Arcol

What Is Arcol?

Arcol is a browser-based design platform for building modeling and collaboration in the AEC industry. It enables teams to create 3D models from 2D sketches, generate real-time metrics, and work together without file syncing or saving. As a tool in the design category, Arcol fits into early-stage workflows like conceptual design and feasibility studies, where architects, developers, and contractors need to iterate designs and share data efficiently. Currently available in beta, Arcol provides access to its core features during this phase.

What Arcol Does

• Supports parametric modeling with lofts, booleans, and extrusion tools to build complex 3D structures from 2D polylines and sketches.
• Generates real-time metrics on buildings, including floor plans, unit counts, parking spaces, and feasibility data for side-by-side comparisons.
• Facilitates multiplayer collaboration with simultaneous editing, commenting, and streaming changes across users in a shared environment.
• Integrates data management by syncing models, views, sheets, and documentation within boards that combine whiteboarding, modeling, and outputs like PDFs.
• Automates imports, data syncs, and calculations to reduce manual tasks and tool switching.
• Enables creation of presentation-ready boards with standardized layouts for design iterations, shadow studies, and styles.

How Arcol Can Be Used

• In feasibility studies, teams sketch site massing, divide into floors, and compare variations for unit counts, costs, and parking to validate assumptions quickly.
• During conceptual design, architects extrude shapes, apply boolean operations for twisted or angled buildings, and invite real-time client feedback on evolving models.
• For masterplanning, developers and contractors use synced metrics to assess build requirements and generate reports without spreadsheets.
• In team reviews, owners drag designs, data, and images into boards for aligned discussions, shortening feedback loops from day one.
• Across projects, layers organize BIM elements like walls, doors, and windows, with history tracking changes, comments, and sketches in one canvas.

Who Is Arcol For?

Arcol serves architects and designers handling conceptual modeling with flexible parametric tools and metrics. Developers use it to compare design options for cost and feasibility assessments. General contractors review early build requirements through navigable comparisons. Owners collaborate to evolve visions into plans with real-time design and data views. This web-based platform suits AEC teams seeking integrated workflows over desktop BIM limitations. Visit Arcol