Sure still to need to rework Object info and attributes palettes and hopefully both those are in the works because they are very much in need of overhaul. I would think the new hot space around the cursor in VW2021 would do a fair bit it making it work in a touch-focused environment.Īdd zoom loupe to that mix and the drawing environment might be not far off at all. I’m considering purchasing a survey instrument to speed things up and at least start with fairly accurate digital information. The other one starts with no data, so blank sheet of paper it is □. One was started via aerial photography and GIS info, but I can’t work on the digital model in the field, so paper it is. Tomorrow, I will visit two residential jobs with paper on board and manually field draft. When the weather allows, I sometime take my laptop to such sites and just model in the field. I enjoy doing it, but I would enjoy it more if I could just go directly into the software. The fact that I’m doing a paper process for this is a bit silly. I do this because field drawing catches any measuring or relationship errors before leaving the site. When I have a residential landscape project that would not justify a proper survey, I actually bring a big piece of foam core with an aerial photo mounted on it and manually draft the project using pencils and scales. the problem is they involves steps to get back into VWX for changes. Yes, there are a ton of apps for collecting data, marking up, etc. and let do the work for you by someone at the office (?) Isn't there already a BIM PCF App where you can note your problemsĪlready at a defined saved view of the 3D model, add Photos and Notes If VWK had some clean way of inputting data n the field into a file that could update the desktop automatically without a bunch of legwork, that would be interesting.Īren't those specific iPad Apps, that work for a single special purpose, Unfortunately, this doesn’t work for exterior landscape architecture so well, but it is amazing for interior work. When I was in Kuwait, I did a number of case studies of this workflow vs some senior architectural technicians and found their accuracy to be 5-10% off with the App process being 1-1.5% off. The speed and accuracy of measuring and creating plans was over 4x faster than traditional measuring/paper field drawing/ CAD. I experimented with magic plan and a few similar floorplan apps. While it isn’t a substitute for a workstation, it sure would be nice to have the ability to directly input information and model element directly 8nto the vectorworks file instead of the current workflows. The convenience of the iPad form factor makes it like a sketchbook, I use it for all kinds of workflows. Referring to and marking up documents during construction observation, even developing solutions on site. Presenting the model during a meeting, especially when connected to an Apple TV. I use my iPad for every workflow except Vectorworks at this point.
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