Chin-Yi Cheng

co-founder and ceo at illoca | ai for aec | ex-google deepmind | ex-autodesk ai lab

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Try Plan Mode for free → https://t.co/6SuW72veUP

What other design workflows would you like to run with Tracing Paper?

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In my earlier posts, I wrote that a design does not unfold in one format.

It does not unfold in one step, either.

Today we’re introducing Plan Mode in Tracing Paper: describe a design sequence, review the plan, and let the agent work through it with you.

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@HossZamani @app_illoca Thanks for trying! We'd love to hear more feedback for improvements!

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Thank you for all the interest in illoca Tracing Paper.

The previous video was about why we built it.

This one shows what architects can do with it:

Sketch.
Mark up.
Describe ideas in text, or show them with references.

Turn intent into editable 2D and 3D designs, so architects can spend less time rebuilding and more time designing.

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@toyoda_noiz Thanks! Really appreciate your feedback last year!

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@acobp Try it here: https://t.co/qV5w9Np7QU
Thanks!

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Today, we’re launching illoca Tracing Paper and announcing our $13M Seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

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@fmg_1975 Thanks! We'll keep polishing the experience.

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@EviOutside Huge kudos to @uns__nstudio and @rathniley. They absolutely crushed it.

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Try Tracing Paper: https://t.co/B5LePYsVsu

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After years of building pieces of this idea through research, it means a lot to finally share it with the world.

Now begins the next decade of building it together.

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The gap was never fully closed between thought and expression, between intent and execution.

And the tool I really wanted still did not exist.

(5/5)

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I’ve been reflecting on my past work lately.

What stands out to me is not how much has changed, but how often the same question keeps coming back.

(1/5)

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If a tool really matched the way architects think, there would be no reason to keep leaving it just to design freely.

Looking back, I think that tension stayed with me for so long because it pointed to something deeper than software adoption or personal preference. (4/5)