BY MCGILL & CO.
AI generated home illustration of a finished white single story farmhouse, with a covered porch and landscaped garden in warm evening light
AI generated home illustration.

Beta opens Friday 9 OctoberPrivate beta, now open

Where great homes take shape.

Residential design software for small design firms. Draw the plan once, and the elevations, 3D, sheets & PDF come from the same model.

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One model. Every view.

Change a wall once and the plan, elevations, 3D and sheets follow, and so does the next PDF.

The Main Level floor plan of the Modern Farmhouse sample: rooms with their names and areas, doors, windows and dimension strings

Plan

Draw levels, walls, doors & rooms.

Main level plan

The right elevation, east side, of the Modern Farmhouse sample with the ridge, plate and level heights, from the exported PDF

Elevations

Every side, drawn from the plan.

Right elevation, east side

The Modern Farmhouse sample in 3D with the roof off, every room furnished, seen from above

3D

See the house in 3D, roof on or off.

Dollhouse view, roof off

Sheet A001, the Main Level floor plan laid out on an ARCH D sheet with a north arrow, elevation markers and a title block

Sheets

Lay the drawings out for print.

Sheet A001, ARCH D 36 × 24 in

The title block of sheet A001: Main Level floor plan, scale a quarter inch to the foot, sheet A001, ARCH D 36 by 24 inches

Title block, sheet A001

Sheet A002 from the exported Modern Farmhouse drawing set, showing the foundation plan
Sheet A002 Foundation plan
Sheet A004 from the exported Modern Farmhouse drawing set, showing the left and right side elevations
Sheet A004 Side elevations

PDF

One export your client can open.

From the exported drawing set

These five product views show the Modern Farmhouse sample, captured from the ArcSmith beta build of 7 October. Nothing in these product views is retouched.

Your client's notes, right on the plan.

Send your client a review link. They open the plan and the 3D with no account to make, pin a comment right where they mean it and, if you allow it, sign off on the version they saw. No more marked up screenshots.

Each link opens one saved version. Share again when the design changes. Client access is free.

The kitchen, great room and rear porch of the Modern Farmhouse plan
Comments2 on this version

Signed off by your client on this version

Illustration on the Modern Farmhouse plan, captured in ArcSmith. The two notes are examples.

Made by a home designer

Made in Smithfield, North Carolina.

ArcSmith is made by McGill & Co. Designs LLC, a residential design firm. It is the tool we wanted at our own desk: fast plans, clean sheets & one link that shows a client the house.

Before you apply.

Who is ArcSmith for?
Residential design firms: home designers, drafting services and design-build teams, from one designer working alone to a whole studio.
What does it replace?
The hand-offs. Plans, 3D views, renders and client markups usually live in separate programs and long email threads. In ArcSmith the drawings and the 3D come from one model, and your client's comments come back pinned to the plan.
Can my clients use it?
Yes. Send a review link and your client opens the plan and the 3D with no account to make. They can pin comments on the plan and, if you allow it, sign off. Each link opens one saved version. Client access is free.
When does the beta open?How do I get into the beta?
Firms are invited from the beta applications as it grows. Apply, and we'll email you when it's your firm's turn.
What will it cost?
There will be plans for a solo designer, for small teams and for whole studios. Prices come later.

The beta opens Friday 9 October.The beta is open, by invitation.

Join the waitlist to hear when seats open, or apply to test it with your own projects.

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