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SuperSplat
PlayCanvas
SuperSplat is the ultimate tool for editing and optimizing 3D Gaussian splats. Clean up your splats with powerful selection tools wrapped up in an easy-to-use interface. SuperSplat is built on the powerful PlayCanvas engine runtime and the PCUI front-end framework. SuperSplat provides a powerful and lightweight visual editing environment that runs in the browser. There is nothing to download and install. SuperSplat operates on the industry standard PLY file format. Use it with any engine you like. Powered by the PlayCanvas engine, SuperSplat can handle even the heaviest 3D Gaussian Splat scenes with ease. Easily select specific splats for deletion. Translate and rotate your scene. Save to PLY, compressed PLY, or SPLAT formats. 3D Gaussian splatting is an exciting new technique to create photorealistic 3D scenes from photogrammetry. However, a captured 3D Gaussian splat may sometimes require some editing.Starting Price: $15 per month -
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IrrigatePlus
IrrigatePlus
Irrigateplus is a program based on Epanet that includes, in a single program, all the necessary tools for the design and calculation of irrigation systems. Irrigateplus allows for improved management and design of sprinkler irrigation, optimization of piping diameters, selection of pumping equipment, and efficient water management. Irrigateplus includes commercial catalogs of major manufacturers worldwide, which facilitates the election of rotors and sprays that best adapt to your needs. Its database manager allows for the quick and easy design of irrigation systems, saving you time and money. Irrigateplus has a simple and agile interface, which improves the process of designing and the productivity of your work. Its free version (without the commercial catalog) facilitates the use, exposure, and purchase of the software. Irrigateplus is a program developed specifically for the design and calculation of pressurized irrigation systems, without the need for other programs.Starting Price: €360 per year -
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AquaFlow
Toro Ag
AquaFlow is Toro’s free drip irrigation design software that provides irrigation designers with a state-of-the-art tool to configure drip irrigation systems for optimum performance. AquaFlow latest upgrade provides faster performance, stability, and security than previous versions, as well as browser compatibility improvements. In addition, AquaFlow helps users remain within Toro emission device operating specifications. AquaFlow is now also available as an app for both Apple and Android devices. The AquaFlow app is an innovative solution that greatly simplifies the drip irrigation design process and improves accessibility to otherwise complicated drip irrigation design information. The all-new AquaFlow app for tablets creates a more powerful and convenient user experience, as it’s fully integrated across all software platforms, from tablet to desktop. Users can quickly and easily choose laterals and submains and instantly view results in tables, and graphs.Starting Price: Free -
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IRRISketch
IRRISketch
IRRISketch is an innovative web-based irrigation systems planner. The main goal of this online service is to minimize the amount of time that passes from the moment of receiving the technical requirements for the design of irrigation to the moment of providing the customer with a commercial proposal, without neglecting the quality and accuracy of the project. This is achieved by automating routine tasks, such as counting fittings or calculating pipe diameters. The program implements a system for automatic detection of nozzles from a selected series under user-defined geometric characteristics of the coverage area in order to speed up their placement on the site. And many, many convenient features. Irrisketch is an online service that securely stores all your projects in the cloud. You do not need to install any software on your computer. And you can access your projects from any device connected to the Internet, be it a smartphone or a computer, from anywhere in the world.Starting Price: $546.78 per year -
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Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK)
Broad Institute
Developed in the Data Sciences Platform at the Broad Institute, the toolkit offers a wide variety of tools with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping. Its powerful processing engine and high-performance computing features make it capable of taking on projects of any size. The GATK is the industry standard for identifying SNPs and indels in germline DNA and RNAseq data. Its scope is now expanding to include somatic short variant calling and to tackle copy number (CNV) and structural variation (SV). In addition to the variant callers themselves, the GATK also includes many utilities to perform related tasks such as processing and quality control of high-throughput sequencing data and bundles the popular Picard toolkit. These tools were primarily designed to process exomes and whole genomes generated with Illumina sequencing technology, but they can be adapted to handle a variety of other technologies and experimental designs.Starting Price: Free -
