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DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS // what architecture software to learn - YouTube
Channel: Dantier and Balogh Design Studio
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hi everyone welcome back to our channel the number聽
one place for designers artists and creators聽聽
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i'm jacqueline and i'm an interior architect and聽
designer here at D & B in today's video i'm going聽聽
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to be diving into design software and specifically聽
the best software for architects and interior聽聽
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designers in 2020 okay so that being said let's聽
jump in maybe you're an architect or designer who聽聽
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wants to expand their skills or maybe you're even聽
a student and you're not quite sure what design聽聽
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software you need to be learning but don't worry聽
because i'm going to be covering all the software聽聽
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that you need to know in 2020 although in industry聽
we still use traditional methods like drawing and聽聽
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creating physical models which let's face it聽
still have the same great effect on clients聽聽
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design software has become the new normal聽
within the industry which is why you need聽聽
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to know and honestly keep up with the new聽
software that's constantly coming out it's聽聽
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important to know that there's not one magical聽
software that's going to let you do your whole聽聽
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project from start to finish they're more聽
likely divided into different types of groups聽聽
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so we start off with the schematics or聽
concept stage which moves on to develop design聽聽
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and visualization or rendering packages and聽
then your fine tuning and editing programs聽聽
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normally you'll find that the first stage and聽
second stage have the same software types so what聽聽
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types of software are there then when coming up聽
with a concept i typically use adobe photoshop to聽聽
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compile my initial ideas thoughts and concepts for聽
example i would scan in a hand-drawn site analysis聽聽
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or you could completely draw one from scratch聽
but i would suggest if you're drawing shapes聽聽
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and patterns from scratch adobe illustrates is聽
the program you want to be using but photoshop's聽聽
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great for editing and adjusting certain hand聽
drawings and writing annotations stuff like that聽聽
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photoshop is a program that's used to edit any聽
kind of graphics especially in the digital art聽聽
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world and this is actually the first software i聽
learned when i was becoming an interior designer聽聽
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if you're in the design world already then you'll聽
know the importance of photoshop i don't have to聽聽
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explain that to you but if you're not familiar聽
and you're just coming into the design world聽聽
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this is a program that's universal and everyone聽
knows how to use and i'm going to go into聽聽
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photoshop in a bit more detail later on so stay聽
tuned for that however if you wanted to enhance聽聽
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your site analysis diagrams from this to this聽
you wouldn't be able to do that within photoshop聽聽
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fully i created this site analysis diagram using聽
the bim software vectorworks if you're unfamiliar聽聽
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with what bim is um i've actually made a video on聽
this so feel free to check it out and then come聽聽
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back to this video vectorworks is a software that聽
i swear by it's essentially a program that allows聽聽
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you to flip from 2d to 3d really really easily and聽
it allows you to complete lots of things on your聽聽
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design project from cad drawings to 3d modeling聽
and even visualizations which is a really good聽聽
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aspect vectorworks is a good package if you want聽
an all-rounded software to use on every aspect of聽聽
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a project revit i'm sure you've all heard of it聽
it's really well known and a lot of people in the聽聽
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design world use revit and it's essentially the聽
same as vectorworks it's a bim software but as far聽聽
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as i'm concerned more people use revit especially聽
if you're based in america it's reliable it's well聽聽
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liked and it's universal lots of people know聽
how to use it sketchup this is a program that i聽聽
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actually learned when i was at school when i was聽
about 14 i think doing gcses in my design class聽聽
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and it really taught me the fundamentals of 3d聽
design it's not the most perfect program but it's聽聽
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free and it's like its counterparts in the sense聽
that it is a bim software it can do 2d and 3d聽聽
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but you can't really compare it to things like聽
revit and vector works it's not as sophisticated聽聽
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but the reason why it's on my list is because聽
it's free so it's a great way to learn 3d modeling聽聽
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but it has changed a lot since i first used it um聽
it used to be completely free and it still is but聽聽
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if you want to download it to your desktop and use聽
it all the time i think it's about 300 um if you聽聽
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don't download it it's free but you have to use on聽
a cloud so you can't download it to your desktop聽聽
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but for the most part it's free and it does allow聽
you to build up those 3d modeling skills before聽聽
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you actually purchase a more expensive software it聽
also allows you access to the warehouse which is聽聽
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a catalog of 3d models and objects that you聽
can download and place into your own model聽聽
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i even use the warehouse to download聽
models into my vectorworks document聽聽
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because i use it for stranger things such聽
as food or really intricate detailed items聽聽
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because let's face it we don't want to be聽
spending a whole week designing a chair聽聽
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so there's really good options there that i聽
use because sketchup is universally known it's聽聽
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accumulated a huge selection of 3d models on聽
the warehouse so check that out i know many聽聽
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designers that use sketchup because obviously it's聽
free but you can also transfer your models into聽聽
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visualization programs and achieve聽
really good hyper realistic renders聽聽
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what do you guys think of this one okay so now聽
i'm going to talk about visualization programs聽聽
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or rendering programs this is such a huge category聽
and when i started rendering and started to learn聽聽
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about what rendering is and what programs聽
