This includes more intuitive navigation and management of attributes through a structured hierarchy that keeps projects organized fast finding of, and navigation to, specific views and layouts within the design project with the new Navigator Search and faster modeling and documentation of surface openings and enhanced graphic override options. “Some of the features might seem small, but they add up-if you have a certain operation that takes 10 seconds and you do it 100 times a day, in one year’s time, you have spent many hours doing them instead of designing, which is what architects like to do,” said Carlos Cordeiro, product marketing manager.Īrchicad 26 contains additional capabilities geared to increasing productivity and thus translating into more time for design work. To this end, both new and updated tools in the just-released Archicad 26 are focused on automating tedious tasks and running them in the background. This is especially true when it comes to performing repetitive tasks.

Sometimes architects find themselves coding and becoming overwhelmed by data management, breaking their creative flow. He and other Graphisoft executives acknowledge that architecture, as a profession, is somewhat different than it was a few years ago-it’s no longer just about designing and creating. Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts explained that in order to “stay focused, design more,” the company is focused on providing the functionalities that allow architects to maintain their creative flow.

The announcement, along with updates to the company’s other solutions and services, was made following a celebration at the company’s Hungarian headquarter as Graphisoft marked its 40th anniversary amid much fanfare.ĭesign projects are becoming larger and more complex, and Archicad 26 has been updated to help architects and engineers better streamline their work and stay organized through various improvements across the areas of design, visualization, documentation, and collaboration, giving them more time to focus on the design process as opposed to project management tasks. “Stay focused, design more.” That is the phrase Graphisoft, maker of BIM software solutions for architecture, continually repeated at its launch event for Archicad 26, the latest version of its flagship architectural design tool.

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