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Could a 21st century pencil be the better tool Architects are looking for?

August 6, 2013

There are a lot of architects, designers, and drafters out there that aren’t convinced by my ruminations on better tools. Either they refuse to be persuaded or just feel the pencil has some ineffable qualities about it. Ineffable doesn’t cut it for me. And I don’t like stubbornness when it comes to expanding our understanding of what it means to be an architect in the 21st century. I’ve already tried

Digital over Paper Documents: This is Solvable

May 10, 2013

We need to move away from printed documents. Not to save the forests and not to save on money, though those are nice benefits. We need to evolve beyond what we’ve always done because paper documents are so dumb, so inflexible, so 20th Century. We can do better. Why do we cram as many sections or details as possible on a sheet? We do this to save paper, to go

Orthograph 4.0

December 19, 2012

A few things have changed since the last time I mused about Orthograph. I got an iPad (well my wife and I bought an iPad mini for ourselves, though it’s mostly hers) I got a copy of Orthograph 4.0 Orthograph 4.0 was released I’ve had some time to play around with Orthograph 4.0 and so far I’m quite happy. It definitely lives up to the assumptions I made in my

Let’s Dream a little about Orthograph Architect

October 11, 2012

Orthograph Architect is billed as a great survey tool and, from what I can tell, it is. Furthermore, the creators of this iPad app keep adding new features like crazy; I’ve lost count of the number of upgrades and improvements this not-so-little-anymore app has gotten since it was released in November 2011 (less than a year ago!). Now I don’t have an iPad, so I haven’t personally explored it yet.

OrthoGraph gets +1 dimension

May 17, 2012

2012 is way more interesting than 2011 Are you familiar with Orthograph? OrthoGraph Architect for iPad (which was only released Fall 2011) is getting an upgrade: the 3D preview. This will assist surveying with the ability to reach and change the properties of all graphical elements, so you will be able to switch between different object types, finishes, etc. directly from 3D. The new version is going to be released

OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module SE has launched

December 15, 2011

This is great news from last week. Now you can start using OrthoGraph on the iPad with direct, NATIVE export to ArchiCAD for under about 150 euros. Note, you’ll need both OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module SE (99 euros) and Orthograph Architect for iPad (39.99 euros). OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module SE lets you import 50 rooms per file from the iPad directly to ArchiCAD–which is bigger than any house I’ve ever

OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has been unleashed

November 3, 2011

A bit more exciting news about OrthoGraph, from their blog: Many of our users have asked and we listened. The beta version of OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has just been released, a dedicated application for extending ArchiCAD to read OrthoGraph Architect’s native “.srvd” file format. The current beta version supports the conversions of up to 5 rooms with full functionality from drawings made using the iPad version of OrthoGraph. This

OrthoGraph Architect for the iPad has been released!

November 1, 2011

So yes this official press release is about a month old, but October was a crazy month at Shoegnome World Headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. Watch the video; OrthoGraph looks FREAKING AWESOME. I’d love to get my hands on a copy and try it out. But then I also need to get an iPad… 9/27/2011 – Nuremberg, Germany – InterGEO exhibition – The first professional iPad compatible bulding survey software

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