there are it was a minefield and the reason聽聽
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why there's so many is because they're used in聽
so many industries for example the game industry聽聽
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animation illustration even motion graphics web聽
design and of course archer section design but聽聽
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of course i want you to show you the best聽
ones for architects and interior designers聽聽
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3ds max is a fan favorite and is created by聽
autodesk the creators of revit maya and autocad
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and it's loved by gamers and animators too but聽
it's particularly good for interior design which聽聽
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is similar to cinema 4d which is a program聽
created by maxon this is the software that i聽聽
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first learned to render on and it's extremely good聽
for realistic renders and even motion work if you聽聽
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want to do things like that however personally聽
i found it quite complicated and it's definitely聽聽
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something you couldn't learn within a week聽
the visualization program that i use now聽聽
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is twin motion which is actually made by the聽
same makers of unreal engine which is one of聽聽
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the top game design softwares and the reason why聽
it's on here is because it really intrigued me聽聽
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it was it's specifically designed for聽
interior design and architecture and that is聽聽
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very clear to see on the program for example it聽
has a huge selection of materials that you can聽聽
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easily be dragged and dropped onto your model not聽
like other rendering programs where you can spend聽聽
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about 10 minutes just creating a material from聽
scratch and i really appreciate that because it聽聽
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lowers the amount of time i spend on the rendering聽
program and the bespoke nature of the program聽聽
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makes it easy to navigate and use one other thing聽
that's just amazing to me is the rendering times聽聽
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in my experience if you do one still image render聽
on cinema 4d it can take anywhere from one hour to聽聽
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a whole day but what i found in twin motion with聽
the same one image is i can take anywhere from 10聽聽
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seconds to 10 minutes so honestly if you have聽
worked on a rendering software before then you聽聽
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know how quick that actually is and that's on my聽
thinkpad p51 laptop by the way just to give you an聽聽
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idea hey anything that makes my life easier it's聽
also worth mentioning that it's really good for聽聽
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doing animated walkthroughs through a space and聽
even vr stuff so that's something to point out聽聽
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now i want to talk about software to edit and聽
you know fine-tune your projects to make them聽聽
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perfection i see things like this nowadays聽
in architecture which is you know these funky聽聽
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collages and digital illustration looking uh聽
sections and elevations which to be honest i聽聽
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don't really care for but if you want to know聽
how the software you need here is photoshop聽聽
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photoshop will allow you to enhance and completely聽
be creative with your designs and change them聽聽
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in any way you'd like when i was a student i聽
usually used it for adding annotations and say聽聽
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creating axonometric diagrams so i'd get one聽
layer and then pile them up but these days i聽聽
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just use it for editing my own hand drawings and聽
creating quick concept diagrams another software聽聽
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that you need to know is adobe indesign if you're聽
thinking how on earth are you going to format all聽聽
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your design pieces into one document this is the聽
program for you this is a software for publishing聽聽
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and formatting indesign is kind of like a more聽
sophisticated version of microsoft publisher if聽聽
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you remember that and most likely if you work聽
in magazine publishing book editing stuff like聽聽
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that this is a software that they'll use as聽
well and you'll most probably need this to
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set out your designs in some sort of order add any聽
writing layering stuff like that it's perfect for聽聽
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that and you can even make magazines and books聽
from it and i just want to mention a few apps聽聽
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so the app that i see constantly these days is聽
procreate which is especially popular on ipads聽聽
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it's an app that allows you to sketch paint letter聽
and create and i find that it's especially popular聽聽
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within the illustration and lettering community聽
but recently i found that architects and designers聽聽
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are leaning more towards creating sketches聽
digitally these are some fantastic designs聽聽
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created by narendra sagu a senior partner聽
and art director at fostering partners聽聽
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he believes that his team of artists are creating聽
pioneering presentations which have helped the聽聽
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team to actually win projects and i mean you can聽
clearly see why i mean i've tried these apps and聽聽
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personally i like to stick with marker pens and聽
bleed proof paper but try it at least because i聽聽
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know many people who like to sketch digitally聽
these days i'm sure you've seen many many聽聽
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apps for architects and designers but here are聽
some to name a few bimx morpholio autodesk format聽聽
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concepts and many many others it's really endless聽
isn't it on the app store i've tried many of these聽聽
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and i think it's like a phase you go through聽
you just want to see if any of these apps are聽聽
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good because you'll see like a wow image and you聽
just think oh my gosh i should do that on that app聽聽
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but it's different from when you actually try聽
it yourself and i found that it's easier to do聽聽
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things like that on a desktop especially any聽
3d modelling but that's what i find anyway聽聽
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but the great thing about these apps is that聽
the majority of them are free all you need to聽聽
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do is make an account and that's why i'd urge聽
you to play around with them because you might聽聽
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really really like them these are the best design聽
software packages for architects and designers in聽聽
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2020 although there are so many out there and聽
new ones are being released every single day聽聽
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who knows what design software will be like聽
in the next five years on this channel we talk聽聽
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i'll see you in the next video
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