Interactive 3D showcases
Models clients explore in the browser on any phone, with saved views, materials toggles and day and night lighting.
Software for architects: 3D showcases & client portals
Architects: let clients walk through it before it's built. Sell the design, not the PDF.
Flat PDFs, render folders on Dropbox, feedback scattered across five email threads and nobody quite sure what the client signed off at schematic design. We build interactive 3D showcases, client portals, fee tracking and portfolio sites that do justice to the design. Then we host them and look after them.
Looking for interactive 3D showcases or a client portal for your practice?
Buildings are spatial but most presentations are flat. You spend weeks resolving a design in Revit or ArchiCAD, then squash it into a PDF of plans and sections that most clients can't read. The feedback comes back by email, from the client, their partner and their builder mate, in separate threads. Meanwhile the fee stages live in a spreadsheet and the timesheets tell you a job blew its budget three months too late.
Wollopit builds custom software for design studios around how your practice actually runs. Clients explore an interactive model on their phone and pin comments right where they mean. Approvals are recorded by stage with names and dates. Drawings go out to consultants with a proper register. Fees and hours sit side by side so you know which jobs are making money. We connect the tools you already like, work around the ones you're happy with and look after the lot on our own servers.
01The problems
What we hear from architects
Does your design studio have these problems? Here's how we'd fix them.
Most studios we talk to produce beautiful work and run the business on email, Dropbox and a fee spreadsheet only one director understands. It holds together until a client says they never approved that.
- The problemClients can't read plansYou walk them through plans and sections, they nod politely, then ask at framing stage why the kitchen feels small.How we fix itInteractive 3D models clients explore in the browser on their phone, with saved views of the moments that matter.
- The problemRenders scattered everywhereImages live in Dropbox folders, email attachments and the renderer's WeTransfer link that expired last week.How we fix itRender galleries organised by project and stage, with options side by side and the current version always on top.
- The problemFeedback buried in email chainsComments arrive from the client, their partner and their builder mate in five threads. Half of them contradict each other.How we fix itComments pinned to the exact spot on a drawing or model, threaded in one portal and marked resolved when they're dealt with.
- The problemNobody's sure what was signed offThe client swears they never agreed to the skillion roof. The email that proves it is somewhere in 2024.How we fix itStage approvals recorded with names, dates and the exact drawing set approved. Changes after sign-off flagged as variations.
- The problemFee stages in a spreadsheetConcept, schematic, DD, CDs and contract admin tracked by hand. Invoices go out late or not at all.How we fix itFees set up by stage with percentage complete, invoices raised in Xero or MYOB when a stage is reached and overdue reminders.
- The problemYou find out a job lost money too lateTimesheets get filled in on Friday from memory and nobody compares hours to fee until the project's finished.How we fix itQuick timesheets against project stages, with fee burn shown live so you can see a job going over while there's time to act.
- The problemBriefs taken on the back of a napkinNew enquiries come by phone, email and Instagram. The brief lives in a notebook and the site address gets lost.How we fix itAn enquiry and brief form on your website that captures site, budget, scope and wish list, then lands in one pipeline.
- The problemConsultants working off old drawingsThe engineer is on revision C, the certifier has B and the builder printed A. Transmittals are an email with attachments.How we fix itA drawing register with revisions, transmittals logged automatically and consultants downloading the current set from their own login.
- The problemSite visits on scraps of paperContract admin observations scribbled on a set, photos on your phone and a site report typed up two days later.How we fix itA site observation app: photos pinned to the plan, issues assigned to the builder and a report generated before you leave site.
- The problemPortfolio out of dateThe website still shows projects from five years ago. The good recent ones never get photographed and added.How we fix itA portfolio site you update yourself, with project pages, photography, awards and an easy way to add a finished job.
- The problemPlanning and consultation presentationsCommunity consultation and council meetings need visuals the public can actually understand.How we fix itPublic project pages with interactive views, before and after sliders and a feedback form that collects submissions in one place.
02What we build
Solutions
What we build for architects. Usually all talking to each other.
