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@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; div.user-box { clear: right; margin: 20px 0; padding: 10px; text-align: justify; background-color: #F8F8F8; } div.user-box img { width: 580px; } GRAPHISOFT 2012 Worldwide Key Client Conference, Budapest, Hungary Background In October, 2012, GRAPHISOFT invited 100 of its key clients to attend the 2012 Worldwide Key Client Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The conference's primary goal was to provide an exclusive opportunity for GRAPHISOFT's top 100 key clients to hear firsthand about GRAPHISOFT's strategic plans and to meet each ot [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/gsallpage.css"; Start Edition Training Materials .downloadtable td {border-top: 1px solid #ccc; vertical-align: middle;} .even td {background-color:#fafafa} This interactive guide is intended to support you throughout your early experiences with ArchiCAD®. You don't need any preliminary knowledge to start the guide as it has been developed for users who are just starting to familiarize themselves with BIM and with ArchiCAD. While completing the guide, you'll pick up a broad and working level of ArchiCAD modeling knowledge, and an appreciation for th [more...]

Training Materials ArchiCAD Training Series These Graphisoft approved training resources are made for ArchiCAD users, prospects and students with different level of knowledge and interest. All these materials are compatible with the most recent ArchiCAD versions (v16 and v17). Currently the following chapters are available: Vol. 1 The ArchiCAD BIM Concept (free) Vol. 2 Basic ArchiCAD (free) Vol. 3 Intermediate ArchiCAD (for students) Each volume includes a step-by-step PDF manual; narrated video clips on the Graphisoft YouTube Channe [more...]

There's plenty of relevant material "out there" created by ArchiCAD users, resellers, consultants or industry experts. This page contains an organically growing list of blogs covering topics related to ArchiCAD. The ever-changing nature of the virtual world guarantees that the list will never be final! If you happen to know about any ArchiCAD blog not featured here, please share it with us so we can pass it on to others. Featured Posts Shell Tool in Action! From the BIMES Blog Two Videos on Complex Prof [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/gsallpage.css"; ArchiCAD 17 – “BIM Lives in the Details” ArchiCAD 17 – “BIM Lives in the Details” BUDAPEST, May 7, 2013 – GRAPHISOFT® announced today ArchiCAD 17, the latest version of its award-winning building information modeling (BIM) software. The new release delivers capabilities that greatly simplify the modeling and documentation of buildings even when the model contains a high level of detail. ArchiCAD’s end-to-end BIM workflow allows the model to stay live until the very end of the project. “Many architectural practices use their BIM soluti [more...]

