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Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Workflow Competition Winners Announced
Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software maker for architects and designers has announced the winners of its Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Workflow Competition.
GRAPHISOFT announces winners of Inaugural ArchiCAD Student Design Competition
ArchiCAD Student Design Competition Winners Announced. Graphisoft North American partnered with Kitchen & Associates and AIA West Jersey.
Nemetschek Forms US Strategic Base—Learn What Comes Next
The Germany, Munich-based, Nemetschek Group is flourishing, driving the strongest growth in the AECO software industry after a string of brilliant software acquisitions. But all of this success has largely been driven without the benefit of a full-time, directed strategy group. Now the AECO software multinational—the smallest of the Big 4 global AECO software companies —is setting up a global strategy group in Washington, DC.
Perspectives on BEST of SHOW 2016: From Edge of Market to Maturing BIM, Framing a New Lens
Architosh presents its annual “perspectives” on BEST of SHOW honorees at AIA this year via a conversation. This year we focus on some new terms, a framing of tech against the Gartner Hype Cycle and against the backdrop of Neri Oxman’s standing ovation-earning keynote talk.
GRAPHISOFT’s Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Live Connection
The Rhino-Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Live Connection enables architects to use all three applications in bi-directions, working to bridge algorithmic design with a leading edge BIM application in ArchiCAD 20. This new connection was beta tested by over 1000 architects around the world. The Live Connection plugins enable Rhino to produce native GDL ArchiCAD elements, while Grasshopper can drive model elements in ArchiCAD algorithmically.
Graphisoft partners with UK based 3D Point Cloud scanning company
Graphisoft UK partners with Murphy Surveys on Point Cloud Scanning for the UK and Irish AEC markets.
GRAPHISOFT sponsors inaugural ArchiCAD Student Design Competition
Undergraduate and graduate architecture students are invited to enter an exciting competition co-aligned with the AIA National Convention in Philadelphia in May 2016.
COBie inventor says ARCHICAD is 100 Percent COBie-compliant
Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD BIM software has achieved 100 percent COBie Design Stage compliance, says Bill East, COBie inventor.
Live Webinar: Introducing Twinmotion for ARCHICAD
Join host Graphisoft and Abvent on a special live webinar demonstrating Twinmotion and ArchiCAD for advanced yet simple visualizations for AEC.
BIM in Hong Kong—Global VDC and Graphisoft enter into Strategic Partnership
The strategic goal of the partnership is to bring their combined holistic full life cycle building management experience to the industry. Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD will be at the heart of the BIM partnership.
GRAPHISOFT Brazil Client MCA Architecture is ‘Grande Prêmio de Arquitetura Corporativa’ Grand Prize Winner
The Grande Prêmio de Arquitetura Corporativa is the largest and most creative architecture prize in Latin America; it is the only prize that rewards the end customer along with the architectural firm, thus recognizing those who invest in quality architecture.
GRAPHISOFT to host Live Webinar on Drones and 3D Laser Scanning
GRAPHISOFT will be using drones, laser scanning and point clouds during their live webinar to create measured drawings in ArchiCAD model.
Hungary’s A4 Studio wins World Architecture Community Award using ARCHICAD
Hungary’s A4 Studio has won the World Architecture Community’s Award for its design of the Casablanca Market in Morocco.
Featurette: Eric Lloyd Wright — Tradition to Digital
In this news featurette, associated editor Akiko Ashley talks to Lucas Goettsche about his work with Eric Lloyd Wright, grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) and, in particular, the use of ArchiCAD on some key Lloyd Wright projects and notably on a unique “skate-able” house called the PAS project Skate House.
Transitional Shelters in Syria Designed Using ArchiCAD
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a test project for temporary shelters made from bags filled with earth in Syria.
GRAPHISOFT to share insights into OPEN BIM at RTC Europe 2015
Graphisoft will be attending the RTC Europe 2015 event in Budapest later this month, discussing Open BIM.
GRAPHISOFT introduces Rhino-Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Connection
Graphisoft has introduced a public beta version of its Rhino-Grasshopper-ArchiCAD connection, an industry first bi-directional and real-time connection between all three programs.
Interest in GRAPHISOFT Russia student design competition runs high
Graphisoft Russia recently organized a successful architectural student competition in collaboration with Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) and CPS Ltd.
ARCHICAD contest inspires students to design Thailand’s most popular businesses
GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD contest inspires students to design a coffee shop of their own style, which is Thailand’s most popular businesses. The winner of the contest was awarded a MacBook Air for his outstanding coffee shop design.
GRAPHISOFT’s Marketing Campaign, “Faster than Ever” Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2015 IBA
Graphisoft’s “Faster than Ever” marketing campaign for ARCHICAD 19 was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Marketing Campaign of the Year – Software – category in the 12th Annual International Business Awards. Winners were determined through two months of preliminary judging and two weeks of final judging.
