TOP APPS FOR ARCHITECTURE
- Google Sketchup - App for 3D models
- Photosynth - Stiches photos together and makes a 3D panorama
- AutoCAD 360 - Build your dream house in 3D
- iRhino 3D - Using this app you can view any Rhine 3DM file on your mobile device. It’s a great way of showcasing your models.
- Autodesk Formit - As a subsidiary of Autodesk Revit, this app allows you to create and alter BIM models on mobile devices.
- Morpholio Trace - The Morpholio Project is really interesting and offers an insight into where skilled app designers can go with a good idea. Trace is an architect’s best friend and they offer an app that does just that
- Adobe Ideas - This app gives a few tools to jot down ideas quickly and efficiently.
- Sketchbook - This app offers you sketching freedom coupled with useful ways of exporting drawings on different canvas sizes and at different resolutions.
- MagicPlan - MagicPlan is, well, magic. It takes advantage of the devices camera and augmented reality to create floor plans of rooms. All you have to do is stand and point your device and it does the rest of the work.Paper
- Graphisoft BIMx - Introducing Hyper-models – Graphisoft’s term for describing BIM on mobile devices – has the potential to make BIM even more popular. As an app that can be used by every member of a project’s design and construction teams.
- Paper - With five tools and a blank canvas, coupled with as many virtual sketchbooks as you want, Paper is one of the most loved mobile sketching apps.