Online Service Streamlines Architectural Modeling ProcessRapidArch cuts architectural model-building lead time.

LGM, an architectural modeling shop, is now offering a Web service that reduces the time required for ordering and producing architectural models. The online architectural model ordering service, RapidArch, cuts the industry-standard lead time of three weeks down to a few days, the company says. Offering an experience akin to online shopping, RapidArch, via its Web site at www.rapidarch.com, makes managing projects, placing orders, and making payments easy for customers; it accepts nearly any type of file input, including hand sketches. LGM builds models for residential and light commercial projects using the latest 3D printing technologies. RapidArch offers basic, deluxe, and premium architectural models.