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Bioconductor
Bioconductor
The Bioconductor project aims to develop and share open source software for precise and repeatable analysis of biological data. We foster an inclusive and collaborative community of developers and data scientists. Resources to maximize the potential of Bioconductor. From basic functionalities to advanced features, our tutorials, guides, and documentation have you covered. Bioconductor uses the R statistical programming language and is open source and open development. It has two releases each year and an active user community. Bioconductor provides Docker images for every release and provides support for Bioconductor use in AnVIL. Founded in 2001, Bioconductor is an open-source software project widely used in bioinformatics and biomedical research. It hosts over 2,000 R packages contributed by over 1,000 developers, with over 40 million downloads per year. Bioconductor has been cited in more than 60,000 scientific publications.Starting Price: Free -
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Galaxy
Galaxy
Galaxy is an open source, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research. If you are new to Galaxy start here or consult our help resources. You can install your own Galaxy by following the tutorial and choosing from thousands of tools from the tool shed. This instance of Galaxy is utilizing infrastructure generously provided by the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Additional resources are provided primarily on the Jetstream2 cloud via ACCESS, and with support from the National Science Foundation. Quantify, visualize, and summarize mismatches in deep sequencing data. Build maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees. Phylogenomic/evolutionary tree construction from multiple sequences. Merge matching reads into clusters with TN-93. Remove sequences from a reference that are within a given distance of a cluster. Perform maximum-likelihood estimation of gene essentiality scores.Starting Price: Free -
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BioTuring Browser
BioTuring Browser
Explore hundreds of curated single-cell transcriptome datasets, along with your own data, through interactive visualizations and analytics. The software also supports multimodal omics, CITE-seq, TCR-seq, and spatial transcriptomic. Interactively explore the world's largest single-cell expression database. Access and query insights from a single-cell database of millions of cells, fully annotated with cell type labels and experimental metadata. Not just creating a gateway to published works, BioTuring Browser is an end-to-end solution for your own single-cell data. Import your fastq files, count matrices, Seurat, or Scanpy objects, and reveal the biological stories inside them. Get a rich package of visualizations and analyses in an intuitive interface, making insight mining from any curated or in-house single-cell dataset become such a breeze. Import single-cell CRISPR screening or Perturb-seq data, and query guide RNA sequences.Starting Price: Free -
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GenomeBrowse
Golden Helix
This free tool delivers stunning visualizations of your genomic data that give you the power to see what is occurring at each base pair in your samples. GenomeBrowse runs as a native desktop application on your computer. No longer do you have to sacrifice speed and interface quality to obtain a consistent cross-platform experience. It was developed with performance in mind to deliver a faster and more fluid browsing experience than any other genome browser available. GenomeBrowse is also integrated into the powerful Golden Helix VarSeq variant annotation and interpretation platform. If you love the visualization experience of GenomeBrowse, check out VarSeq for filtering, annotating, and analyzing your data before utilizing the same visualization interface. GB can display all your alignment data. Looking at all your samples in one view can help you spot contextually relevant findings.Starting Price: Free -
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MEGA
MEGA
MEGA (Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis) is a powerful and user-friendly software suite designed for analyzing DNA and protein sequence data from species and populations. It facilitates both automatic and manual sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree inference, and evolutionary hypothesis testing. MEGA supports a variety of statistical methods including maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference, and ordinary least squares, making it an essential tool for comparative sequence analysis and understanding molecular evolution. MEGA offers advanced features such as real-time caption generation to help explain the results and methods used in analysis and the maximum composite likelihood method for estimating evolutionary distances. The software is equipped with robust visual tools like the alignment/trace editor and tree explorer and supports multi-threading for efficient processing. MEGA can be run on multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS.Starting Price: Free -
