
A large variety of pre-designed, customizable objects come with the program.ĪRCHICAD allows the user to work with either a 2D or 3D representation on the screen. The product allows the user to create a "virtual building" with virtual structural elements like walls, slabs, roofs, doors, windows and furniture. This differs from the operational style of other CAD programs created in the 1980s.


Building Information Modeling software - not just a collection of the above-mentioned applications with an integrated user interface but a novel approach to building design called BIMĪRCHICAD allows the user to work with data-enhanced parametric objects, often called "smart objects" by users.Document management tool - a central data storage server with remote access, versioning tool with backup and restore features.


Following its launch in 1987, with Graphisoft's "Virtual Building" concept, ARCHICAD became regarded by some as the first implementation of BIM. ARCHICAD offers computer aided solutions for handling all common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the whole design process of the built environment - buildings, interiors, urban areas, etc.ĭevelopment of ARCHICAD started in 1982 for the original Apple Macintosh. ARCHICAD is an architectural BIM CAD software for Macintosh and Windows developed by the Hungarian company Graphisoft.
