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Notes from building an SI Architect inside a real design-build practice.

FormCraft SI Team

Why We Built an SI Architect, Not Another Drafting Plugin

Most AI tools for architecture stop at talking. They can describe a floor plan, but they can't touch one. We wanted the opposite: an AI that works inside a real 3D BIM model, checks its own work, and asks before it builds.

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DesignBuild.Villas

Inside a Real Site Survey Import

Our first real test was a 19-acre hill site: 150 contour lines, 123 metres from bottom to top. This is what it takes to turn a survey drawing into ground you can plan roads and villas on.

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FormCraft SI Team

The 95/5 Rule

We set one clear target: the SI Architect does 95% of the modeling work, so the architect's 5% is all judgment and decisions. Here is why we said it plainly.

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DesignBuild.Villas

The Architect That Never Forgets

When FormCraft SI gets something wrong and is corrected, the correction becomes a lesson. Then a check that raises an alarm. Then a rule that makes the mistake impossible.

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