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smino
smino
Better cooperation and more sustainable planning with automatic BIM model tests. BIM model checks ensure that your construction project is accurate and error-free by detecting and correcting errors in the model at an early stage. This saves you expensive and time-consuming corrections during the construction phase. Comparing models makes it possible to quickly identify and correct deviations. This means lower costs for you and on-time completion of the project. BIM model checks also allow you to improve collaboration and coordination within the team. Potential problems become visible as early as the planning phase, which increases efficiency and communication within the project team. With an optimized BIM workflow, the entire project execution becomes smoother. Ultimately, BIM helps to complete projects faster, more cost-efficiently, and with higher quality. For you, this means more transparency and security throughout the entire construction process.Starting Price: Free -
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BIMvision
BIMvision
Monitoring the progress of construction works and aggregating current data from the construction site. BIMvision is a freeware IFC model viewer. It allows to view the virtual models coming from CAD systems like Revit, Archicad, BricsCAD BIM, Advance, DDS-CAD, Tekla, Nemetschek VectorWorks, Bentley, Allplan, Strakon, and others without the necessity of having commercial licenses of these systems or having each of particular vendor’s viewer. BIMvision visualizes the BIM models created in IFC format 2x3 and 4.0. It has many built-in features and is the first viewer with a plugin interface. Together with the association, our company is working on the implementation of buildingSMART and openBIM standards in Poland and around the world. BIMvision is a freeware IFC model viewer. BIMvision visualizes the BIM models created in IFC format 2×3 and 4.0. It has many built-in features and is the first viewer with a plugin interface.Starting Price: Free -
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Autodesk Vault
Autodesk
Get your data under control and streamline workflows with product data management software. Autodesk Vault product data management (PDM) software integrates with Autodesk design tools and other CAD systems to keep everyone working from a central source of organized data. Use Autodesk Vault to increase collaboration and streamline workflows across engineering, manufacturing, and extended teams. Quickly find and reuse design data and minimize rework and repetitive tasks. Accelerate workstreams in a system that brings together internal and external collaborators. Achieve faster response times and fewer errors with automation and data accessibility. Tools for administrators, including configurable email notifications, help drive greater organizational standards for data creation, review and release processes, and industry standards. Stay connected and productive wherever you need to work. Access Vault data securely without the need for a VPN connection using the Vault client.Starting Price: $840 per year -
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Webots
Cyberbotics
Cyberbotics' Webots is an open source, multi-platform desktop application designed for modeling, programming, and simulating robots. It offers a comprehensive development environment that includes a vast asset library with robots, sensors, actuators, objects, and materials, facilitating rapid prototyping and efficient robotics project development. Users can import existing CAD models from tools like Blender or URDF and integrate OpenStreetMap data to create detailed simulations. Webots supports programming in multiple languages, including C, C++, Python, Java, MATLAB, and ROS, providing flexibility for diverse development needs. Its modern GUI, combined with a physics engine and OpenGL rendering, enables realistic simulation of various robotic systems, such as wheeled robots, industrial arms, legged robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles. The platform is widely utilized in industry, education, and research for tasks like robot prototyping, and AI algorithm development.Starting Price: Free -
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RoboSim
RoboSim
RoboSim is an educational platform designed to democratize robot programming education within IT classes. It enables students to construct and program virtual robots cost-effectively, making robotics accessible to a broader audience. By providing a simulated environment, RoboSim allows learners to engage with robotics concepts without the need for expensive hardware, fostering hands-on experience in programming and problem-solving. This approach not only enhances understanding of robotics but also integrates seamlessly into existing curricula, promoting STEM education and preparing students for future technological endeavors. Provide professional multi-version customization services and the personal experience version can be converted and upgraded to the professional version. There is also a campus version, which can be customized immediately according to the needs of the regional/school scale. Unlock the new RoboSim with a low price and high experience.Starting Price: $0.079 per month -
