{"id":4789,"date":"2014-08-21T11:18:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T11:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2014-08-21T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T11:18:23","slug":"some-tools-of-my-trade-vectorworks-mentioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/some-tools-of-my-trade-vectorworks-mentioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Some tools of my trade… @vectorworks mentioned"},"content":{"rendered":"
I thought I’d share some of the tools that I use as part of my everyday work to help me in the design and construction process:<\/p>\n
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From left to right:<\/p>\n
1. iPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n Indispensable for me with some of my favourite apps including:<\/p>\n \u2022 SMS-GPS<\/strong><\/p>\n Some of the sites I work on are very remote and difficult to find on a return visit; especially when you have to follow someone else. So I use SMS-GPS (screen grab in main image above) to email myself the GPS coordinates of the site as soon as I arrive in order that I can find it again on a return visit.<\/p>\n \u2022 Compass<\/strong><\/p>\n Normally at the first visit I’ll check where South is to start the design process; I know this is magnetic north so I use the next app to fine tune the solar path:<\/p>\n \u2022 SunSeeker<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunseeker shows in Augmented reality through the iPhone camera the suns path at the current date and the two solstices. Again this aids the design process.<\/p>\n