The smart scale
All of us who have studied a career in architecture or engineering have had in our hands a famous ruler with a rather unique shape (prismatic) where on its different faces we could distinguish the most common scales used in the plans of any project. I'm talking about scalemeterAlthough it is true that the digital world has relegated its use a lot, any architecture studio worth its salt still has a couple of steps in the drawers. As technology advances in all fields… Why not create a digital ruler to improve our workflow?
Architects, designers and builders!… If we already had in the market a digital tape measure that is the impressive one or multiple apps to measure through the mobile, not to say augmented reality applications for architecture. Well, it was time to update the typical life-long rule!
The new Smart Scale Ruler (Come on, a smart scale) created by Toronto, Canada-based interior designer Joanne Swisterski is breaking the mold. Adigital ruler It has been specifically designed to provide an easy way to measure scales or units and also provides other advantages that will save us time in the manual work that we practice every day in the office.
It has been specifically created to solve three main problems that cause frustration to designers and architects:
- Not being able to read scale drawings easily.
- The struggle to understand metrics and having to deal simultaneously with drawings of different scales.
- Divide the areas or segments into equal spaces when drawing manually.
In the following video we can see the capabilities of this technological marvel:
If we look at the most striking capacities, we can find that the ruler allows taking measurements alternating between the imperial system (UK or US measurement system; inch, foot, yard and mile) with reference to the metric used in Spain. o South America (centimeter, decimeter, meter … etc). A very beneficial utility when it comes to consulting plans in architecture or engineering studios that work internationally.
Another option that it provides us is a digital splitter. Which allows us to divide any distance into certain sections with just pressing two buttons. We select the space that we want to divide, and the number of divisions … It's that simple!
The screen to view the scale scales It comes with a nice contrast and a high resolution that makes it precise and legible, while its body is made of aluminum, protecting the electronics inside. It comes with a MicroUSB port for easy charging and incredibly long battery life, since it uses minimal power with an e-ink display.
It actually saves time, energy, material and finally money as well, making the work of designers, engineers and architects much more efficient, whether they are working across borders or with someone used to a different unit system. to yours. Absolutely a must for everyone who uses linear measurements in your daily life, eliminating possible human errors.
For more information and full specifications, visit the official Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign page, where backers can help the project. If all goes well, worldwide shipping is expected to take place during August this year.
And remember that we recently published an article on how a robot detects construction errors in real time.
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