Design

Great designs shine in the details. To help you excel, Archicad 25 makes work easier in many small ways — offering a significant boost in convenience, accuracy and efficiency.

BROAD SHAPES

• Create simple barrel vaults, sophisticated rib vaults or complex shell structures.
• Use intuitive 3D guidelines and editing planes to edit the model in the natural 3D environment.
• Enjoy the automated and updated project documentation.

FLEXIBLE TOOLS

• Design buildings with complex shapes.
• Speed up the modeling process with modular structures and customisable patterns
• Create and document free-form building elements using algorithmic workflows.

COMPLETE MODELING

• Unleash your creativity thanks to extraordinary modeling flexibility and intuitive workflows.
• Create and find custom objects and building components using full cloud-integration.

DESIGN FREEDOM

• Intuitive modeling tools provide a creative, productive and enjoyable design experience.
• Perform complex design iterations while complying with local standards.
• Deliver accurate documentation sets.

PROJECTS OF ANY SIZE

• Design buildings of any size, shape or complexity

Collaborate

A great building is the result of designers, architects, engineers and contractors working together. We are committed to facilitate open collaboration. Archicad supports more than 40 export and import formats, including classics such as DWG, PDF and XLS as well as the contemporary OPEN BIM formats IFC and BCF. The latter are manufacturer-independent and industry standards.

TEAMWORK

• Teams of any size or distribution can collaborate on projects of any size or complexity thanks to BIMcloud.
• Work as fast and efficiently from a satellite office as you would at headquarters.
• BIMcloud works on any network, and architects can even work on the go from remote locations without an Internet connection.

COLLABORATE

• OPEN BIM is a modern approach to collaboration that welcomes all software vendors, AEC practices (designers, engineers and builders) as well as building owners.
• Work with the best partners for the job regardless of their software choices.
• Focus on future-proof solutions, transparency, quality assurance and accessible data.

INSTANT MESSAGING

• Ensure cross-platform communication through teamwork messaging, redlining and photo attachments thanks to BIMx integration with BIMcloud.
• Bridge the gap between the design studio and onsite professionals to achieve a real-time, continuous BIM workflow.

COLLABORATE WITH OTHER SOFTWARE

• Import and export DWG, DXF and IFC and BCF files to ensure seamless collaboration between Archicad and other design applications.

Document

Stay on top of the game with error-free documentation that automatically follows your design and complies with regulations and local standards.

COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION

• Complete ‘out of the box’ documentation sets, combined with a powerful publishing workflow that complies with local BIM requirements, means you can focus on your designs, not the paperwork.

ACCURACY

• Produce fast, accurate, high-quality deliverables straight from the BIM model.
• Fine-tune the look and feel of your documentation in Archicad depending on your audience.

QUANTITIES

• Extend your design services with quantity takeoffs with virtually no extra effort.
• Easily create schedules and sheets with accurate information coming from the BIM model — no more mistakes or miscalculations!

LOCALISATION

• Access to standard detail libraries makes it easy to incorporate existing localized standards information into your project documentation.

Visualise

Architecture is about more than just creating professional designs. It’s about communicating intent, and the interaction between space and volume. Archicad 25 offers a range of innovations to make your designs more expressive.

PROFESSIONAL VISUALISATION

• From sketch renders through white models to photo-realistic rendering.

REAL–TIME

• Create high-end visualizations with the Archicad-Twinmotion Direct Link while working on your BIM project, enabling informed design decisions and compelling client presentations.

BIMx

• Take your project with you wherever you go – to the construction site or the client’s office.
• Present to larger audiences and embed on websites without any additional investments in tools or services.

ENGAGE

• Thanks to BIMx, clients can get detailed information in the early stages of the design and actively collaborate with the architects.
• Stakeholders will easily understand design intent — even without architectural training.

PRESENT

• Present your design in your own individual style.
• Deliver professional client presentations without additional investments.
• Create interactive, immersive design presentations that will stun your clients.