Must produce
Must not
A white massing model
- Photorealism
- Materials
- Landscaping and entourage
Not “a nice render”. A specified kind of output, or nothing.
Most of the value is in what it refuses to make
You already have the input. The node decides what may come out of it.
A hand sketch
A white massing model
- Photorealism
- Materials
- Landscaping and entourage
A plan, elevation or section
A line drawing that keeps the geometry it was given
- Invented openings
- Cinematic lighting
- House style
A material reference
A flat material swatch
- A scene
- Depth of field
- Furniture and people
It is a node-based design workspace, so the inputs stay connected to what came out of them. When a node consumes an image you supplied, the geometry is locked to it: the output is a different kind of drawing of the same building, not a different building.
Prompt
Project brief
The design context, in words
Image · Source
Site photograph
Geometry
Massing model
Locks the output to this building
Scene edit
Add landscaping
One of the canvas's named edits
Node · Guided
Exterior image
Generates only from what is wired in
Markup
Region note on the output
Reads back into the node as an instruction
Generated image · contract
Exterior study
The same building, drawn differently — never a different building
Generated image
Variation
Same wiring, another reading
Decision
Shortlisted
Carried forward to the design option
Not shown here
An output beside the sketch it came from
That comparison is the proof, and it has to be a real one. It will be captured from the Mudo demonstration practice rather than illustrated, because an invented render on this page would be exactly the thing the capability exists to refuse.
In short
Paid add-onAvailable now. Uses paid credits or requires a paid plan.- What it is
- A node-based workspace inside a project for design exploration, connecting references, prompts and options, and producing images from them.
- Who it is for
- Practices doing early-stage option work and visualisation whose outputs currently live on individual machines with no connection to the project record.
- What is different
- It is inside the project, not beside it. The exploration belongs to the job, so options and their references remain findable next month rather than becoming a folder of untitled exports.
- Availability
- Available now. Image and video generation consume paid credits, so usage beyond an included allowance is billed.
- How it connects
- Design Studio sits inside the Project Pod alongside the programme and the drawings, and complements the Archicad bridge in Mudo Connect.
Part of Create.
Verified against the Mudo application on .
Exploration that belongs to the project
Early design work generates a great deal of material and almost no record. Options are explored, references are gathered, images are produced, and three months later none of it can be found or attributed.
Design Studio keeps that work inside the project, which is where somebody will eventually look for it.
Node-based, because exploration is not linear
Design options are not a list. They branch, they borrow from each other, and they are compared. A node graph expresses that; a folder does not.
Honest about the cost
Generation consumes credits. The website says so, the plans differ in AI capacity, and no part of this is described as unlimited.
Common questions
What is Mudo Design Studio?
A node-based workspace inside a Mudo project where references, prompts and design options can be connected and images generated from them. It is intended for early-stage exploration and visualisation, and it lives within the project rather than as a separate tool.
Does Design Studio cost extra?
The workspace is part of the product. Generation consumes credits, so heavy use is billed beyond the allowance included with a plan. That is stated plainly rather than described as unlimited.
Does it replace my modelling software?
No. It is for exploration, references and visualisation. The model remains in your BIM tool, and Mudo Connect is the capability that keeps that model in step with the project record.
What this page is based on
Every capability described here was checked against the running application before publication. These are the parts of it you can open for yourself.
- /projects/:projectId/design-studioRegistered as PROJECT_DESIGN_STUDIO. The workspace is scoped to a project.
Explore an option without leaving the project it belongs to.
Free for solo practices: one user, two projects, no card.