OrthoGraph expands distribution with GRAPHISOFT Italy agreement
OrthoGraph Ltd., has come to an agreement with Graphisoft Italy, which became an official OrthoGraph distributor in Italy.
GRAPHISOFT touts major win with Brazilian architecture firm
GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced that GRAPHISOFT Brazil, a subsidiary in South America, has inked a deal with Fernandes Arquitetos Associados (FAA), one of Brazil’s major architecture firms and the only Brazilian firm responsible for designing two 2014 World Cup arenas.
Hundreds of Students Turn Out for ARCHICAD BIM Competition in Vietnam
GRAPHISOFT®, the global leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions for architects, recently organized a second successful ARCHICAD BIM competition in collaboration with Hanoi Architectural University and Ho Chi Minh City Architectural University in Vietnam.
GRAPHISOFT’S BIMx and BIMx PRO Now Offer Extended Cloud Storage Access
GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has introduced Cloud storage access for its award-winning BIM presentation app, BIMx.
AIA: Show Floor Reports: Autodesk, Trimble and Nemetschek Group Companies
In this show floor report we’ll cover the news and items shown at AIA Atlanta by three of the Big Four AEC software companies and include our notes from our meetings with these companies. We had three separate meetings with Autodesk alone, a meeting each with Trimble and each of the Nemetschek Group companies Graphisoft and Nemetschek Vectorworks Inc.
GRAPHISOFT introduces ArchiCAD 19 with Predictive Background Processing
GRAPHISOFT today introduced ArchiCAD 19, noting it has made a quantum leap in BIM performance due to its robust 64-bit architecture and new “predictive background processing” technology.
KUBUS releases BIMcollab BCF Manager for Navisworks
KUBUS releases BIMcollab BCF Manager or Navisworks, bringing BCF 2.0 round-trip workflows between Autodesk Navisworks and leading BIM authoring platforms ArchiCAD and Revit.
How BIG’s influence can reframe the role of BIM in Architecture
Architosh is pleased to present this special feature on Bjarke Ingels Group, famed Danish architecture firm. Several weeks ago we got a chance to talk to BIG’s Jakob Andreassen, BIM Manager at BIG Copenhagen, about the architectural practice, its design methodology and perspective on the use of computerized software—particularly BIM.
BIM6x Launches new Template Kits for ArchiCAD 18
BIM6x is an ArchiCAD-based BIM specialist firm and now is offering three new powerfully useful ArchiCAD template “kits” containing hundreds of template settings, features, library items, instructional manuals and sample files for ArchiCAD 18.
Lifehouse Centre designed with ArchiCAD wins five global healthcare design awards
HDR | Rice Daubney has won five prestigious global healthcare design awards for the Chris O’Brien ‘Lifehouse Centre’
GRAPHISOFT Releases ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2015
Based on the industry-leading Building Information Modeling technology of ArchiCAD 18, ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2015 has been tailored to the needs of smaller architectural practices. ArchiCAD SE2015 contains all the tools necessary to create the building information model from which the entire architectural documentation is derived.
ArchiCAD firm Urban Strategies Inc. wins prestigious awards for innovative designs
GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced that Urban Strategies, a GRAPHISOFT client based in Toronto, Canada, has won a number of prestigious awards for work recently completed in Singapore, all designed using ArchiCAD
Event News: Masters of ArchiCAD SUMMIT announced
For the first time ever ArchiCAD Masters from around the world meet online to share their knowledge and passion for Graphisoft’s leading BIM tool ArchiCAD.
GRAPHISOFT sponsors celebrated architecture firm BIG’s Washington DC Exhibition
GRAPHISOFT is sponsoring the Washington, DC exhibition of Denmark, based architecture firm BIG, one of its most celebrated customers.
GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD now fully integrated with e-on software’s LumenRT
GRAPHISOFT’s BIM software ArchiCAD now has integrated LumenRT support for immersive 3D environments and visuals
Firm Profile: Levi + Wong Design Associates—Virtualizing Healthcare Architecture
We continue our Firm Profile series for the second time this month with a feature on the mixed practice design firm Levi + Wong Design Associates, a Boston area architecture, landscape architecture, planning and interior design firm serving national clients through a highly-developed 3D ‘virtual design’ process using GRAPHISOFT’s highly noted ArchiCAD and BIMx platforms.
New ModelPort ArchiCAD plugin now available at AECObjects.com
New plugin constructs ArchiCAD Library parts from file formats such as Alias Wavefront OBJ and Autodesk FBX, previously unavailable to ArchiCAD users.
