A 3D modeling plugin that provides early-stage specialist guidelines tailored for small to medium architecture firms, bridging the gap before consultants are engaged.
This project was developed at the 2025 AECtech Boston hackathon.
- Anthony F. Samaha | Perkins&Will
- Emre C. Baykurt | Boston University
- Ethnie Xu | Hart Howerton
- Ioannis Kopsacheilis | Enemco
- Nicolas Martinez | /slantis
- Qiayi Huang | Boston University
- Sergey Pigach | CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti
- Victor W. Barbosa | Schmidt Hammer Lassen
- Rhino 8 or newer
- Visual Studio 2022
- Install our fork of RhinoMCP (Install here)
- Open the solution in Visual Studio
- Build as Debug or Release
- Find the
.rhpfile in the bin folder and drag it into Rhino - Check out the RhinoMCP fork for installation instructions
- Set up your Rhino file with the following layers:
- MEP
- Serviced
- Not Serviced
- In Rhino's Properties panel, assign names to room volumes based on their program
- Ask your favorite AI chat app (Cursor, Claude Desktop, LM Studio, etc) to help design your MEP layout