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Virtual Building Blossoms with ArchiCAD® 6.o
Major Upgrade Demonstrates Productivity Enhancements Including 3D Editing
Budapest, June 2, 1998
Graphisoft® announces the release of ArchiCAD® 6.o, the most comprehensive
upgrade to ArchiCAD since its launch in 1984. New features ­ including
direct 3D editing, database links, an open API, and a multitude of 2D
drafting tools ­ address every facet of architectural practice.
Building upon Graphisoft's 15 years of leadership in 3D modeling, object
technology and graphic user interface, ArchiCAD 6.o was developed in
response to the demanding needs of its over 45,000 worldwide users. "With
its enhanced 2D drafting tools and 3D editing capabilities, 6.0 now meets
virtually all of our clients' needs," said beta tester Tom Simmons,
president of Archview Media, content developers providing digital media
integration services. "Graphisoft's responsiveness to user needs is
reflected in this dynamic new version."
One of the most visible improvements in ArchiCAD 6.o is its ability to
create, edit and navigate directly in the 3D window. Several interface
innovations make working in perspective manageable for even complex
structures. ArchiCAD 6.o introduces a concept of "gravity" to CAD which
automatically places walls and columns on the floor beneath them without
having to set a Z coordinate. Fast "ghosting" techniques provide real-time
feedback of movement. New working planes can be set by just clicking on any
surface. 3D editing works in wireframe, hidden line and shaded modes, and ­
with ArchiCAD's fully integrated "virtual building" ­ any changes made in
the 3D window are updated in the floorplan and other windows as well.
ArchiCAD 6.o includes all of the drafting basics ­ ellipse, offset, bring to
front/send to back as well as numerous innovations including custom hatches
and fills, 2D Boolean operations, temporary hotspots, and an object "patch"
for intelligent detailing. A new interface quickens work using drag & drop
to pull objects directly from the desktop onto the floor plan; Quickviews to
save and access sections of a project including layers, stories and scale
settings; and a special "Pet Palette" which follows the cursor and carries
the most important tools for the selected action. Users can create their own
keyboard shortcuts as well.
Long known as the most efficient building modeling program available,
version 6.0 introduces a new Mesh tool for quick terrain modeling or making
free-form shapes. Wall types have been expanded to include both non-parallel
and irregular walls, and any wall shape can be trimmed to complex roofs
while retaining their intelligence as a wall and staying tied to the
component list. Boolean operations now work on 3D shapes such as floors and
roofs, and entire matrices of columns can now be created with just two mouse
clicks.
Architects work increasingly in teams that cross the office, cross
disciplines and cross oceans. ArchiCAD 6.o supports them in several ways
including its award-winning TeamWork functionality. TeamWork is updated in
6.0 allowing work spaces to be changed on-the-fly. ArchiCAD 6.o also
supports web publishing in the Simplified Vector Format (SVF) available as a
free plug-in for Netscape Navigator and Windows Explorer. ArchiCAD's VR
virtual reality scenes have long offered a solution for communicating a
project's design through the web, but the SVF format support adds the
additional ability to publish working drawings.
ArchiCAD 6.o translates DWG files up to r14 and preserve any Xref files
within ArchiCAD for later re-export to AutoCAD. Conversely, ArchiCAD's
intelligent building elements such as walls and floors can be preserved in
the DWG translation and re-appear in ArchiCAD even after the files have been
opened and used in AutoCAD. Graphisoft is also introducing an open
Application Programming Interface (API) which allows other software
developers or in-house CAD managers to create custom applications optimized
for ArchiCAD for a particular project or type of work. The Software
Developers Kit (SDK) for the ArchiCAD API will be available later this
summer for a small fee.
"ArchiCAD 6.o represents a milestone for Graphisoft," says Támas Hajas,
president of Graphisoft U.S., Inc. "It is the 'fruition' of many themes
begun as far back as our version 4.5: the virtual building, database
communications, working in multiple views and add-on customization. Working
with our users, we've developed each of these themes to create the most
comprehensive and mature ArchiCAD upgrade ever."
ArchiCAD 6.o is scheduled to ship on both Windows 95/NT and Macintosh
operating systems in the United States and Germany in early-July and in
localized versions throughout in the rest of the world by the end of the
year. Hardware requirements remain the same as previous versions. Users
should contact their local ArchiCAD distributor or Graphisoft at
in...@graphisoft.com
 for upgrade and new product pricing.
Honored by the Software Publishers Association (SPA) with its 1997 Codie
Award for Best Groupware product, ArchiCAD is sold in more than 80 countries
and 22 languages. Graphisoft, ranked by Dataquest as the world's third
largest AEC CAD software developer for personal computers, and more than
1,000 value-added resellers (VARS) provide service and support to over
45,000 users worldwide.
Partial list of new or enhanced features of ArchiCAD 6.o
Drafting & Productivity
Drag & Drop objects into floor plan
Ellipse
Enhanced intelligent cursor
Fill patterns defined by user
GDL "patch" objects for intelligent detailing
Menu shortcuts defined by user
Multiply by matrix
Offset of any construction element, fill or polygon
Quickviews saving layer, story, scale configurations
Repeat last command
Resize selection while selectively preserving text, markers and labels
Rotatable grid
Send to back/bring to front
Boolean union, subtraction and intersection on fills and polygons
Modeling & Working in Perspective
Create elements in perspective and axonmetric views
Edit elements in perspective and axonmetric views
Rotate and navigate 3D view on screen
Change working plane by clicking on any element
Ghosting to preview 3D movement
Gravity to automatically place walls and objects at correct height
Surface mesh tool with optional skirt for fast terrain creation
Irregular and non-parallel walls
Trim walls and objects to any complex roof shapes
Boolean union, subtraction and intersection on polygon slabs and roofs
Data Connectivity & Customization
Building components listed in single database with references to ArchiCAD
objects
Door, window, finish schedules tied to model
Schedules and component lists defined by end user
Open API (Application Programming Interface) allowing extension of ArchiCAD
functionality
Collaboration
Change TeamWork work space on-the-fly
DWG r14 translation preserves Xref structures in ArchiCAD and preserves
intelligent objects in AutoCAD
Export to SVF (Simplified Vector Format) to publish drawings on the web