The developer has a few other similar apps all about real-time raytracing on iPhones and iPads. The ultimate purpose is to create compelling imagery for screen backgrounds. What this apps does is produce fractals-based models and then render them with OpenGL ES 2.0 shaders. The quality of the raytracing–which runs off the GPU in the iPad–is quite impressive. Mandelbulb Raytracer HD - this app is of very little use to us architects but yet we have listed it here because it represents a very interesting iPad technology demonstration.Autodesk 123D Make Intro (New in 2.0) - this app isn’t necessarily a true modeler authoring tool like its sibling app above, but it is interesting and useful, allowing you to turn 3D models into 2D build plans and with animated instructions.Despite this market orientation the app is nonetheless in the limited group of true modelers on the iPad. Autodesk 123D Design - this app is a basic 3D modeling tool for iPad that is geared towards the maker market.It supports easy, gesture interface conceptual modeling and syncs data with the cloud for further work in Revit. Autodesk FormIt - this app from Autodesk lets you use real-world site information to help support early 3D design decisions.It may also be listed in another category in our series. Again, if we have somehow missed an app we would sure appreciate your email on the subject. We have updated the reviews, ratings and pricing. Here is one of the most complete listing of excellent modeling and rendering tools useful to architects on the iPad at the time of this writing. Besides letting you view your SketchUp models rendered on the Shaderlight Cloud Rendering Cloud, you can use the app to check on the status of in-progress renders (great when away from the desktop or office/studio), (see 03 above). Finally, speaking of the cloud ShaderLight by Limitless Computing has a nifty iPad app for viewing your cloud renders on the go. You can store and share design models with Autodesk 360 Cloud. This is a basic conceptual modeling tool meant to be used at the building site to help make early design decisions. (see image 01).Ġ3 – This Shaderlight app for iPad ties into a leading SketchUp renderer and cloud rendering.Īnother modeler very much worth pointing out is Autodesk FormIt which is now at version 6.6. There is also a terrain generator with heights field. It supports 4-split screen view, works with OBJ file format, imports, creates and exports and supports Dropbox. The app has been featured on TV in an iPad TV commercial. Of the modeling tools one app that stands out is Verto Studio 3D by Michael L. What we are interested in here is primarily model making and model editing, plus those apps highly focused on model rendering. There is some overlap here as some apps in our CAD Viewers category overlap with these abilities, as do some BIM apps in their list. In this category we are going to include apps that are used to both model and render models on the iPad. And also listed below is Room Planner by Chief Architect. On the other hand, we now have Trimble SketchUp Mobile Viewer. While not a modeling “authoring” app but rather a “viewer,” we have added it here and will eventually add it over at the CAD Viewers and Collaboration guide page when we update that very shortly.
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