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FugroViewer
Fugro
FugroViewer is a robust, easy-to-use freeware designed to help users make the most of their geospatial data. We have developed it for use with various types of raster- and vector-based geospatial datasets, including data from photogrammetric, lidar, and IFSAR sources. FugroViewer 3.5 is available for download. FugroViewer now reads files up to six times larger, with improved graphics handling to decrease the rendering time of data and increase efficiency. FugroViewer supports the latest open file format for lidar data storage and delivery. Display elevation and terrain model data in standard ortho, 3D perspective, and cross-section/profile views. Display GPS time and RGB value, if the information is available. Color TINs by elevation using blue-to-red earth tone, or intensity values. Overlay imagery and vectors onto your 3D elevation and terrain datasets. Examine lidar point clouds by classification, flight line, return number, or source ID.Starting Price: Free -
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LidarView
Kitware
LidarView is an open source platform developed by Kitware for real-time visualization, recording, and processing of 3D LiDAR data. Built atop ParaView, it efficiently renders large point clouds and offers features such as 3D visualization of time-stamped LiDAR returns, a spreadsheet inspector for attributes like timestamp and azimuth, and the ability to display multiple data frames simultaneously. Users can input data from live sensor streams or recorded .pcap files, apply 3D transformations to point clouds and manage subsets of laser data. LidarView supports various sensors, including models from Velodyne, Hesai, Robosense, Livox, and Leishen, enabling visualization of live streams and replaying of recorded data. The platform integrates advanced algorithms for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), facilitating accurate environmental reconstruction and sensor localization. It also incorporates AI and machine learning capabilities for scene classification.Starting Price: Free -
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weldassistant
weldassistant
Weldassistant is a comprehensive welding software designed to streamline the creation and management of welding documentation, including Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Welding Procedure Qualification Records (WPQR), and welder/operator certificates, in compliance with ISO, ASME IX, and AWS standards. The software features an extensive database of base materials, welding consumables, gases, and over 1,500 pre-made weld joint sketches, facilitating quick and accurate documentation. Users can efficiently manage welder and operator qualifications, with traffic light indicators providing a clear overview of certification statuses. Weldassistant also offers welding cost calculation tools, enabling users to estimate and compare project costs effectively. The software supports 19 languages and allows for bilingual printouts, catering to international operations. Available in multiple editions, including a free edition, Weldassistant caters to various organizational needs.Starting Price: €590 one-time payment -
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ParaView
Kitware
ParaView is an open source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application that enables users to build visualizations for analyzing data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. It supports interactive 3D exploration and programmatic data processing through batch processing capabilities. ParaView is designed to handle extremely large datasets using distributed memory computing resources, making it suitable for supercomputers analyzing terascale datasets as well as laptops for smaller data. The application features a client-server architecture to facilitate remote visualization of datasets and generates level-of-detail models to maintain interactive frame rates for large datasets. ParaView's extensible architecture is based on open standards, allowing for customization and integration with existing tools and workflows. It includes readers for various well-known file formats and offers more than 200 filters and tools for data processing and visualization.Starting Price: Free -
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Kitware Glance
Kitware
A general-purpose standalone web application by Kitware, Inc. that can be used to visualize many data types. It is also a great framework for building custom viewers on the web which can involve remote services. Glance is an open source web application developed at Kitware for visualizing volumetric images, molecular structures, geometric objects, and point clouds. Also, it can serve as a foundation for building custom web-based visualization applications involving ITK.js and VTK.js. As part of the ParaView platform, it is intended to allow users to quickly glance at their small to medium size data. Quickly view your data on your computer. It launches quickly and supports a wide variety of data formats so that you can quickly look at the most recent results from a new algorithm you are developing or visually confirm the contents of a data file on your drive. Develop new applications involving VTK.js and ITK.js. Glance has been architected to be a highly customizable platform.Starting Price: Free -