Shareholders of Graphisoft Park , a listed company that owns and operates a business park in the north of Budapest, approved on Tuesday a proposal to pay a HUF 406 million dividend, or nearly all of 2012 profit, resolutions from an annual general meeting show [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Press contacts Corporate Ákos Pfemeter, GRAPHISOFT SE Email: press@graphisoft.com Phone: (+36 1) 437-3000 North America Marianne Sims, GRAPHISOFT N.A. Email: msims@graphisoft.com Phone: +1 (856) 673-0326 Germany Daniela Kolk, GRAPHISOFT Deutschland Email: daniela.kolk@graphisoft.de Phone: (+49) 89 7 46 43-0 UK Adrian Girling, GRAPHISOFT UK Ltd. Email: agirling@graphisoft.co.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1483 263 150 Japan Kenta Otsuka, GRAPHISOFT Japan Email: kotsuka@graphisoft.co.jp Phone: (+81) 33 406 9239 Spain Andrew López, GRAPHISOFT Spain Email [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; GDL Downloads ArchiCAD Object Downloads ArchiCAD-Talk ArchiCAD Object Depository - This website provides a forum for Archicad users who want to exchange free GDL objects and texture libraries. List of other GDL Object Downloads - Various other download links collected by the ArchiCAD community. GDL Software Downloads Note: The development of GDL Software Tools such as the GDL Web Publisher/Control (GWC) and GDL Object Adapter (GOA) technologies will be ceased with the release of ArchiCAD 17. Follow the links below to downlo [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Downloads ArchiCAD Installers Commercial version GRAPHISOFT distributes ArchiCAD installer packages on DVD - Please contact your local reseller if you have purchased ArchiCAD and have not received your ArchiCAD package. To download ArchiCAD from the web (commercial users): Log in to MyArchiCAD.com with a Trial account. (If you don't have a MyArchiCAD account yet, register for a Trial version. If you have an existing Educational account, you need to create a new Trial account, using a different e-mail address) Download the Ar [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; ArchiCAD Related Books in English ArchiCAD Master Classes (Step by Step Guidebook) by Nikola Petkovic From Beginners to Advanced Users of ArchiCAD 16. You can purchase and read the book on-line at: www.shu-a.info. Interactive ArchiCAD Practice Manual by Vaneshrie Sullivan Find more info on the book here: http://www.vaneshriesullivan.com/. Purchase directly from the author: sales@vaneshriesullivan.com ArchiCAD for AutoCAD Users by Scott MacKenzie and Simon Gilbert Publisher: Graphisoft SE (July 11, 2011) ISBN-13: 978-9638875051 Thi [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; WibuKey and CodeMeter Driver and CodeMeter Enabler download .downloadtable td {border-top: 1px solid #ccc; width:572px} ul {padding-left:0px;list-style-position:inside;} li {list-style-position:inside;} .even td {background-color:#fafafa} h2 {margin-top:2em} Important Notes The drivers below were tested by GRAPHISOFT to use with ArchiCAD. The GRAPHISOFT remote key upgrade site (https://upgrade.graphisoft.com) requires one of these drivers installed on your computer [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Downloads for MEP Modeler System Requirements The hardware/software requirements for using MEP Modeler are identical to those of ArchiCAD 16. For more details, see System Requirements . How to try Graphisoft MEP Modeler Check if you have a valid ArchiCAD 16, ArchiCAD 16 TRIAL, or ArchiCAD 16 DEMO installation on your computer. Locate the desired language and OS version in the list below (MEP Modeler Download Packages) and download the installer. Start the Installer. Important: When installing MEP Modeler, you must be logg [more...]

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@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner Note: The former standalone EcoDesigner™ product is discontinued. The built-in Energy Evaluation functionality of ArchiCAD 16 is similar, but is based on entirely new technology (e.g. zone-boundary based building model geometry analysis, analytic weather data input option, etc.). This technology allows architects to perform reliable dynamic energy evaluation of their BIM model within ArchiCAD, relying on BIM geometry analysis and accurate hour-by-hour online weather data of the building’s location. To learn more abo [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; ArchiCAD Add-Ons This page lists products with which you can extend the functionality of your standard ArchiCAD software package. Products Published by GRAPHISOFT Cinema 4D The CINEMA 4D product family has everything to satisfy your professional 3D modeling, texturing, animating and rendering needs. Google Earth Google is the perfect place to turn to get a large li [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; ArchiCAD 16 Overview DESIGN BIM Components Green OPEN Productivity Press FAQ ArchiCAD 16 – BIM Components at Your Fingertips ArchiCAD 16 introduces a comprehensive ecosystem of solutions to ease the creation, sharing, and finding of custom BIM Components. Built-in Energy Evaluation turns ArchiCAD 16 into the “greenest” BIM solution available on the market today. a.noline { text-decoration:none; } a.noline:hover { text-decoration:underline; } a.noline:visited { text-decoration:none; color:#3E90CF; [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Turn Architects' Plans into Complete Wooden Structures – Everything in a Single ArchiCAD Model ArchiFrame is an add-on that extends ArchiCAD into a complete designing tool for wooden structures. ArchiFrame provides tools for wall framing,column and beam structures, intermediate floors and roof structures. With these tools it is possible to reshape planks and beams in any way to get the desired result. Everything is inside a single ArchiCAD file – including 3D model and 2D elevations with semi-automated layouts and listings. Individual pl [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; A Winning Combination: ArchiCAD, ArchDaily and Portuguese Architecture BUDAPEST, April 4, 2013 – GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, is pleased to announce that several ArchiCAD-designed buildings by Portuguese architects have finished with high marks in the annual ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. Luis Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar have won the ArchDaily Building of the Year Award in the Hotels and Restaurants category for their Eco-Resort design in Pedras Salgadas [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD Receives IFC Certification 2.0, Passes COBie Design Challenge BUDAPEST, March 26, 2013 – GRAPHISOFT announced today important milestones in its support for Open BIM with ArchiCAD having successfully passed both IFC Coordination View 2.0 (Certification 2.0) and the buildingSMART alliance 2013 COBie Challenge. ArchiCAD is now certified for the IFC 2x3 Coordination View Version 2.0 export, making ArchiCAD among the very first to achieve this certification as of 12 March 2013, a [more...]

