With both free components and premium-paid content, Graphisoft hopes that a community of users will build up around the site.
One of the benefits of GDL is that parametric families of parts that are easily defined as one object can be defined to be many different variants, taking up only a small amount of memory. In release 16, Graphisoft has introduced a new online BIM component database,, which allows users to create, search, upload, and download custom BIM components of their choice in the company’s GDL format (Geometric Description Language). One site might offer a pure geometry representation of a door with no data, another might have so many variables and associated metadata that they inflate the model size to dangerous proportions. Those independent sites that do have BIM models vary greatly in their depth and richness. Morph objects can be merged and subtracted with Boolean tools and then classified as ArchiCAD components, stating if it is load bearing or an interior or exterior element, which can play a role in analysis later in the design process.īIM Components The promise of decent BIM drag and drop content has yet to be realised and users can spend a lot of time building families of parts for projects. Morph can be used to create new geometry from sketches using commands such as rotational generation or from existing components, which can be selected and edited through the Morph dialogue. Morph allows the freeform creation of complex geometry using a direct modelling methodology - making edges, faces, points and surfaces open to manipulation.
Modelling ArchiCAD 16 introduces ‘Morph’ technology, which further expands the geometric capability of the product and which has been an ongoing area of development through the last few releases. This BIM server is probably the best implementation of teamwork in the popular BIM products we have seen to date. This is slightly different to the approach Autodesk and Bentley have pursued, mainly ‘siloing’ the disciplines, but both have recently combined their BIM verticals into the one environment.ĪrchiCAD has a BIM server for teamwork and collaboration that allows simultaneous development of a project model, both inside and outside of a company’s firewall. While the name implies its architectural focus, the software also offers structural elements, as well as an MEP (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) to incorporate ductwork and piping into the architectural design. The power of Morph technology enables quick editing of standard components and volumes, making this generation of 3D models much quicker
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