November 4, 2024

Product Updates: October 2024

October has been an exciting month! We’ve released a bunch of new features to enhance your design workflow.

AI Render in Beta

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We're super excited to announce our upcoming AI Render feature!

What to Expect:

  • Generate realistic or artistic renders in 20 seconds.
  • Choose from presets or use custom prompts.
  • ~95% geometry fidelity.
  • Save and access renders directly in Snaptrude.

We're Currently Perfecting:

  • Background accuracy
  • Material prompt support
  • Diagonal line refinement
  • Preset optimization

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Rhino Import: Advanced Design Integration

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The Challenge: Transitioning complex designs from Rhino to presentation-ready deliverables often requires multiple software tools.

What's New: Import complex design elements like facades, roofs, staircases and topography directly into Snaptrude from Rhino through our new plugin.

Key Benefits:

  • Integrate computationally designed building blocks into Snaptrude during early concept design.
  • Import complex design details from Rhino for presentation deliverables.
  • Continue detailing imported spaces, and present design options out of Snaptrude.

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Export Space Planning Diagrams as PDFs

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The Challenge: Creating and presenting early design ideas quickly and efficiently often involves multiple software tools and manual processes.

What's New: Snaptrude has enhanced its sheet export capabilities for massing models and space planning diagrams.

Key Benefits:

  • Export color-coded plans with room tags and areas directly from Snaptrude.
  • Save multiple sheets with custom sizes and scales as per project requirements.
  • Enhance the exported vector PDFs directly on tools like Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Iterate easily on design ideas based on client feedback, without leaving Snaptrude.
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Release Notes: Export Space Planning Diagrams as PDFs

Workflow Improvements

Enhanced Selection Behavior: The selection box now highlights the actual profile of objects for more precise control.

Redesigned Top Tool Bar Menu: A more intuitive organization of tools and commands.

Improved Scale Setting: Streamlined UI-UX for setting and adjusting scale.

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