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Tomviz
Kitware
Tomviz is an open source, cross-platform application designed for the processing, visualization, and analysis of 3D tomographic data, with a particular focus on electron tomography. It provides a robust graphical interface that allows users to render objects as shaded contours or volumetric projections, facilitating the manipulation and analysis of large 3D tomograms. Users can work with multiple datasets simultaneously, applying various colormaps and visualization settings to rotate, slice, animate, and save visualizations as images or video files. The platform supports advanced data analysis through histograms, multicorrelative statistics, multiple filters, and user-customized Python scripts. Additionally, Tomviz enables tomographic reconstructions of experimental data, offering a comprehensive suite of Python tools for 3D analysis to accommodate custom algorithms. It is compatible with 64-bit Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.Starting Price: Free -
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GRASS GIS
GRASS
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free and open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) software suite utilized for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. It supports raster, vector, and geospatial processing, enabling advanced modeling, data management, imagery processing, and time series analysis with a Python API, optimized for large-scale analysis. GRASS GIS is compatible with multiple operating systems, including OS X, Windows, and Linux, and can be accessed through a graphical user interface or integrated with other software such as QGIS. The software includes over 350 modules for rendering maps and images, manipulating raster and vector data, processing multispectral image data, and creating, managing, and storing spatial data. GRASS GIS is widely used in academic and commercial settings, as well as by governmental agencies.Starting Price: Free -
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Whitebox
Whitebox
Whitebox Geospatial Inc. offers innovative geospatial software built on open-source platforms, providing a suite of tools for advanced geospatial data analysis. Their flagship product, WhiteboxTools Open Core (WbT), contains over 475 tools for processing various types of geospatial data, including raster, vector, and LiDAR datasets. WbT is designed for seamless integration with other GIS software, such as QGIS and ArcGIS, enhancing their analytical capabilities. It features extensive use of parallel computing, operates without the need for additional libraries like GDAL, and can be utilized from scripting environments, making it a versatile choice for geospatial professionals. For users seeking advanced functionalities, Whitebox offers the Whitebox Toolset Extension (WTE), a paid extension that adds more than 75 tools for sophisticated geospatial data processing. Additionally, Whitebox Workflows for Python (WbW) provides geospatial professionals with next-level geoprocessing.Starting Price: $500 one-time payment -
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WPSAmerica
WPSAmerica
WPSAmerica is an online welding software platform that simplifies the creation and management of welding documents, including Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Performance Qualification Records (WPQR), and Welder Qualification (WPQ) reports. The software supports multiple structural steel welding codes, such as AWS D1.1, D1.2, D1.3, D1.5, D1.6, D9.1, D17.1, AWS B2.1, as well as ASME codes for boiler, piping, and pressure vessel applications. Users can generate industry-standard welding procedures online within minutes, regardless of their location, and access a library of over 10,000 AWS prequalified WPSs, which are code-checked in accordance with AWS D1.1 (Steel), D1.3 (Sheet Steel), and D1.6 (Stainless Steel) for processes like SMAW (Stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW, and SAW. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, requiring minimal computer knowledge, and operates entirely online without the need for software downloads.Starting Price: Free -
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Dot3D
DotProduct LLC
DotProduct offers professional-grade mobile 3D scanning solutions through its Dot3D software, compatible with iOS, Windows, and Android devices. This platform enables instant, accurate, and reliable 3D digitization of complex environments, modernizing workflows across various industries. Dot3D Pro supports Windows and Android devices equipped with Intel RealSense cameras or DotProduct's DPI kits, facilitating fully-featured scanning capabilities. For iOS users, Dot3D provides large-scale, professional-grade 3D laser scanning for iPads and iPhones with built-in LiDAR cameras. The software allows real-time 3D reconstruction with live quality feedback, local data optimization for high accuracy, and advanced targeting for improved results. Users can capture ultra-precise measurements, annotate in 3D, and export color point cloud data in various formats, including DP, E57, LAS, LAZ, PTS, PTX, PLY, and RCS.Starting Price: $149 one-time payment -
