The Arcol story
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Workaround
“Hall-of-Fame”
AutoCAD blocks connected to Excel docs
Ol faithful. You need data, you love AutoCAD, so you mash the two together in a hacky way. The main problem here is that nothing is live updating, plus your data and designs live in different places.
People making floors in Revit that are 10' thick to represent building levels
Oof. Revit does a lot of things, but it's not great at early stage concept design. This is our favorite workaround we've hear.
Manually drawing a plane to represent the max height of a site in Sketchup
This requires drawing a line from some point on the site vertically up to the max height, then drawing a rectangle at that height using the end of the first line you drew as the first point reference so that the rectangle is at the correct height.
Always be curious
Search for the root of problems and question the status quo. Ask “why” enough times to break things down to their core principals. Reason logically from there and form your own opinion - that’s where innovation happens.
Walk in their shoes
Search for the root of problems and question the status quo. Ask “why” enough times to break things down to their core principals. Reason logically from there and form your own opinion - that’s where innovation happens.
Care about your work
Don’t release anything that you wouldn’t be proud to show your future self. Be relentless about beauty - if you’re not proud of it, don’t ship it.
Bring the outside in
We’re interested in interesting people and we like hearing about weekend projects. We’re all humans and we all have things we’re excited about, bring them to Arcol!
Prototype with big blocks
You should be able to show, not tell your idea. Prototype quickly and efficiently using big blocks. Have a bias towards action and build your vision of the future.
Play to win
Be competitive – never be satisfied with second place. Trust your teammates and work hard to get the win.
We’re in the early stages of shaping the future of intuitive and connected design tools. Want to join us?