Updates

Arkio 2.1 builds on our recent 2.0 release, enhancing Arkio further for design ideation, presentations, and reviews. Check out the following video to see what’s new for this release.

New features

• Navisworks plugin (Enterprise plan only)

• Archicad 29 support

• Fly movement using left thumbstick in VR

• Sun tool added in non-VR apps

• Notes, frames and sketch visibility in the layer panel

• Drag and drop file uploads to the Arkio Cloud page

Improvements

• Up to 10x faster exports via SketchUp plugin

• SketchUp plugin improved tags to layer, and cutout textures

• Fixed plugin export issues for OneDrive users

• Fixed Arkio to Unity issue with custom imports

• Fixed an issue with large extent models scaling down on import

• Microphone input highlight in notes and AI camera

• AI camera UX improvements

• Improved VR render resolution

• Fixed program imports

• Various bug fixes and improvements

Improvements:

• Fixed an issue with unresponsive meeting UI

• Update messages in the start panel and AI camera

• Minor bug fixes

With Arkio 2.0, we are taking design collaboration to a whole new level, whether you’re doing design ideation, design reviews, or immersive client presentations. Many areas of Arkio have been re-imagined. Check out the following video to see what’s new for this release.

New features:

• New AI camera tool with AI renders and image gallery

• Create collaborative image frames from the AI camera

• Voice transcription for notes, set priority and assign ownership

• Export notes as shareable issues to Arkio Cloud

• Toggle layer visibility on Revit, Rhino, SketchUp and Archicad models

• New file manager with scene previews, new layout options, search, sorting and per-scene history to restore previous scene versions

• Native Archicad 27 & 28 plugins for Windows and Mac

• Presentation mode in meetings

• Scene sharing via Arkio Cloud

• New primitive round shapes

• Table UI in VR gives access to scene environment settings

Improvements:

• Improved wall and component drawing

• Various improvements to large model support and increased import stability

• Streamlined plugin import and cloud sharing workflows

• Enhanced main menu with more accessible extras drawer

• New UI for non-VR devices

• Updated Arkio store panel

• Improved review panel with auto-generated note and frame views

• Gather meeting users to front, back or center

• Toggle local view-only mode

• Ambient occlusion toggle on all devices

• Multi-language text input fields

• Updated Meta avatars

• Multimodal input with ability to use controllers and hands simultaneously

• Various usability and stability improvements

Arkio improvements:

• Logitech MX INK stylus input improvements

• Fixed an import issue for Unity originated files

• Improved performance for meetings with +8 users

• Apple App Store restore purchase button added

• Minor bug fixes

New Arkio features:

• New Logitech MX INK stylus support

• Notification for recently updated imports

• Sort imports by date, name and type

• Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM360) export portal added to Arkio cloud

• Imperial unit dimensions and snap increments

• Teleport around the table edge to face the model in god scale

• Press the thumbstick up/down to use scrollbars in Arkio

Arkio improvements:

• Improved occlusion and performance for large imported models

• Colocation stability and UX improvements

• Improved wall creation

• Cloud link simplification for Arkio cloud groups and ACC

• Imported model placement/update simplifications

• Prevent Z-fighting for floors and ceilings of imported models

• Show outline hands instead of Meta avatar arms

• Teleport from both controllers

• Other bug fixes and improvements

Arkio improvements:

• Resource download speed improvements

• Loading more GLB data formats

• Additional dimension line improvements

• Reintroduced mm and cm placement units for imported models

• Imported model units too small/large warnings

• Fixed issue for some models and textures that failed to import

• Automatic meeting reconnection

• Improved sun shadows

• Proportional guide edit improvements

• Arkio update available notifications

• Performance improvements

• Minor bug fixes

Plugin improvements:

• Correct export file size calculated in Revit plugins

• Rhino 8 plugin support

• Rhino export speed and detail improvements

• Fixed Rhino custom material export issues

• Fixed various Rhino export issues

New Arkio features:

• 2-point creation mode for primitive shapes

• Angular snapping during creation

• Dynamic guide system

• Proportional scale snap increments

• Share and bookmark Arkio cloud group weblinks

• Basic reflections for glass materials

• Contextual tooltips on controller buttons

Arkio improvements:

• Auto reduction of large textures to load more photogrammetry files on mobile

• Improved gestures for hand tracking mode

• Co-location and anchor stability improvements

• Cross version voice in Arkio meeting rooms

• Increased export detail level for Revit plugins

• Support for loading additional OBJ and GLB data formats

• Fixed some imported models always loading in meters

• Download speed improvements

• Automatic filtering of invisible and smaller guides

• Various guide system and dimension line improvements

Arkio improvements:

• Start with a new scene after Arkio crashed to prevent startup issues

• Improved stability and stickiness while moving geometry in complex intersections

• Improved performance for large models from far away viewpoints

• Easier to break out of locked mode in mixed reality god scales

• New bracelet design also for non-Quest devices (Steam and WMR headsets)

• Fixed colocation microphone muting issue on mobile devices

• Fixed an issue with the input field for cloud groups

• Fixed an issue causing lower framerate on PC VR

• Fixed map 3D buildings not updating in AR mode

• Minor UI updates

Plugin improvements:

• Sketchup 2024 plugin support added