The board of Graphisoft Park , a company that owns and operates a business park in Budapest, will propose a dividend of HUF 40 per share at the company's April 23 annual general meeting, Graphisoft reported on Monday. The company paid a dividend of HUF 35 per share last year [more...]

Eric Bobrow. world-renowned ArchiCAD authority, has for the first time shared his full-length ArchiCAD tutorial video "The 7 Keys to Best Practices for ArchiCAD" on YouTube. This classic 45...(PRWeb March 18, 2013 [more...]

BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  GRAPHISOFT announced today updates to BIMx mobile for iOS and Android devices, with the latest innovations for its cutting-edge communication and presentation [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Ukraine Cultural Complex is ArchitectsJURY Winner BUDAPEST, March 12, 2013 – Alyona Bulygina, an architecture student from Kiev, Ukraine, has won an Apple MacBook Pro in the 2012 Fall ArchitectsJURY competition. Her entry, a cultural complex utilizing organic elements, was chosen by her peers in a global, online competition. Alexander Kravchenko, Alyona Bulygina, Elena Kisel Designed using ArchiCAD, Alyona’s winning entry is a design of a multi-functional information and cultural complex; a facility that concentrates a wide [more...]

Graphisoft Park , which owns and operates a business park in Budapest, had after-tax profit of €429,000 in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 0.9% year-on-year as falling interest expenses offset rising operating costs [more...]

Concorde Columbus Global Value-based Derivative Investment Fund , managed by fund manager Concorde Alapkezelo , has increased the number of its voting shares in real-estate development and management company Graphisoft Park SE to 537,630, exceeding the 5% disclosure threshold of the total voting shares in the company, Graphisoft Park SE announced on Wednesday [more...]

In a few months after testing is finished, GRAPHISOFT expects to release a BIM-to-BEM digital tool that allows architects to perform energy-use analysis and to produce energy-code-compliance reports [more...]

In a few months after testing is finished, GRAPHISOFT expects to release a BIM-to-BEM digital tool that allows architects to perform energy-use analysis and to produce energy-code-compliance reports [more...]

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced the launch of EcoDesigner STAR Public Beta [more...]

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software vendor WHAT: A live online seminar presenting GRAPHISOFT's new EcoDesigner Star [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; GRAPHISOFT and BIMobject Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement MUNICH, January 16, 2013 – Leading BIM technology providers GRAPHISOFT® and BIMobject® announced today at BAU 2013 that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement, which aims to serve the ArchiCAD community with the broadest range of intelligent BIM components available on the web and in their native BIM environment. “Building components are as mission critical to the design and realization of buildings as standard construction elements are,” said Akos Pfemeter, Dire [more...]

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@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 Overview New FeaturesVersion Comparison ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 New Features The new Morph Tool, introduced in ArchiCAD 16, the Shell Tool, OPEN collaboration with IFC import/export, Profiled and Slanted Walls/Columns/Beams, the full range of the sophisticated 2D and 3D editing enhancements – and many more – make ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 the ideal tool of a broad user community. The full features set makes the STAR(T) Edition 2013 workflow a very smooth one from the very first mass st [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; Press Zone - 2013 GRAPHISOFT Releases ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 BUDAPEST, January 11, 201 [more...]

@import "http://www.graphisoft.com/css/content.css"; GRAPHISOFT Releases ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 BUDAPEST, January 11, 2013 – GRAPHISOFT today announced the release of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 starting with the German and Austrian versions. ArchiCAD STAR(T) EDITION 2013 runs on the robust, well-tested engine of ArchiCAD 16 for unparalleled speed and performance, and is optimized for smaller-sized firms in the architectural design software market. ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2013 contains all the tools necessary to create the BIM model from which the entire architectural documentat [more...]