ArchiCAD 14
ArchiCAD 14 continues delivering productivity improvements for architects throughout the full cycle of the BIM workflow with a specific focus on completing the integration of the architectural workflow with the engineering world.
Great architecture requires collaboration of all design disciplines. Architects have a central role in coordinating all aspects of their design with other disciplines during the entire design process. ArchiCAD 14 turns IFC technology into full-fledged workflow solutions enabling collaboration with engineers regardless of their discipline or the name and version of the application they prefer working with. This "open" approach to interdisciplinary collaboration greatly broadens designers' options for real Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) resulting in faster delivered projects and significantly less coordination errors.
Open Design Collaboration
ArchiCAD 14 introduces workflow solutions that help bridge the different requirements for BIM models between architects and the various engineering disciplines of the AEC industry. Model mapping, element classification, IFC reference model version tracking and change management support help the coordination between architects and engineers become a smooth and automatic process. ArchiCAD 14 also moves forward with developments to its revolutionary BIM Server based Teamwork solution, further optimizing the management of design teams working on shared BIM projects. Learn more here...
Best-in-Class BIM Workflow
Productivity improvements to this latest version of ArchiCAD focus on the most requested global and local customer wishes. Enriched details to modeling construction elements, better 3D visualization, enhanced 2D drafting, improved handling of libraries and library parts, and refined user interactions are all included in the impressive list of productivity improvements. The results are faster and more polished design and documentation workflows with improved communication capabilities both with clients and consultants, making ArchiCAD 14 the premier BIM solution for architects worldwide. Learn more here...
ArchiCAD Start Edition 2009
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ArchiCAD START Edition 2009 is powerful BIM software solution that's easy to use and affordable. Get all the advantages of Graphisoft’s Virtual Building technology with a full feature set designed specifically to help smaller firms develop concepts, win business, and boost productivity. All at a sensationally low price.
EcoDesigner
The paradigm of sustainable design: 80% of the design decisions influencing a building’s energy performance are made by the architect in the early design phase; at later design phases engineers only have influence on the remaining 20%…
Graphisoft uniquely offers the best way to foster sustainable design providing architects with “green” tools at the conceptual design phase. This enables the best-in-class workflow that makes energy evaluation just as easy to perform as generating a section or a 3D view from the virtual building model. This will allow architects to compare various design options about sustainability very easily and make necessary design changes until they are very easy to effectuate. Graphisoft EcoDesigner allows architects to perform reliable energy evaluation of their virtual buildings within ArchiCAD mainly relying on building geometric analysis and accurate hour-by-hour weather data of the building location. This process requires relatively few physical material properties that can be provided with simple and straightforward user input. A reliable, certified calculation engine performs dynamic building energy evaluation providing information on yearly energy consumption, carbon footprint and monthly energy balance of the project.
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Virtual Building™ Explorer
which sets new standards for design communication and presentation.
Virtual Building™ Explorer is a unique new way of presenting intelligent BIM models to clients, consultants and builders who then can freely explore the entire virtual building without holding a license of VBE or ArchiCAD. The powerful tool is that it combines the fun and easy navigation of a first-person video-game with the power of intelligent virtual building models. This means that building elements keep their intelligence even in this navigation environment and you can filter them by switching layers on and off, you can make accurate measurements in the model and you can query detailed information of building elements with just a single click. It raised the bar for the design industry.
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MEP Modeler
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Modeler
The MEP (Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing) Modeler is a new extension to ArchiCAD 12. Architectural practices and architectural departments of A/E firms using ArchiCAD can use MEP Modeler to create, edit or import 3D MEP networks (ductwork, piping and cable trays) and coordinate them with the ArchiCAD Virtual Building™.
The Graphisoft MEP Modeler™ can be used in the following workflows:
BIM Workflow - Where the MEP engineer can provide 3D data, architects are able to import the consultant's MEP model into ArchiCAD using the IFC format. In addition to this generic IFC interface, the MEP Modeler package provides an improved connection with AutoCAD® MEP 2008/09 via IFC format, using an export plug-in called ArchiCAD Connection.
2D Workflow - Based on 2D documentation received from engineers, architects can use the powerful built-in tools to create and edit the MEP model within ArchiCAD.
Its powerful modeling & coordination capabilities in combination with the above workflows make the MEP Modeler the solution for architects to help drive more efficiency in the building process.
The MEP Modeler consists of a rich set of capabilities in the areas of modeling, editing and coordination:
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Google Connection for ArchiCAD
Google is the perfect place to turn to get a large library of content
Google Earth Connections enables seamless integration between ArchiCAD, Google Earth and the Google 3D Warehouse. This capability moves users past the Virtual Building to the virtual world. With this intuitive interface, ArchiCAD users can not only download 3D information from Google for use in their projects: they can also publish their designs to the world.
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Google Sketchup for ArchiCAD
Bi-directional information exchange
The integration of SketchUp® with Archicad lets architects and Principals alike, focus on creativity at the earliest concept phase of any new project knowing that their designs can be automatically imported into Archicad®. This tool allows users to automatically re-use as much of the SketchUp model data in Archicad as possible, without the need to manually rework it.
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ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guides This Program is composed of a series of easy to use and fun Interactive Training Guides (ITG) that help users learn by doing. These interactive training modules are intended to expand your ArchiCAD knowledge in broad range of topics.
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