D.TO streamlines my detailing workflow by curating and delivering the right details instantly, making permit sets faster and more efficient. A must-have for design-build projects!

I have been using D.TO for quite some time now and it is amazing how it has developed over the past few years, and how it continues to be a robust tool that keeps getting more powerful. If you are someone who is tired of waiting for quality design guidance at your own firm, or someone eager to learn more about how things are detailed, you will find quality details, along with detailed explanations of each component of that detail (insulation, sheathing, fasteners, clips, veneers, isolation joints, flashing anything you can imagine) and how they work together to create a high performance building envelope. These types of details, as well as an understanding of how they work and how to adapt them to make them applicable to your own unique design intent is critical to creating a quality design that meets the new and increasingly demanding performance requirements of our industry and in order to know that you've done what you can to continue to raise the bar for design, and for our responsibilities as architects to our clients and the environment. 

D.TO provides quality BIM content that is amazing for firm's (like mine) that do not have the desire, capabilities or time and money to invest in that for themselves. Many of these detail components come directly from some of the top building manufacturers websites But even if you weren't able to find what you needed in the robust out-of-box library of components, or if your firm has an already established detail library, or specializes in an area that uses unique details (like ours who specialize in performing arts and cruise ship design) it gives you the ability to curate, add, organize, tag and search for details that you upload to your own unique company library. This, combined with the ability to add your own design guidance by way of adding commentary and a variety of supporting files, makes the accumulated knowledge of your firm accessible to designers of all experience ranges within your firm and saves time for senior employees having to spend as much time getting new employees up to speed with your firms design standards. 

Needless to say this has already started changing the way our firm works, and with their library of details growing every day alongside our own company library it is bound to become an essential part of our workflows and knowledge sharing process for the indefinite future. 

Its definitely worth a try, and even if it isn't the right fit for you now, keep checking back, as the platform is constantly evolving and improving. 

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