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Master planning software
CAD techniques are now universally employed
for detailed architectural design as well as being widely used
for visualisation studies of new buildings, but have
been much less utilised for the master planning stages
of large developments.
This is largely because CAD
systems impose a degree of precision on the modelling
process that is inappropriate at a stage of the project
when the detailed design has not commenced.
Cadventure has developed a tool for Master Planners to produce 2D and
3D presentation materials for a proposed development
with full and interactive reporting on the resulting
floor areas, usages, car parking requirements etc.
The need for a simple and intuitive 3D modelling system with the automatic production of comprehensive
reports in the form of spreadsheets was the objective. The ability to make a simple change
to a 3D model and then to automatically generate a
new set of reports has been the key to the success
of the software.
The starting point of the software is a simple 2D
layout of the site with polygons representing zones,
plots and buildings. The zones are the major development
phases.
Each zone is broken down into one or more plots and
each plot contains one or more buildings. The zones
and plots are used by the reporting systems; all outputs
can be collated by zone or plot.
Using the tools provided the building outlines can
be extruded into 3D objects by specifying floor height,
number of storeys and the usage. At any level up the
building these parameters can be changed.
If the building
is not of uniform floor area, different footprints
can be inserted at any level of the building. These
are all drawn in 2D mode using simple graphics commands.
The initial brief that the user should not need 3D
CAD skills has been rigorously adhered to.
The resulting 3D model can be interrogated for the
total floor areas by usage type and this information
is collated and presented on spreadsheets automatically.
The model can be quickly changed and new reports produced.
The resulting model provides
a good basis for massing of the development and features
to handle ground terrain and background images have
been included.
The 2D
outputs, often needed for presentation have been provided, including colour coded plans showing primary usage,
street level usage and building heights.
Another very exciting aspect of this plug-in is
the ability to create a physical
model from the computer data. Included in
the software is a direct link to the Z Corp 3D printer.
This software providies an efficient system for master planning
to produce all the information and presentation materials
required with dramatic day savings, but has also remained
true to the initial brief of being simple to operate.
For further details call 0207 436 9004 or
enquire online
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