We are unsure if Spaces will always include this freemium model with subscription-based plans for more powerful features or this is temporary as the software tool evolves from this early stage. Spaces 1.3 can tap the contextual power of Open Street Maps data. Unlike Shapr3D, Spaces is built for architecture and includes tools that will help architects work more efficiently while in the early iterative stages of design. Spaces is fundamentally a 3D modeling program and leverages the Apple Pencil in the same way that Shapr3D does. This group is also historically older in age and in many firms around the world has a lower competency level in CAD and BIM software.

See most technology like CAD, 3D modeling, and BIM solutions are aimed at the later stages of the architectural design process the earlier phases led upfront by principals of architecture offices, primarily, tend to be far less served. Recently at version 1.2, the latest 1.3 release delivers new cladding tools and design options. Namely, design architects, principals, and directors. Developed by Cerulean Labs Limited in New Zealand, the new software is aimed at a segment of the architecture office that the company says is traditionally underserved. Spaces 1.3 is a sketch-based conceptual design tool for architects that works on your Apple iPad.

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