Pick the one that's hurting most or join the whole lot up. Everything is built around how your team works, not the other way round.
Render galleries
Images and animations organised by project, stage and option, with the latest version always first.
Client portal
Drawings, models, renders, comments and approvals for each project in one private place.
Approvals & sign-offs
Stage sign-offs tracked with names, dates and the drawing set approved, plus variations after the fact.
Enquiry & brief intake
Website forms that capture site, budget, scope and wish list, feeding a simple new-project pipeline.
Fee & stage tracking
Fee proposals by stage, percentage complete, invoices into Xero or MYOB and overdue reminders.
Timesheets & fee burn
Fast timesheets against projects and stages, with hours compared to fee in real time.
Drawing register & transmittals
Revisions, issue purposes and transmittals logged automatically every time a set goes out.
Consultant portal
Engineers, surveyors, certifiers and builders download current drawings and upload their own.
Site observation app
Photos pinned to plans, issues assigned and site reports generated on your phone.
Portfolio website
Fast, beautiful and easy to update, built to rank for architects in your area.
Consultation pages
Public project pages with interactive views and feedback collected for planning submissions.
Practice dashboard
Every live project, its stage, fee position and next deadline on one screen for the directors.
03The systems
The big ones
Your whole practice, on one system.
These are the systems design studios ask us about most. Each one works on its own and they get properly clever when they're joined up.
3D project showcases
Let them walk through it before a slab is poured.
We take the models you already have and turn them into interactive showcases that run smoothly in a browser on any phone. Clients orbit, walk through and flip between options without installing anything. They finally understand the space before they approve it.
- Works from Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp and Rhino exports
- Optimised to run smoothly on phones
- Walkthrough and orbit modes
- Saved views for key moments
- Material and finish options to toggle
- Sun position and time of day
- Design options side by side
- Private links per client or stage
- Embeds on your portfolio website
- Branded in your studio's style
Client portal & approvals
Feedback in one place. Sign-offs on the record.
Every project gets a private portal with the current drawings, models and renders. Clients pin comments exactly where they mean and approve each stage with a click. When someone asks who agreed to what, the answer is right there with a date on it.
- Comments pinned to drawings and models
- Threaded replies and resolved status
- Stage approvals with names and dates
- Exact drawing set recorded per approval
- Variations flagged after sign-off
- Multiple client logins per project
- Render galleries by stage and option
- Email notifications for new comments
- Project timeline the client can see
- Full history kept for disputes
Fees & timesheets
Know a job's going over while you can still fix it.
Set up the fee by stage and every hour logged burns against it. Directors see which projects are healthy and which are bleeding. Invoices go into Xero or MYOB when a stage is reached, not when someone remembers.
- Fee proposals by stage
- Percentage complete per stage
- Timesheets in seconds on any device
- Hours against fee shown live
- Budget alerts before a stage blows out
- Invoices raised in Xero or MYOB
- Overdue payment reminders
- Variation fees tracked separately
- Staff utilisation at a glance
- Profit per project and per job type
Drawings & consultants
Everyone on the current revision. Finally.
A drawing register that knows every revision and who it was issued to. Consultants and builders log in to grab the current set and upload their own drawings back. Site observations and reports live in the same project.
- Drawing register with revisions
- Issue purposes: DA, BA, tender, construction
- Transmittals logged automatically
- Consultant and builder logins
- Superseded drawings clearly marked
- Consultant uploads in one place
- Site observations with photos on plans
- Issues assigned to the builder
- Site reports generated on the spot
- RFIs tracked to an answer
Portfolio & consultation
A website as considered as your buildings.
A hand-built portfolio site that shows off your work properly and that you can update yourself. Interactive models can sit right on project pages. Public consultation pages turn a planning presentation into something the community can actually explore.
- Project pages you update yourself
- Full-bleed photography that loads fast
- Interactive 3D on project pages
- Filter by residential, commercial or public
- Awards, press and team pages
- Enquiry form that captures the brief
- Public consultation project pages
- Before and after sliders
- Community feedback collected in one place
- Built to rank for architects near you
04How it changes
Before and after
A design presentation, wolloped.
