BIM Workflow

If you want to be a certified BIM professional, you can start your journey with 3 components, a good BIM authoring software, a flexible information exchange solution and a practical training and certification program. GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD is one of the best BIM authoring software to help you work in BIM and mastering advance openBIM (information exchange) techniques, and GRAPHISOFT Learn program will enable you to become a GRAPHISOFT Certified ARCHICAD BIM Professional or even in more advance...

5th of March 2020, GRAPHISOFT released the Spanish version of ARCHICAD Start Edition 2020. This latest version of ARCHICAD, which is the entry-level product line of GRAPHISOFT, covering almost every necessity of micro-practices and solo architects to enter into the BIM world. The toolsets and features offered in this edition include the full BIM workflow, but with some limitations on few tools for internal teamwork collaboration, modelling and visualisation capabilities in comparison to the...

COVID-19 is affecting many companies with its outbreak in all over the world [including Spain]. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. One of the most recommended preventive measurements is to take care of your health and protect others by staying at home and work remotely. But we all know that professions within the construction industry and especially architectural practices massively rely on teamwork and collaboration. The...

If you are an ARCHICAD costumer with active SSA (maintenance contract), you are eligible to access a Twinmotion 2020 license, free of charge till December 31, 2021. In this article, you will learn how to obtain your Twinmotion 2020 license. Below you can find the main steps:

In this article, you can learn how to use BIMcloud as a Service, working in a teamwork project, and how to back up your BIMcloud/teamwork projects.

Today, March 24, 2020, GRAPHISOFT proudly enabled a global 60-days free access to BIMcloud as a Service to provide help and support for all its ARCHICAD customers all around the world during the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). This subscription service can help ARCHICAD customers work remotely in teamwork during this unfortunate crisis. Please note that after 60 days, subscribers are free to cancel their subscription or continue at €68/month/user.

The streamlined and engaging Danish IFC guide that targets general users (not BIM experts and BIM Managers) has been recently translated to English. This guide that is aimed to make IFC more accessible developed jointly by Molio and buildingSMART Denmark with the help of a team of experts from different institutions

Since the launch of Virtual Room in April 2020, daily, we brought many free technical seminars on digital transformation possibilities to your home. Now, with the help and support of McNeel Europe, we added a new title to the Virtual Room by presenting algorithmic design in the BIM environment. In following you can read brief information on essential elements of this presentation topic in Virtual Room.

Based on the successful roll-out of BIM manager week 2019, we are pleased to announce the first Spanish edition of GRAPHISOFT BIM manager certification program to take place from 8 June to 10 August 2020. This 10-week online program covers the primary domains of digital transformation expertise to convert ARCHICAD professionals to a Certified BIM Manager. Join this program to learn about and be certified in topics related to BIM-based office management, template creation and also BIM project...

In the last decade (2010 to 2020), many professionals discussed and argued about OPEN BIM and its primary file format, IFC. The arguments were not always in favour of OPEN BIM workflows, as there are many fans of “only” native file formats, the ones who tend to think one software environment is the best forever solution for all AEC industry (until it fails them!). But there are other significant numbers of professionals (include us) who believe in data interoperability, options and...

In this webinar, with the help and support of ITEC, we added a new title to the Virtual Room. This new title is about quantity take-offs and estimation workflows through IFC using TCQ and GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD.  In the upcoming webinar, you will see:  + Export process of an IFC file from ARCHICAD + Import process of an IFC file to TCQ + Functionalities of IFC viewer in TCQ where you can assign each building elements to the items of the price list and decisions about measurement parameters. 

Today, 1st June 2020, we are pleased to officially announce the availability of the GRAPHISOFT BIM Manager Program in the full Spanish language. This Spanish localisation covers the contents of all online-live tutoring and classes as well as support materials and certification exams (weekly questionnaires and final exam).