ArchiCAD 17 offers a one-of-a-kind, BIMbased construction documentation solution.

It simplifies the modeling and documentation of buildings even when the model contains an unprecedented level of detail. ArchiCADs end-to-end BIM workflow allows the model to stay live until the very end of the project. ArchiCADs improved Energy Evaluation engine supports multiple thermal blocks. This allows users to evaluate their designs with standard-compliant technology and makes ArchiCAD the greenest BIM solution available on the market today. Direct access to Best-in-class Manufacturer Content on the BIMobject.com and BIMcomponents.com portals offers users the broadest range of intelligent BIM components. ArchiCAD 17 supports the creation and manipulation of large complex models by featuring industry-first Background Processing Support for faster generation of complex model details. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Open BIM have created unprecedented potential for design collaboration between architects and engineers. With intelligent, model-based workflows between the various trades, coordination errors can be reduced to virtually zero before the construction phase begins.

BIM Lives in the Details

From the outset, ArchiCAD was developed specifically to address the architects desire for great design without compromising on practical needs. GRAPHISOFT ArchiCADs innovative BIM solution helps you win more business while letting you concentrate on your core skill creating inspiring designs.

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Architect: Idis Turato Collaborators: Ana Stanicic, Ida Kriaj, Ivan Arbanas (structural engineer) Photographs: Sandro Lendler, Ivan Dorotic Location: Opatija, Croatia Year: 2012

BIM
Working with ArchiCAD, you will discover the pleasures and the benefits of designing in a 3D architectural environment with extraordinary design freedom. Based on a profound knowledge of the architectural process, ArchiCADs Building Information Model simulates the way a real building is constructed. From town planning to intricate details, from functional studies to complex designs, ArchiCADs specialized tools are always available and extremely easy-to-use, ensuring that there are no boundaries to your creativity. With ArchiCAD, you create a 3D Building Information Model all the necessary documentation and images are created automatically. The project comes to life and evolves on the screen simultaneously with your thoughts, allowing you to concentrate on your strength creating inspiring designs. Building Information Modeling is a natural and intuitive process that is both inspiring and enjoyable. With the clarity of 3D, your clients will truly appreciate good design.

DESIGN
ArchiCAD allows architects to freely explore design ideas without compromising on documentation precision and quality. With ArchiCAD, you can model and shape freely, easily creating the forms you want and change even complex elements in the most appropriate view. ArchiCAD enables you to combine creative freedom with the well-known efficiency of its robust Building Information Model. A comprehensive set of tools supports the creative process within the context of the project. ArchiCAD 17 enhances its direct modeling capabilities in the native BIM environment with its endto-end BIM workflow using Priority Based Connections and Intelligent Building Materials, and an improved MORPH tool. Cloud-integration helps users create and find the custom objects and components they need to make their BIM models complete. GRAPHISOFT continues to innovate in green as well, uniquely offering the best workflow for sustainable design, integrated into its BIM authoring tool.

DOCUMENTATION
With ArchiCAD, you create a 3D Building Information Model all the necessary documentation and images are created automatically. New, priority-based junctions and intelligent building materials ensure correct graphical representation of elements and materials in sections (cut fills), surfaces in 3D views, and thermal properties throughout the building energy evaluations. ArchiCAD offers a native BIM design and documentation workflow for Renovation and Refurbishment projects common in developing parts of the world. ArchiCADs powerful view setting possibilities, its unique drawing handling, together with the integrated publishing capabilities, ensure that printing or saving the various drawing sets of a project wont require extra time and will be derived from the same Building Information Model.

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ArchiCAD BIM
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Design in the 3D Building Information Modeling environment and all the documentation will be generated and kept up-to-date automatically based on model data.

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MORPH and Shell tools

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ArchiCAD presents direct modeling capabilities in the native BIM environment with its Shell tool and improved MORPH tool, allowing element creation with any custom geometry in an intuitive graphical way.

