Archicad

Design and deliver
great buildings

Design

Unleash your creativity with the leading BIM software developed by architects like you. Focus on what you do best — designing great architecture — thanks to powerful algorithmic design tools and large model support.

SHELL

Building

KITASAKU DISTRICT, JAPAN

Location

ARTECHNIC.JP

Architecture firm website

 

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Photo

 

❝A picture is worth more than a thousand words and Archicad is worth more than a million pictures.❞

KOTARO IDEI
Client

PRINCIPAL, AIA
Title

ARTECHNIC ARCHITECTS, JAPAN
Company

Never ordinary

Elevate your designs with the use of free-form tools that turn the ordinary into extraordinary. Model your project at any level — from conceptual volume model to a full Building Information Model.

 

Stay in the creative flow

Design in both 2D and 3D model views with a toolkit that lets you feel at home with the familiar terminology and functionality that you’ve come to expect from a BIM application — favorites and layers to support your design process; building stories and tools that reflect real-life structures and construction

Model at any level of detail

Start with a basic element and add details as your design evolves. Use tools that represent real building elements — like Walls, Beams, and Slabs — that make modeling as easy as drawing a line.

Design complex elements

Take advantage of Archicad’s flexible modeling systems. Enjoy a creative and productive design experience with intuitive modeling tools like the Curtain Wall and Stair Tool.

Diseña elementos complejos

Aprovecha los flexibles sistemas de modelado de Archicad. Disfruta de una experiencia de diseño creativa y productiva con herramientas de modelado intuitivas como la Herramienta Muro Cortina y la Herramienta Escalera.

CENTRO CHARLES PERKINS, AUSTRALIA | FJMT | FOTO © KEIRA YANG ZHANGe

Built-in MEP modeler

Built-in MEP design tools further extend Archicad’s integrated design approach. Access intelligent MEP equipment inside the architectural model. Integrate MEP systems correctly in the BIM model without the need for a federated approach.

IMAGEN MODELADA Y RENDERIZADA EN ARCHICAD, © BIMES, DUBAI

Design Automation

Unleash your creativity using algorithmic design tools and workflows, create your own smart, parametric building components, and manage the functional requirements of large projects – all thanks to Archicad’s design automation tool sets.

STADIUM

Building

RUMANÍA

Location

www.weareenzyme.com

Architecture firm website

© NACASA & PARTNERS INC.

Foto

❝We use BIM and Archicad and computational tools for design and to help other firms to work smarter, not harder.❞

JORGE BENEITEZ
Client

MANAGING DIRECTOR, CO-FOUNDER
Title

ENZYME, HONG KONG
Company

Archicad + Algorithmic Design

Leverage the strengths of three unique design environments — Archicad, Grasshopper, and Rhino — to create forms and shapes that otherwise would be nearly impossible! This ‘live’ bi-directional connection pairs Archicad with the industry’s leading algorithmic design tools in a smooth, professional workflow. Explore design variations and create and fine-tune building details and structures using algorithms without exchanging files.

Create your own smart objects

Quickly create custom parametric library objects and building elements — without writing a single line of GDL code or script — with PARAM-O, a built-in parametric design tool available for SSA and Graphisoft Forward subscribers on both Windows and macOS.

The BIM data tool for all stakeholders

Easily manage the functional requirements derived from the building program for maximum compliance with the client’s needs even on large and complex buildings — like hospitals and airports — with the Archicad-dRofus connection tool.