#Archicad 12 mac windows
ArchiCAD is the companyÝs BIM solution for the building industry, and over the years has grown to have a user base of over 100,000 architects on both Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms. It offered the first combined 2D and 3D CAD product for personal computers. GraphisoftÝs ArchiCADīased in Budapest, Hungary, Graphisoft was established in 1982 and proved itself to be an innovative Apple Macintosh-based CAD development company. There are additional benefits, in that the model can be used to produce interior and exterior rendered images and walkthroughs, as well as serving as the base geometry to perform thermal, lighting, solar, and carbon footprint analysis for building compliancy testing. Should an edit be made, then all the corresponding sheets can be updated in a co-ordinated manner. BIM relies on the fact that a central Virtual Building is created of the design, from this schedules, quantities, plans, sections, elevations, details and general assembly drawings are all automatically derived. This migratory trend towards BIM was highlighted in a recent market survey by McGraw Hill published at the start of the year where an amazing 50% of the firms that responded said they were going to have a BIM process in place and implemented by the end of 2008. And modelling-savvy graduates leaving universities and entering practices are promoting model-based design strategies. These market conditions are further bolstered by many innovative practices, which have already tried and tested these new systems and processes. Its applications go way beyond producing standard curtain walling. The new curtain wall object in ArchiCAD 12 is probably the most comprehensive, adaptable and easiest to use Curtain Wall tool we have seen.