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Real Manufacturer Content

More than a thousand real, up-to-date manufacturer specific objects are provided by BIMobject among the thousands of generic and premium building components found on BIMcomponents.com.
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BIM Lives in the Details

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Open BIM have created unprecedented potential for design collaboration among architects and engineers. With intelligent, model-based workflows between the various trades, coordination errors have been reduced to virtually zero. ArchiCAD offers architects industry-first open design collaboration workflows with leading engineering solutions worldwide.
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COLLABORATION
When implementing BIM on a large scale, architects often run into bottlenecks in model accessibility and workflow management. The GRAPHISOFT BIM Server with leading edge Delta Server technology dramatically decreases network traffic, allowing team members to collaborate on BIM models in real time. The new, expanded Teamwork backup options allow you to continue your work even if the connection to the BIM Server is lost. Automatically-created Server Data backup and local project backups make sure that you never lose your data in an emergency. Solo mode provides extended flexibility, while the TravelPack option lets you take your Teamwork projects anywhere, with the ability to access the BIM Server from any remote computer. The BIM Server Performance Monitor function provides project leaders and CAD/BIM managers with powerful management tools to get all the information necessary for decisions required, resulting in optimal Teamwork project workflow.

OPEN BIM
BIM and Open BIM bring an unprecedented level of coordination between different views of the 3D model, and among BIM models from various disciplines. ArchiCAD improves open design collaboration by refining the interdisciplinary collaboration workflow with a wide range of IFC database and property management improvements, turning IFC properties into easily searchable and assignable native ArchiCAD properties. Support for multiple, international IFC standards ensures that ArchiCADs IFC solution can be used globally. Model-based version tracking, for best-in-class coordination workflow with engineers, allows architects to compare IFC model versions and to import only the differences. Thanks to Publisher, IFC models of varying content can be exported with just one click to the different professions (for example, the load-bearing structure to the structural engineer, the entire model to the MEP engineer). Smart DXF/DWG data exchange supports roundtrip conversion with consultants using these formats. The combination of these comprehensive capabilities makes ArchiCAD an extremely efficient coordination tool.

CONTROL
The dynamic nature of design projects requires parallel processes, smooth workflow and tight control. With ArchiCAD, you can achieve all these with the confidence that your documents are synchronized and that the right type of document is at hand to clearly illustrate your thoughts. You maintain total control of the process, while your clients receive the highest quality design. Controlling the workflow of larger teams is one of the most challenging tasks project leaders face on a regular basis. The industry-first GRAPHISOFT BIM Server technology provides an unmatched collection of workflow management and backup tools for project leaders and CAD/BIM managers. User roles and project access can be fully-customized to help control the design project with extremely flexible workflow options. The GRAPHISOFT BIM Server with the BIM Server Performance Monitor provides project leaders with powerful management tools necessary for optimal Teamwork project workflow decision-making.

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Teamwork
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Teamwork technology allows your team to work simultaneously on various aspects of the same project, while keeping your project safe and all team members updated on project progress.

ArchiCADs integrated model change management and native IFC property management and DXF/DWG roundtrip conversion solutions offer a smooth, model-based coordination workflow.

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Performance
To dramatically boost performance on large, complex models and further enhance your BIM productivity, ArchiCAD features industryfirst background processing support and optimized Scaling of Multiple-core CPUs. Improved Central Graphics Unit Performance makes 3D navigation in OpenGL mode even smoother when working with extra large and complex models. Both ArchiCAD and the BIM Server provide full 64-bit support on both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

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WORKFLOW
ArchiCADs workflow gives you more control over your design and enables you to make changes at any time, while maintaining accuracy and efficiency in documentation. From the central database of the 3D model data, you can extract all the information necessary to complete all plans, sections and elevations, details, bills of quantities, window/door/finish schedules, renderings, animations and 3D documents.

