BoardSnap is an iOS app that captures the whiteboard work architects do — program development, design concept exploration, coordination sessions with consultants — and turns it into structured written documentation before the session ends.
Architecture firms produce two kinds of output: drawings and words. The drawings are meticulously documented in BIM models and construction documents. The words — the design intent, the program decisions, the coordination agreements — too often live only in people's memories. Whiteboard sessions are where those critical decisions get made, and where they most frequently disappear.
BoardSnap captures the verbal and textual output of architecture whiteboard sessions. Not the sketch itself — BoardSnap isn't a drawing tool — but the annotated program, the coordination decision, the design principle that explains why a feature is the way it is. Snap the program adjacency diagram with its annotations, the coordination matrix, the design review decision list. The structured summary becomes the written record of the design intent that should accompany every set of drawings.
For firms working across multiple projects and clients, Projects keep each project's documentation history in its own silo. The residential renovation and the corporate headquarters don't share context.
Map the space program on the board: departments, areas, adjacencies, critical relationships, special requirements. Snap it. The structured summary becomes the program document before it goes into a formatted deliverable.
Sketch the design concept: organizing principles, formal moves, material strategy, key relationships. Annotate with design intent notes. Snap it. The summary captures the design rationale at the moment of inspiration — before it gets filtered through the production process.
Structural, MEP, and specialty consultant coordination happens at a whiteboard: who solves what, where the conflicts are, what the agreed solutions are. Snap the coordination board. The summary is the coordination meeting minutes distributed before everyone disperses.
Client review sessions often move to the whiteboard: design changes, added requirements, budget constraints. Snap the board at the end of the review. The structured summary becomes the review notes — aligned with what the client actually said, not what someone remembered they said.
Map the open RFIs, field conditions requiring design response, and coordination gaps on the board. Snap it. The structured summary drives the CA team's weekly response queue.
BoardSnap reads the text and annotation content of whiteboard sessions — not the architectural drawings themselves. It produces a written summary of the design intent and decisions captured in text and labeled diagrams. For the drawings, your BIM and CAD tools are the right instruments. BoardSnap captures the words that explain the drawings.
BoardSnap summaries provide a contemporaneous record of what was discussed and decided. For liability-critical design decisions, ensure the summary is reviewed for accuracy and stored in your project documentation system — not just in the app. Treat it as a starting point for the formal record, not the formal record itself.
Yes. Point it at your firm's website or project portfolio. BoardSnap learns your design language, project typology vocabulary, and firm voice — and reflects it in every project summary.
Yes. Offline queue captures on-device. The board is stored locally and synced when you're back on network. Client offices and remote project sites with unreliable connectivity aren't a barrier.
Copy the text and paste it into your project management tool, email it, or post it in your team's channel. BoardSnap produces clean text — it goes anywhere your team already works.
Snap a board. Get a clean summary and action plan tied to your team.