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Hektar
Parametric
Hektar is a cloud-based generative design software tailored for early-stage urban planning, pre-design, and schematic design. Developed by Parametric, it assists architects and urban planners in creating better projects by handling the inherent complexity of critical design phases. The platform utilizes evolutionary algorithms and artificial generative intelligence to produce feasible concepts and well-grounded estimates, methodically refining user inputs from rough frameworks to nuanced details. Hektar's toolset offers geometrical and geographical awareness, allowing users to define crucial aspects such as site access points, non-buildable zones, and user-defined streets. Additionally, it provides numerical inputs for further control over project parameters, including building depth, greenery, and parking. The software processes complex information, such as light and sun, from the beginning of the geometry pipeline, generating proposals.Starting Price: €179 per month -
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Veras
EvolveLAB
Veras is an AI-powered visualization app compatible with SketchUp, Revit, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks, and web platforms, designed to enhance creativity and inspiration by utilizing your existing 3D model geometry. It offers a geometry override slider, allowing users to balance creativity and precision by adjusting the adherence to the original model geometry. The render selection feature enables targeted modifications within specific image areas, facilitating real-time adjustments with precision. Additionally, the render from the same seed function allows for consistent iterative design by reusing initial parameters with new prompts. Veras is accessible via a web app, eliminating the need for complex installations or expensive BIM software; users can upload images or sketches directly through their browser to utilize its full capabilities. The software supports various versions of popular design tools.Starting Price: $49 per month -
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Glyph
EvolveLAB
Glyph is a Revit plugin developed by EvolveLAB that automates and standardizes various documentation tasks, including view and sheet creation, tagging, dimensioning, and sheet packing. It offers customizable bundles that combine multiple tasks, facilitating the synchronization of custom tasks across multiple projects. Key features include the ability to dimension multiple views simultaneously, tag views and sheets by category, create views by level, scope box, room, or category, and generate sheets using data from Excel. The plugin also provides an AI-powered copilot feature to enhance efficiency. Glyph supports Revit versions 2019 through 2025 and offers both fixed and floating licensing models to accommodate different team sizes. Recent updates have improved the user interface, added new dimensions and tagging settings, and enhanced performance across all modes. Additionally, Glyph allows for the creation of custom logos or icons for tasks.Starting Price: $10 per month -
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Morphis
EvolveLAB
Morphis is a co-authoring and data-driven generative design application that integrates seamlessly with Autodesk Revit, enabling architects and designers to generate responsive design solutions in real time using Revit rooms and families. The plugin supports Revit versions 2020 through 2024, facilitating the creation of layouts by selecting rooms, areas, or filled regions within Revit. Users can generate various design layouts by defining paths, adjusting region orientations, and specifying module properties, allowing for rapid exploration of design options. Morphis offers features such as area selection, baking or placing rooms and walls with customizable parameters, and importing modules from Excel sheets, enhancing workflow efficiency. Recent updates have improved user experience by automating wall type population and enhancing the reliability of the baking and placing walls feature.Starting Price: $59 per month -
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LookX AI
LookX AI
LookX AI is a next-generation platform tailored for architects and designers, offering a suite of AI-powered tools to enhance the creative process. The platform enables users to transform text and sketches into rendering images instantly, bringing designs to life with a simple click. It also features video generation capabilities, allowing static images or textual prompts to be animated seamlessly. Users can train custom AI models by uploading a series of images with similar styles, facilitating the creation of images that precisely match desired aesthetics. Integration with SketchUp and Rhino software through multi-platform plugins enhances the design workflow. The Style Adapter feature allows users to provide a reference image and effortlessly craft images in the preferred style. Additionally, the platform offers tools such as image upscaling for high-definition editing, one-click duplication for replicating captivating images, and more.Starting Price: $20 per month