Modeling - Design - Design Evaluation

Workviews

3D TOOLS Wall Door Window Column Beam Slab Stair Roof Shell Skylight Curtain Wall Morph Object Zone Mesh Lamps Wall End Corner Window

Live Project Views Stories, Sections, Elevations, Interior Elevations, Worksheets, Details, 3D Documents, 3D Views, Schedules, Lists Personalized 3D Tools and Work Environment Custom GDL Objects, Favorites, Custom Materials, Work Environment Special Modeling Tools Solid Element Operations, Connections, Walls/Beams/Columns with Complex Profiles, Walls/ Roofs/Slabs/Shells with Composite Structures, Slanted/Double Slanted Walls, Parametric Objects, Standard Steel Profiles, Magic Wand

2D Tools Line/Polyline Fill Arc/Circle Spline Hotspot Text Label Dimensions Figure Personalized Drawing Tools Custom Line Types Custom Vector Fills Custom Symbol Fills Custom Image Fills

View Filters Layer Combinations, Scale, Partial Structure Display, Pen Sets, Model View Options, Renovation Filters, Dimensions, Zoom Level, 3D Cut Planes 3D Marquee, Representation of Cut and Uncut Elements, Sun/Shadow Settings View types Plans, Sections, Elevations, Interior Elevations, Worksheets, Details, 3D Views, 3D Documents, Rendered Views, Schedules, Lists

Open Design Collaboration - Incorporate ArchiCADs collaboration capabilities in your workflow. Share 3D models and 2D drawings. Work seamlessly with your structural, MEP and other consultants, visualization artists or fellow architects regardless of the software they use.

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Design Museum in Moscow Yuri Chernov, Simferopol, Ukraine ArchiSUR Competition

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Energy Evaluation Layouts Publishing
In todays environment, sustainability is an imperative for all building projects. The built-in, improved Energy Evaluation functionality of ArchiCAD 17 supporting multiple thermal blocks allows architects to perform reliable dynamic energy evaluation with standard-compliant technology.

Layouts/ Master Layouts Saved Views as Drawings Auto/Manually Updated Frames, Lines, Logos Automatic Textual Data - Titles - Date - Address - Scales - Project Data - Drawing IDs

Publisher Sets Auto Updated Layout Collections, Project Reviewer Environment, Save/Print/Plot in Various Formats Formats DWF, DXF, DWG, DGN, PMK, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, MOD, PDF (multipage DWGs and PDFs can be merged into one single file)

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GRAPHISOFT BIMx
With GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD, GRAPHISOFT BIMx, and its cloud-integrated model sharing service, architects and designers can explore, communicate, and share their project designs like never before.

Drawings with a click

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MEP Modeler
GRAPHISOFT MEP Modeler is for architectural practices and architectural departments of A/E firms to create, edit or import 3D MEP networks and coordinate them with the ArchiCAD Building Information Model.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows Vista*. QuickTime 7 or later, and Java 1.7.0 or later required. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Snow Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard* * Suitable for running ArchiCAD 17, but not tested by GRAPHISOFT. CPU: 64-bit processor is required (Core 2 Duo or later) for both operating systems. Processor with 4-8 (or more) cores is recommended to fully exploit ArchiCAD 17 performance capabilities. On Mac, only case insensitive file-system volumes are supported. RAM: 4 GB RAM is required. 8 GB or more is recommended for complex models. Hard Drive: 5 GB free hard disk space required for a full installation of ArchiCAD. Additional 10 GB hard disk space per project required for work with complex models and 3D visualization. Display: Resolution of 1024 x 768 is required. 1280x1024 or higher is recommended. Video card: Open GL-compatible graphic card with on-board video memory of 256 MB required, 512 MB or more is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities. You can find a list of recommended video cards at: http://archicadwiki.com/Video_Cards Optional Hardware Peripherals: All major plotter brands, printers and digitizers can be used with ArchiCAD.

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