Today we talk about some PC software, useful to architects and students of architecture. Leaving aside the most popular software such as those from Autodesk, from McNeel, Microsoft etc., the programs below will offer some alternative to tools that were already aware . Will be pleasant surprises for increase your productivity in the office or back to school.
15 PROGRAMS ONLINE FOR ARCHITECTS
Ultimate Maps Downloader
Imagine you use a photo by satellite from Google Maps, or Bing Maps as background in a framework to show the area of our next action. The problem is always the same: enlarging a printscreen (one stamp) screen with a zoom too close, I run the risk of having a very grainy, but if my stamp takes a greater portion of the map is still not solved the problem, because the magnification of the latter will get back an image grainy with the risk of bring up my area of interest tiny and invisible.
Lizard Labs developed Ultimate Maps Downloader, a simple software that allows you to choose one of the many types of map from Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Esri … a portion area of the world and its zoom level . Automatically will download all the relevant sections and to photomerge handing you back an image with very high resolution and fidelity .
Acronis Backup Advanced
Each of us knows how much important is the content of our inseparable friends, Computer. This wonderful gizmo, become so simple to use interfaces with infinitely customizable, works only in binary, or with data packets consisting of 0 and 1. These – seemingly insignificant – 0 and 1 that make up our files are the source of numerous concerns, white hair, wrinkles and tears. I guess losing overnight work of a lifetime, memories, music, proves quite traumatic. Our computers are the archives of our lives. Why Acronis Backup Advanced, disaster relief, provides a backup to external media or internal virtual machines, network components, or any support for recover as quickly and efficiently as possible any file you want .
Teorex PhotoScissors 2.0
You have to quickly cut an object or a person from a photograph and paste it into another image? You need only remove the background from a photograph?
With a few mouse clicks, PhotoScissor produces a precise cutout that can be deployed at will with fine brushes. Instead of wasting so much time with tools such as magic bullet, rubber or polygonal lasso, software makes you choose a macro area to be cut and the area you want to keep . After giving the go ahead, the result will be amazing. The programming algorithm, highly evolved, you can recognize pixels optimizing the crop borders to be able to find even the smallest point on a background that complements the subject that we have decided to extrapolate
Movavi PowerPoint to Video Converter
The procedure is always the same: close the outside doors, the curtains begin to abbassarsii to banish even the smallest ray of sunshine residue, people begin to shut up, you lower the screen, turning on the projector. We repeat that everything will be fine, but a little ‘agitation remains, our presentation in the smallest details will make a stir and will be a resolution definitely adequate, and that old projector in the next few minutes we will make a splendid figure. Then slowly, the mind begins to develop … might be better save the presentation with an older format, the computer the location of the speaker does not look very fit, probably even Fred Flintstone in his day He definitely had one more performance.
But what can we do? Surely, if you can not do screening tests prior to an event, always would agree to have a presentation saved in the form of video, which is more compatible with a classic .ppt format . The interchangeability of the latest software works, but not always very well, many times you’ll be left with different text formats, words cut or eat from the text box. With the program Movavi PowerPoint to Video Converter will solve every problem. Your PC will produce a video that will be opened on any hardware you have available.
LUXION Keyshot Pro and Maxwell Render
How many tools for three-dimensional shape (parametric objects and not) know? I imagine a lot. To name only the most common, 3D Studio Max, Rhinoceros, Revit, Maya, ArchiCAD, Cinema 4D, SketchUp (and many others). Each has its good points and its weaknesses. You can do a fantastic 3D or not, but often the final problem is, how it renderizzo? Can I use MentalRay, V-Ray, Flamingo …
Excluding MentalRay that has become recently a stand alone software, we can rely on Keyshot and Maxwell Render. These two software provide us with the environments in which we can attribute (very simply) different materials to our geometry , renderizzandole in a time chosen by us, with results nothing short of fantastic. Rooms for rendering, is intended as actual cameras DSLR (SLR); the settings to get the final image, refer only to the specifications of Reflex: this will help you not go crazy over after dozens of drop-down menu and check box for often disappointing results at the expense of your time.
FarStone One Pro 1.3
You want to have a computer It works well? No slowing down, start fast, no bluescreen …? No joke! Some time ago, the presentation of the new surface, even the tablet from Microsoft after locked, has returned to the classic video memory error with white text on a blue background. To have a device performance, we should proceed to a master reset at least every 8-10 months . This shows the real importance of backup and some software that make these tasks easier for those who do not have many computer skills.
ONE FarStone’s recovery software, which creates a picture of our operating system (with programs included) and can restore whenever we need it. The latest version is able to recover an operating system with each restart, and though some freak with the importance attached to the cleaning could feel it a great option for most mere mortals might be a choice a bit ‘too drastic .
Twinmotion 2015 Pro and Lumion
I remember when during ateliers university teachers demanded loudly or rendering photorealistic visualizations of our architectural design. Throughout the course passed the most different fixes, down to the smallest detail, and then we find ourselves having to settordici thousand rendering within four to five days. In these moments the rush for delivery often leads to neglect small details that make the 3D richer and nicer, but we were willing to do anything to finish in time to the first session of exams. The dear old 3D Studio with its endless will render burned (in our laboratory group) seven to eight video cards in five years of courses.
Then a fellow showed me Lumion courses, I was excited, It seemed impossible produce and render scenes set up so fast , so as to make the expectations of rendering ridiculous. Over time Lumion has evolved a lot and has implemented several features; the same is true for Twinmotion, that definitely younger than the first, contains many useful features to create digital images of your 3D models in a short time , leaving more time to focus on the basic features of your project.
Certainly, the video will be the most comprehensive of my words and will show the capabilities of these two fantastic software.
pointwise 17.3
With a development increasing a thought more eco and sustainable, are implemented more and more tools and software that calculate the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) . These software that initially were used by engineers to calculate the fluid flow and the movement of fluids in channels and pipes, are used today (more massively) for the calculation of the displacement of air masses in some projects of sustainable architecture . The inclusion of the openings in a sustainable architectural design, orientation and size of the building, should relate not only to the solar component, to other ground components and the weather, including the movement of air masses.
Even the most well-known Autodesk, a few years ago, produced Vasari (http://autodeskvasari.com/), still in beta and available for download. These software, as pointwise accompanied by climatic data from meteorological stations of interest, are able to create complex networks of points that interact with architectural models inserted within their development environment by returning values that assist us to make decisions votes in phase project.
(image: http://www.corsicad.net/2011/09/progetto-vasari-21-unanteprima-della.html)
MediaChance Dynamic Photo HDR
Photography is a passion shared by many. When you put behind a goal, our mind tends to perceive and observe everything around us in key much more critical than usual. How many times we stop to photograph a thing rather than another? Once stored, and despite our preferences, the photos are captured – before our eyes – appear different from what we remembered. These are not always able to re-transmit, emotions and vibrations perceived at the time of shooting, also because of the conditions sometimes not optimum grip point, the strong sunlight on the lens All .. this can be corrected with a good practice, becoming master of the settings of their own DSLR.
Through MediaChance Dynamic Photo HDR you can transform your photos by aligning colors, brightness and contrast . After optimizing images by balancing the level of natural white, they will appear more clear and realistic. The program is also designed to process dynamic images that combine their different levels of exposure, generating output more vivid, almost surreal, to be able to characterize your photographs and make them like the ones you see with your heart.
