The core scenario is this: two designers in different offices work on the same 3D model.
Part of the problem is that 3D architectural models are horrifically more complex than mechanical models and involve many more contractors working in different disciplines.Īnd so the problem that Graphisoft and Autodesk are tackling is how to get their ArchiCAD and Revit software to work on mammoth projects with designers and contractors in multiple offices spread over time zones. The MCAD industry made the leap from desktop orientation to enterprise mode a long time ago the same is not true for architectural software. (Source: Graphisoft) The problem BIMcloud solves
Graphisoft gathered members of the CAD and architectural media in Tokyo recently to discuss BIMcloud. Allplan is most popular in Germany, while the primary markets for Vectorworks are USA and Japan. Even though all three do the same thing (architectural design), each subsidiary is permitted to operate independently, in the way SolidWorks used to be able to as part of Dassault Systemes. Today, Graphisoft is part of Nemetschek, a financial holding company in Germany that also owns Allplan and Vectorworks. The blessing is that to survive, it learned to listen to the needs of other cultures and standards. The curse is that the company does not get as much attention as it should for being an early innovator in a class of software now called “BIM” (building information modeling), the architectural equivalent to a parametric MCAD system like Pro/Engineer. Graphisoft is a small CAD company from a small country, Hungary. An architectural software leader in Asia but not in North America, Budapest-based Graphisoft assembles the press to introduce its technology to a wider audience.
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