Showing posts with label room book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label room book. Show all posts

June 13, 2014

16 reasons for choosing OrthoGraph

Do you know why OrthoGraph is the most advanced building surveying iPad application on the market? We have 16 competitive advantages that make us stand out. 16 features that are the heart of the application from the intuitive sketch and tap way you draw trough bending walls, Leica and Bosch support to the teamwork functionality.

Watch our short video about these features:



OrthoGraph's 16 key features:

  1. Intelligent sketch recognition - 0:11
  2. Append new rooms with just one simple tap - 0:15
  3. Measure walls and diagonals - 0:22
  4. Leica & Bosch Bluetooth laser distance meter support - 0:41
  5. Curved walls and different wall thicknesses - 0:54
  6. 3D walk through, integral 3D model - 1:20
  7. Doors & windows with properties - welcome to the mobile BIM world - 1:35
  8. Furniture with properties and photos - 1:52
  9. Freehand annotation, labeling and attached photos - 2:10
  10. Location structure & room stamps - 2:17
  11. Professional output formats - supporting AutoCAD, ArchiCAD and all the important players - 2:27
  12. PDF room book with details and renders - 2:33
  13. Background images for digitizing floor plans - 2:42
  14. Cloud storage with versions of the same file - 2:55
  15. Teamwork on the same project - 3:16
  16. 3D VR Model view - 3:54

Creating a wall on the iPad shouldn't be bounded by the same limitations we had on a mouse-controlled environment. OrthoGraph's revolutionary "old" concept goes back to the origins and combines the leading edge technology with the natural way of drawing with pencil and paper. With the sketch & tap functionality and the intelligent sketch recognition the creation of floor plans was never easier and more natural.

Another unique thing is that the software handles curved walls. They cannot be found in every building but if you have to measure one, OrthoGraph is the only application, which can deal with it.

There is no professional floor plan without wall thickness, properties, housing etc., and these are all possible in OrthoGraph.

Digitizing in a natural way: if you have a previously made ground plan about the building then you can use it as a background picture to your drawing, and ease your work with it.

After creating the draft you can immediately measure it. But only measuring wall lengths cannot create real geometrical accuracy. OrthoGraph is still the only iPad app letting you measure diagonals that make the plan 100% accurate and correct. Make the measurement process even easier with the Leica and Bosch laser distance meter support. By using the Bluetooth connection the data transfer is super fast.

After the measurement you can furnish your rooms. Add doors, windows and furniture with properties and photos. OrthoGraph's object library contains 19 different doors, 9 different windows and 46 objects as of today, all resizable to their real dimensions.

The application has a unique location structure that makes it possible to create the location tree with floors, apartments, offices, shops and rooms, and even with zones. This helps handling even large buildings, or building portfolios in the same workspace.

Use the labeling tool to write notes on the floor plan or if you need just signing some parts, then use the freehand annotation function, draw, sketch as normally you would on a paper or simply just shot a picture and attach that. With OrthoGraph you will never leave the site without all important information gathered!

When you are ready with your work, export the files in one of the professional output file formats like IFC, DXF, JPG and use them further in ArchiCAD, AutoCAD or in Solibri Model viewer. You can also export your project as a PDF room book. It will list all your rooms and objects individually with their drawings, and if you wish, include camera renders too.

And last but not least use OrthoGraph Cloud to backup your work with versioning and use the also unexampled teamwork function that allows many people to work in the same floor plan.

Use OrthoGraph and enjoy all these features that make your work easier and faster. Think different and ease your work!

Download OrthoGraph right now from AppStore!

Your OrthoGraph Team

March 11, 2014

Multi-purpose PDF room books of OrthoGraph

Have you ever thought of how great it would be to have a detailed room book of what you have drawn and measured on the spot? All rooms with their drawings, furniture list, sizes, calculations and even with the images you shot on-site? We did.

The PDF export feature of OrthoGraph is there for you including everything you drawn, measured and entered into the floor plan. Use it as a professional architect, painter, tiler, forensics with all details or as a retail agency containing fancy renders of the flat you wish to introduce.

The OrthoGraph Architect App has several export options, one of them is the PDF export format. With this PDF export, you can create so called "room books" with a click. The App automatically generates the PDF file containing well arranged and detailed data and pictures about the full project.

A page of a PDF room book


The PDF room book contains all data such as area of the location, area of the walls, perimeter, area of the windows and doors regarding all created locations of  each room of a project. The room book lists the objects of a room/building with all properties. You can read here the width, depth, height and all properties, images of every objects in their corresponding locations.

The PDF lists the previously attached pictures both attached to the objects and also to all windows/doors.  Use the camera of your iPad or use a previously created photo and attach it to the properties of an object.

A page of a PDF room book with attached pictures




Additionally, the PDF file contains a drawing of the floor plan regarding every single location. You can control whether you want to see the flooring, the reference line or the objects. You can turn on or off these in the view toolbar with the three state switches. The PDF will show the same you see on the editor screen of your iPad.

On the picture below, you can see a perfect output for real estate agents. Visible flooring and objects make this version of the floor plan an excellent presentation tool on a real estate website because everyday people are willing to prefer realistic drawings over technical floor plans.

A first page of a PDF room book-view options optimized for real estate agents

For architects who are only interested about the structure of the building, we suggest to use the PDF output when the visibility of the flooring and the objects are turned off, but the dimension and the room labels are visible.

A first page of a PDF room book-view options optimized for architects



Now, are you curious about how to create a room book? It is super easy, just go to the survey toolbar and click on the send by email tool or the save to Box/DropBox tool. Here you can choose from six output options. Now you need to choose the PDF output. After you have clicked on the PDF button, the App automatically creates pictures of the different locations separately and together (from the current view you are standing). It takes only a few seconds, after that, the email client will pop up, and you can simply add the recipient(s) and send the email. Watch the video below to see it live:



The PDF roombook is a very useful tool if you need the documentations of your projects. This function can help a lot when you want to see all information together. Whether you are an interior designer, an architect or a real estate agent, PDF room book will be indispensable for you after you have tried it.

So now you know: if you need a summary about your project, or you would like to see all important information and calculations regarding a building or building complex together, or you just need this information only regarding to a room - it is there for you, direct on the spot.

Best,
The OrthoGraph Team

May 28, 2012

OrthoGraph 3.0, the 3rd dimension - unleashed soon

The next major update of OrthoGraph Architect is planned for next week. There will be plenty of new features, but the update for our existing users will be available for free of charge. Buy OrthoGraph Architect now before the price gets increased http://bit.ly/IzrX6B

Some major changes only to have a short overview:
  • Instant 3D walkthrough in everything you have drawn
  • PDF room book, summary, the every room detailed with images, objects etc.
  • E-mail drawings, files everything you create directly from the application
  • New object types like toilet, basin, stairs and many more. Available also in 3D
  • Handling of floorings and coverings
  • Pointcloud data to be imported through PointCab's preprocessed LSE format on the field
  • Move and resize any door and window simply by your finger
  • Localizations: English, French, German, Italian and Hungarian
  • Grid, reinvented drawing rebuild algorithms and many more...

The first and only BIM building survey app running on iPad now gets 3D functionality. All DWG and ArchiCAD compatibility is also available in this upcoming version.

Buy OrthoGraph Architect now and join our satisfied user group.