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Request Info If you would like more info on any of our products please fill out our literature request form. Click Here! ArchiCAD 11 Student Version FREE Archicad® is the most popular Virtual Building™ solution for architects in the world. It has formed the modeling backbone to over a million buildings worldwide, and has a passionate, loyal and above all, creative, legion of users across 83 countries. Any architectural student needs to consider that their future as architects will be based primarily upon virtual model development and collaboration with other professions and teams throughout the design-build process. This will be digital, this will be virtual, this is inevitable!. Click below for the ArchiCAD 11 Student Free Download
iACE: Initiative for ArchiCAD in Education Integrated CADD Services announces iACE, a new program to encourage and support the use of ArchiCAD in educational institutions. Please contact us at 800-383-5195 or Click Here for more information Step by Step - training guide for Archicad 11 now available! form·Z Training Manuals by STEM Ltd. Now Available in US form·Z specialists, STEM Ltd. have announced a new range of form·Z training manuals and a form·Z native models and textures CD. For the first time these manuals are now available in the United States from form·Z reseller Integrated CADD Services (ICS). Read more Here or Click Here to Purchase! VersaLaser cutter/engravers now carried by ICS call ICS at 800-383-5195 for info, literature and samples. |
Building Information Modeling with ArchiCAD 11
The New Yorker Hotel, New York, NY (Cofffee & Pastries Provided)
May 01, 2008 | 8:15AM - 10:00 AM
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The Hilton Hartford Hotel, Hartford, CT
May 22, 2008 |11:45AM - 1:30 AM (Lunch Provide)
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The San Francisco office of Anshen + Allen, an international architecture firm and a leader in healthcare design, was tasked with building one of the most seismically safe and family-friendly hospitals in the country. The firm used ArchiCAD and other advanced technologies to design a hospital that can withstand an earthquake up to the magnitude of at least 8.0.
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Graphisoft announced today that Graphisoft ArchiCAD 11 "BIM Experience Kit" is immediately available for download on both the Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Register now and receive everything you need to begin learning Building Information Modeling (BIM) with the latest version of ArchiCAD®. The BIM Experience Kit includes:
* Free software
* Interactive learning* online assessment
* Valuable rewards
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The BIM Manager is not a nice to have but rather a fundamental member of a model based design process. The BIM Manager's multi-faceted skills have a direct effect on the quality of projects and the reduction of overall project execution time. This streamlined workflow provides architects more time for design, more value for clients and more profit.
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The practical approach to Building Information Modeling
BIG BIM little bim challenges architects, owners, constructors and other design professionals to consider the way they currently “do business.” If you want to move your practice to the leading edge, this book provides innovative ideas, guidance and proven results in using building information models—from idea, to concept, to reality—the RIGHT way!
295 Pages, softcover
Author Finith Jernigan has served as principal-in-charge for government and institutional projects for over twenty-five years and has personally completed more than 200 projects using virtual building models.
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Microspot and CAD Garage announced today that the two parties have entered into an agreement for CAD Garage to offer Microspot 2D and 3D solutions and training services to customers in the U.S. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
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This capability moves users past the BIM/Virtual Building to the virtual world. Users can not only download 3D models from building product manufacturers for use in their projects, they can also publish their designs for the world to experience via Google Earth.
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Still the First, Still the Best
Graphisoft's Archicad 11 delivers new and enriched capabilities designed to help architects develop their concepts, compete for business more effectively and boost business efficiency. The enhancements reinforce Archicad® as an exceptionally powerful design tool for architectural practices, large and small, worldwide.
-Providing tighter control, better coordination and better integration of design teams, this Industry first innovative technology enables simultaneous development of the 3D model and 2D documents with full coordination and continues visual feedback.
Visual Compare:
-The ultimate solution for architects to efficiently control coordination of models, views and documents. With Visual compare you have the confidence that all project documents are synchronized and any difference will be easily tracked
Interior Elevations:
-Boost productivity and ensure total coordination with the new dedicated Interior Elevations tool. As live model views Interior Elevations are constantly synchronized and up-to-date.
Worksheet tool:
-Dramatically improve the design to production workflow. Using the Worksheet tool you can smoothly transform your model views into highly detailed documents, create 2D documents from scratch or easily merge consultant data in the virtual building environment.
And much more!
Thomas A. Heinz, AIA
* Complex Elements Geometry
* Link Construction Elements to Stories
* Multistory Hotlinked Modules
* Enhanced Selection/Editing Feedback
* Line work & Fill Consolidation
* Long File Names
* Xref Layer Separation
* PDF Net
* Qty. of Individual Elements Components
* Enhanced Drawing Marker
* Uncut Line type
* Enhanced Project Navigator
* Pen Sets in Views
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Graphisoft has posted 9 videocasts of the Archicad "Virtual Building" process on YouTube.
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The DVD is split in 4 sections and contains 30 movies. Each movie has been carefully planned and edited to provide you with the best information in the minimum amount of time. We will start with an empty project and we will build everything together, step by step.
Training Sections:
1. LIGHTS & SETTINGS
2. MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
3. TIPS
4. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced user of ArchiCAD, there is definitely much to learn in this DVD. So, order it now! And start making stunning 3D renders that will impress clients, employers, teachers, and most of all you…..!
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-The SketchUp Book 6
This guide will familiarize Google SketchUp users with the basic tools and features of this highly-acclaimed modeling application. Clearly illustrated, detailed exercises walk you through SketchUp’s modeling tools, including components, groups, textures, exact dimensions, Google Earth, and much more. Combined with numerous tips and tricks, this book will help you get the most out of your software investment!
* Fast-Bound, 336 pages
* Full color printing!
* Size: 8 1/2 x 11
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Authorized by Informatix Software International and written by Bonnie Roskes, author of the SketchUp Book, this guide will familiarize Piranesi users with all aspects of this highly-acclaimed 3D rendering application. Clearly illustrated, detailed exercises walk you through paintbrushes, textures, cutouts, blending paint, lighting, and non-photorealistic rendering techniques. The book also features contributions from artists on professional techniques and composition.
Features:
• Spiral-Bound, 368 pages
• Full, high-quality color printing!
• Size: 8 1&Mac218;2 x 11
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This book contains step-by-step tutorials covering rendering, lighting and surface materials available using the LightWorks product for ArchiCAD.
Features include:
* A complete exploration of material and shader qualities.
* A comprehensive exploration of light source behavior.
* Surprising revelations about fluorescent light, neon and other light sources.
* Rendering techniques explained for beginner and expert.
And much, much more!
• Full color illustrations
• 208 information packed pages
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BIM is what we all expected computer-aided design (CAD) to be, but now we know it requires information standards to be productive. Fortunately, we now have both information standards and software companies that support and empower them.
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