Introducing Plan.City 2.0

Using keyboard and mouse or a game pad, users have complete control of movement within the digital twin environment. Fly or walk anywhere in the 3D model, explore all angles, experience the design from street level or from neighbouring properties. Switch to 3rd person view for better understanding of scale and context.

Users can change number of graphics and performance settings to match their hardware. Geo-located city model of London simulates accurate sun and shadows. Time and Date settings can be used to simply alter the aesthetics or to examine proposed designs from daylight and sunlight perspective.

Real estate developments proposed for a dense and busy city centres take years to complete. Plan.City: London has major future developments included and users can display these based on their estimated completion dates. This allows our customers to see the future and plan and design developments better.

Plan.City 2.0 allows users to clear site by hiding existing buildings and structures. Builder Tool allows easy envelope design of a new proposed structure in 3D. Object manipulation possible on multiple layers. Objects created using the Builder Tool can be exported in FBX format.

Use the Building Sketch Tool to create 3D objects anywhere in the 3D city model. Check its height against ground, neighboring properties or even distant landmarks. Measure existing environment with 15 cm accuracy. Create accurate maps of areas of potential visibility of your proposed developments and many more tools to design better urban spaces.

Import your proposed developments in FBX format into Plan City with few clicks. Visualise, evaluate and compare ideas and design in the context of its neighbourhood, wider area, local authority or entire city. Create & share impressive visuals, make 3D presentations in real time.

Overlaying a 3D city model with existing city databases can help clients to better evaluate a development opportunity. From simple checks of area connectivity or number and type of developments in its vicinity, Plan.City users can overlay static, dynamic, I/O databases or even multimedia with city model.

To reflect regional variations, history and its envisioned future, many cities – London included – create a set of additional local planning laws and restrictions. Plan City includes London View Management Framework corridors, Protected Views and St. Pauls Cathedral Maximum Buildings Height grid. To comply with these bylaws, planners can quickly check designs against these restrictions.

The Zone of Theoretical Visibility tool allows users to conduct rapid visibility studies, allowing to understand where a proposed building can be seen from. The ZTV can help you understand how much of your building can be seen from any point around it, and we’ve split the results by bands to better visualise the results.

The Viewshed tool allows users to visualise exactly what’s visible from any chosen location. It can be used to both assess what can be seen from a given vantage point, and even compare what multiple emitters can see.

Our Protected Views data layer includes all viewpoints from the London View Management Framework. For every viewing point, commissioned real-world images can be overlaid with the virtual environment. This allows users to see, in real time, how their design impacts London’s skyline.

It is now easier to communicate design ideas with all the various stakeholders. Plan.City users can capture High Resolution renders in real time. Quickly create multi-view 3D presentations using wide area context model of the city. Use screen capture software to create impressive animations. For state-of-the-art presentations, Plan.City Pro users will be able to render 3D stereoscopic or 360 videos or even use the app with Virtual Reality headsets.