Graphisoft releases Archicad 25 — Great design in every detail
Latest enhancements respond to user feedback with significant
design, visualization, documentation, and collaboration improvements to
Archicad, BIMx, and BIMcloud, making Archicad 25 the most user-driven version
to date.
Graphisoft, the leading Building
Information Modeling (BIM) software solution developer for architecture, announced the release of Archicad 25, the latest version of its award-winning
BIM software. Powerful enhancements to design, visualization, documentation,
and collaboration capabilities are a direct response to user feedback, making
Archicad 25 the most user-driven version to date.
Archicad’s powerful built-in tools and user-friendly interface
make it the most efficient and intuitive BIM software on the market. Featuring
algorithmic design workflows and large model support, highly automated
documentation, one-click publishing, photorealistic rendering, and leveraging
best-in-class analysis, Archicad lets architects focus on what they do best:
design great buildings.
What’s new in Archicad 25
Architects, designers, and structural engineers will benefit
from robust improvements to Archicad's open BIM and interoperability features
while enjoying even greater design freedom. With Archicad 25, users can express
their design ideas using powerful and realistic visualization and rendering
capabilities to create compelling presentations and win projects. With enhanced
usability, navigation, and accurate quantity take-offs, Archicad empowers
architects to focus on their designs — working in a single software from
concept through to construction documents.
Key enhancements to documentation, more precise quantity and
cost estimations, and new labeling options for Zones and MEP elements will
boost project efficiency and enable faster decision-making.
Design
Greater design freedom thanks to productivity and quality
improvements that enhance design flexibility, automatic documentation, and
Teamwork capabilities.
- Faster modeling workflows and greater consistency
thanks to unified navigation commands between 2D and 3D views.
- Precise quantity estimates thanks to custom-shaped
openings using plain polygons in a familiar 2D or 3D environment.
- Create custom stairs easily while complying with all
local standards.
- An expanding library of 3D parametric Objects follows
the latest trends in residential and commercial design. Customize kitchens
quickly with new modular cabinetry that makes it easy to produce a variety
of designs for clients to choose from.
- Import and export Rhino 6 and Rhino 7 files to leverage
the power of the industry-leading free-form organic design tools, then
switch to Archicad to continue the design development and documentation.
Visualization
Archicad makes it easier than ever to communicate design intent
thanks to a range of innovative tools that make design presentations more
expressive and engaging.
- Communicate designs in life-like detail — display
surface textures in section and elevation views without the need for
additional editing software.
- Get faster client approvals thanks to accurate,
artistic details. Soft shadows add contours and depth to surfaces in
section and elevation views. Overlay textures with pattern fills.
- 3D rendering on macOS just got faster — Metal, Apple’s
new graphics API, replaces Open GL.
Documentation
Error-free documentation automatically follows the design and
complies with regulations and local standards.
- Greater flexibility in communicating designs.
- Automatically display MEP-related information for a
smoother MEP documentation workflow.
Collaboration
Archicad supports more than 40 export and import formats,
including DWG, PDF, and XLS as well as the OPEN BIM formats IFC and BCF.
- Streamlined coordination workflows thanks to the new
Native Survey Point. Easier, centralized handling of real-world
coordinates in all Open BIM workflows.
- Support for Revit file formats up to 2021 is now built
into Archicad, for better collaboration with engineers using Revit MEP
software.
- Migrating from Revit to Archicad is easy, with the RFA
and RVT geometry exchange functionality.
- Save time and eliminate errors in roundtrips with the
Archicad-Solibri connection add-on, free for all users.
“In an ever-changing world, cox graae + spack architects
recognize it’s critical to utilize innovative technologies that enhance our
ability to communicate seamlessly with our clients, our consultants, and our
project builders as well as the sub-contractor and fabricator communities,”
said Derek Banocy, AIA, Associate Principal. “From IFC file exchange for
consultant coordination to 3D design of complex geometries, Archicad was
essential to the entire team to deliver the Duke Ellington School of the
Arts. Put simply, it would have been impossible to visualize, design, and
construct this innovative design without the collaborative team process
ingrained in our office culture.”
BIMx
Award-winning BIMx, the most popular presentation and
coordination app for all project stakeholders, bridges the gap between the
design studio and the construction site. BIMx features the ‘BIM Hyper-model’ –
a game-like navigation tool that helps even non-professionals easily explore
the building model and understand project deliverables. Real-time model
cut-throughs, in-context measuring, and project markups in the model context
make BIMx the architect's best on-site BIM companion.
BIMcloud
Thanks to BIMcloud, architects can rely on secure, real-time
collaboration between project team members regardless of the size or complexity
of the project, the location of the offices, or the speed of the Internet
connection. Award-winning BIMcloud is available in both private and public
cloud configurations on standard hardware so even smaller offices can take
advantage of fast, efficient, and secure access to shared projects in
real-time.
BIMx + BIMcloud — Best together
Integrated with Archicad 25, Graphisoft's BIMx and BIMcloud are
better than ever — together. BIMcloud has been rebooted with a new, 100K
file capacity, and opened up so that users can host all their project files in
one convenient location. In addition, the BIMx desktop viewer opens all 2D and
3D files, with access from the BIMcloud desktop app — what’s more, the new 3D
BIMx engine is now available for Android users as well.
“As we work with architects around the world, their comments and
concerns often lead to improvements and enhancements that make Archicad better
with each version and update. Archicad 25 is no different. Our clients will
experience the continuous innovations we put into each new version,” said Shesh
Gorur, Vice President for Product Success at Graphisoft.
Graphisoft Forward
Also announced is the next generation of Graphisoft's
Software Service program. With Graphisoft Forward, users will maximize value and
productivity while lowering the overall cost of software ownership through
exclusive tools, training, support, and services. Early access to downloads and
free product updates guarantees that they'll benefit from the latest
innovations and capabilities.
Source: Graphisoft media announcement