Here's how a design development review could change. Every practice works differently, so we map yours first.
Before
- PDF set emailed with a 40 MB attachment
- Client confused by sections and elevations
- Feedback arrives in five email threads
- Someone copies comments into a markup by hand
- Approval is a thumbs up emoji in a text
- Months later nobody can prove what was agreed
After
- Interactive model shared with one private link
- Client walks through on their phone that night
- Comments pinned to the model in one portal
- Your team resolves them one by one
- Stage approved with a name and date
- Approval history sits with the project forever
05Services
Everything under one roof
Software, websites and systems for architects.
Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading what you've got, it's one team from the first sketch to the support call.
Custom software for architects
Built around how your design studio actually runs: interactive 3D showcases, render galleries and the admin in between, in one system you own.
Websites for architects
Fast, hand-built websites that rank for the searches your customers make and turn visits into enquiries, bookings or orders.
Design studio system upgrades
Running on spreadsheets, old software or a platform you've outgrown? We move your data across and upgrade in stages so the business never stops.
Apps and portals for architects
Client portal and approvals & sign-offs: customer and staff portals that work on any phone without an app store.
Integrations and automation
We connect Revit, ArchiCAD and SketchUp so information moves on its own and nobody retypes it.
Hosting, support and care
Managed hosting, updates, backups and security for your design studio, looked after by the people who built it.
06Integrations
Connections
Plays nicely with what you already use.
We connect to the tools your studio relies on, work alongside practice software you're happy with or replace the bits holding you back.
- Revit
- ArchiCAD
- SketchUp
- Rhino
- Enscape
- Lumion
- Twinmotion
- V-Ray
- Bluebeam
- Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Procore
- Synergy
- Xero
- MYOB
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Dropbox
- Stripe
- Matterport
- Google Maps
07How we work
The process
Some people dip their toe in. We turn up in a rebreather.
We get properly below the surface of your design studio: the systems, the busy days and the jobs everyone hates. Then we fix the bits that matter most first.
- 01
Think
We sit in your studio, watch how a project moves from first enquiry to practical completion and work out what's actually costing you time.
- 02
Archi-tech
We plan it before writing code: your models, stages, fees, approvals, consultants, hosting and cost.
- 03
Build
Real engineering, shown to you early and often. Usually the most painful bit first, so you get a win before your next client presentation.
- 04
Look after
We host it, maintain it and keep improving it. When something breaks you call the people who built it.
08Questions
FAQ
Things architects ask us.
Something else on your mind? Ring 0423 011 252 and ask the people who'd build it.
Can you use the models we already have?
Usually, yes. We work from common exports out of Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp and Rhino and optimise them so they run smoothly on phones. You keep designing in the software you know.
Will clients need to install anything?
No. The models and portal run in a web browser on a phone, tablet or computer. You send a link and they open it.
Is our design work kept private?
Yes. Each project portal is private with its own logins. You control who sees which project and links can be switched off at any time.
We already use practice software. Do we have to switch?
No. If Synergy or your current setup is doing its job, we build around it and connect what we can. If it's holding you back, we'll show you what replacing it would involve before anything changes.
Can fees and invoices flow into Xero or MYOB?
Yes. Stage invoices can be raised straight into Xero or MYOB and payments come back so you can see what's outstanding against each project.
How much does it cost?
It depends on what you need, so we quote up front once we understand it. No surprise invoices, no lock-in and you own what we build.
How long does it take?
Smaller jobs like a 3D showcase or portfolio site can be quick. Bigger systems are planned in stages so you get the first win early instead of waiting for everything at once.
Who looks after it once it's built?
We do. We host it on our own managed servers and keep it updated and secure. When you need something you ring the people who built it.
We already have systems. Can you upgrade them instead of starting again?
Usually, yes. Most architects we work with keep what's working and upgrade the rest in stages. We move your data across, connect the old and new while we switch and retire the old system only when the new one is proven.
Contact
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