A 3D model of the site, before the first meeting.

Search an address or draw a box on the map and Studio builds the area: buildings at their mapped heights, streets on the real terrain, water and green space. Then test massing against the neighbours, set the sun and frame the views you want to show.

Explore Mixos

mixos Studio open on an iPad showing a brown tufted leather chesterfield sofa, a marble coffee table and a fiddle-leaf fig, on a plinth, with the real physical version of the same subject behind it.

Real context in minutes

Buildings, roads, water and land use come from OpenStreetMap and sit on real elevation data, in a box up to about 1 km across in city mode.

Test massing in the block

Every building and road is an editable object. Hide what is coming down, drop in a proposal, or ask mixos AI to build a massing option from a sketch or a sentence.

A sun study for the place

Name the date and the time and the sun goes where it really is for those coordinates. It is a visual guide for discussion, not a certified overshadowing analysis.

Know what the data knows

The import tells you how many building heights were mapped and how many it estimated, so you can see how much of the skyline to trust.

Why Mixos

For the early conversation, not the record

Early planning conversations go better with a model on the table, and building context by hand can take longer than the meeting it is for. Studio's Real place import does that first step in minutes, so you can spend the time on what could change rather than what is already there.

OpenStreetMap is volunteer-mapped, so quality follows the local mappers. Central districts of large cities are usually complete, often with heights, while suburbs may only have footprints with estimated heights. Check the result against what you know of the place, and use your surveyed and GIS data for anything that has to be right.

It is a design and communication tool. It does not replace GIS, CAD or BIM, does not check zoning or code, and does not produce documents for approval. What it gives you is a scene you can change while people are talking, and images and animated orbits that show the idea.

For the early conversation, not the record

From address to options

01
Import the area
Open Studio's Real place picker, search an address, and draw the box around the site and its neighbours.
02
Check the heights
Read the report of mapped and estimated heights, then correct or hide the buildings that matter for your question.
03
Compare and present
Place massing options on the plot, set the sun for the date you care about, and render stills or an orbit for the meeting.

Ask mixos AI

Build the blocks around this address, then add a six-storey mixed-use massing on the empty lot and show it at 5 pm in December.

Before you share it

Check the reported count of estimated building heights.
Label images as concept visualizations, not surveyed models.
Credit © OpenStreetMap contributors wherever you publish the result.

Data and licence

OpenStreetMap copyright and licence

The credit required wherever you publish map-derived work.

Frequently asked questions

Is this GIS or BIM software?

No. It is a fast 3D design and visualization workspace for early discussion. Use GIS, CAD and BIM tools for analysis, documentation and approvals.

How accurate are the buildings?

As accurate as OpenStreetMap is for that area. Heights come from tags, then floor counts, then estimates, and the import reports how many were estimated. Facades are styled, not photographed.

Can I bring in my own site model?

Yes. Studio imports glTF, OBJ, FBX, STL and other common 3D formats into the same scene.

What does it cost?

Building and rendering in Studio is free. Exporting production files needs a paid plan or a perpetual licence, and mixos AI uses credits.