GRAPHISOFT extends BIMcloud workflow integration with BIMx Docs to iOS devices
GRAPHISOFT offers free update to its BIMcloud and BIMx Docs to offer further workflow integration between the two, allowing mobile users to further participate in collaboration via BIMcloud’s infrastructure
Mac CAD Tidbits: ICS and Dosch and BSA ArchiCAD user group news
Mac and iOS CAD and 3D News: We have tidbits here on the next Boston ArchiCAD User Group meeting and focus on the new ArchiCAD 18 plus news on Artlantis “Give Me 5” Special on their new renderer and news on Dosch products…
Next Limit updates Maxwell Render plugins for ArchiCAD, C4D, Rhino and others
Next Limit updates plugins for popular CAD and 3D apps for use with its updated version 3.0.1 Maxwell Render rendering engine…
Event: BSA ArchiCAD User Group Meeting – Levi + Wong Design Associates Discusses BIM Project
The Boston area’s upcoming ArchiCAD User Group meeting will feature Vincent Boutaud of Levi + Wong Design Associates who will discuss BIM, IFC structural models and the Cinema 4D rendering process
Focus: Visiting Nikken Sekkei and Discussing BIM and GRAPHISOFT
In this second feature on Graphisoft’s recent Japanese announcements, we delve into detailed notes on the press visit to the architectural office of Nikken Sekkei
GRAPHISOFT extends new Licensing option for BIMx Docs with Clients
GRAPHISOFT updates BIMx Docs licensing options with sharing BIMx Docs with clients on its iPad app
Tidbits: Artisan by Lightworks, Gehry Technologies and other news
Mac and iOS CAD/3D News: We have tidbits on Artisan by Lightworks, Gehry Technology news and ArchiFM. Read on!
Viewpoint: Mac Pro, What Does Apple Mean by Pro? A View from a Professional in 3D, Animation, VFX and Video Games
In this Viewpoint contribution Akiko Ashley, Architosh associate editor and co-founder of 3D animation studio Luminetik, delivers a compelling critique of the new 2013 Mac Pro, a workstation class computer that has been Apple’s most interesting new Mac product in years. With a background in visual effects for major TV and film productions, Luminetik provides Miss Ashley with a perspective on what studios really need in their pipeline hardware and what is good and bad about Apple’s latest Mac Pro in meeting that standard.
GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD BIM Product of the Year in UK Award Program
ArchiCAD has won BIM Product of the Year for the 3d Straight Year in UK Hammer Awards
GRAPHISOFT aiming to become National ‘Public’ Champion for Hungary in Euro Business Awards
GRAPHISOFT, a global leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions for architects, will compete for the title of Hungary’s ‘National Public Champion’ in this year’s European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM International, as the public vote opens for the first time
Abvent launches iVisit 3D for ArchiCAD Public Beta
Now ArchiCAD users can tap the power of the new Abvent iVisit 3D experience
Nemetschek AG names GRAPHISOFT and Vectorworks CEOs to Executive Board
Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft SE and Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. have both been promoted to the Executive Board of Munich, Germany-based Nemetschek AG
Bobrow Consulting Group hits 1 million views on YouTube for ArchiCAD training
Bobrow Group YouTube channel hits 1 million views
Graphisoft ArchiCAD receives IFC Coordination View 2.0 Import Certification
Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD becomes first BIM program to obtain both Import and Export IFC Coordination View 2.0 Certification
Improved IFC/ArchiCAD Connection Add-On for Revit 2014 Released
GRAPHISOFT adds IFC based Revit Connection Add-on to ArchiCAD
World’s First 3D Ancient City Tour Comes to Life in Bergama using GRAPHISOFT software
GRAPHISOFT and Abvent have both collaborated their software technologies for Bilkom’s “History comes to life in 3D” project
GRAPHISOFT wins EBA award for National Champion Representing Hungary
GRAPHISOFT wins honors for Hungary in the European Business Awards
GRAPHISOFT launches first ‘Annual Graphisoft North American User Conference’
The makers of the award-winning Building Information Modeling software, ArchiCAD, which was invented on the Mac, will be hosting its first annual user conference in North America later this fall
Tidbits: PipelineFX, ICS and Lightworks news
Mac CAD/3D News: We have tidbits on PipelineFX’s updated Qube v6.5, Lightworks in Russia and SmartParts library offers by ICS in the US
BIMcomponents.com Channels BIM Objects from BIMobject
Graphisoft and BIMobject are cooperating to allow integration between both company’s BIM object online portals
OrthoGraph Architect 5 available for iPad
Leading iOS CAD app gains IFX 2×3 data exchange and more features…
BIM/CAD Formats per App: An iPad Guide
This feature report lists BIM/CAD file formats and which apps associate themselves with each format or vice versa. This is a good shortcut guide to finding the apps you will need.
Commentary: Why the new Mac Pro will rock for ArchiCAD but not for Revit
Are you excited about running Revit on a new Mac Pro under Boot Camp? You might want to really review that decision first…or switch BIM programs if it means that much to you