innovative features, and why it’s better than the older tools in the building design industry.‍ Today’s topic, 3D graphics, is perhaps the easiest to viscerally grasp —…

Arguably one of the more confusing topics in AutoCAD to newer designers and those that learned prior to paper space/annotative text is scaling within AutoCAD. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been asked about setting up scales, fixing viewports, annotative text, what size to draw things in model space…

When I was pursuing my graduate course, whenever I had a design idea, I would go ahead and build the features as it was. For example, this is how I built the engine of this Bike chopper model:

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Whether a reconstruction or a renovation, gathering accurate site measurements is very important. Manual data collection often leads to inaccurate or insufficient reports. Due to this, costs increase, and the projects get delayed. This is where the point cloud helps. …

Introduction: Product designers need CAD (computer-aided design) software in order to develop precise and detailed representations of their ideas. Choosing the best CAD software application for your needs might be difficult due to the abundance of options available. We will examine the top 4 CAD software packages for product design…