<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
is	O
an	O
architectural	O
BIM	B-Architecture
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Hungarian	O
company	O
Graphisoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
offers	O
computer	O
aided	O
solutions	O
for	O
handling	O
all	O
common	O
aspects	O
of	O
aesthetics	O
and	O
engineering	O
during	O
the	O
whole	O
design	O
process	O
of	O
the	O
built	O
environment	O
—	O
buildings	O
,	O
interiors	O
,	O
urban	O
areas	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Archicad	B-Application
started	O
in	O
1982	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
,	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
launch	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
with	O
Graphisoft	O
's	O
"	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
Building	I-Architecture
"	O
concept	O
,	O
Archicad	B-Application
became	O
regarded	O
by	O
some	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
implementation	O
of	O
BIM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
founder	O
Gábor	O
Bojár	O
has	O
acknowledged	O
to	O
Jonathan	O
Ingram	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
that	O
Sonata	B-Algorithm
"	O
was	O
more	O
advanced	O
in	O
1986	O
than	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
at	O
that	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
surpassed	O
already	O
the	O
matured	O
definition	O
of	O
'	O
BIM	B-Architecture
 '	O
specified	O
only	O
about	O
one	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
decade	O
later	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
has	O
been	O
recognized	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
CAD	B-Application
product	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
both	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
geometry	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
BIM	B-Architecture
product	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
considered	O
"	O
revolutionary	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
store	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
information	O
within	O
the	O
3D	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archicad	B-Application
is	O
a	O
complete	O
design	O
suite	O
with	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
drafting	O
,	O
visualization	O
and	O
other	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
modeling	I-Architecture
functions	O
for	O
architects	O
,	O
designers	O
and	O
planners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
software	O
applications	O
are	O
integrated	O
in	O
Archicad	B-Application
to	O
cover	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
design	O
needs	O
of	O
an	O
architectural	O
office	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Archicad	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
data-enhanced	O
parametric	O
objects	O
,	O
often	O
called	O
"	O
smart	O
objects	O
"	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
operational	O
style	O
of	O
other	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
created	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
virtual	B-Architecture
building	I-Architecture
"	O
with	O
virtual	O
structural	O
elements	O
like	O
walls	O
,	O
slabs	O
,	O
roofs	O
,	O
doors	O
,	O
windows	B-Application
and	O
furniture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archicad	B-Application
software	O
offers	O
the	O
flexibility	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
2D	O
or	O
3D	O
representation	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
,	O
elevations	O
,	O
and	O
sections	O
are	O
generated	O
from	O
the	O
3D	O
virtual	B-Architecture
building	I-Architecture
model	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
constantly	O
updated	O
by	O
rebuilding	O
the	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archicad	B-Application
released	O
its	O
first	O
file	O
exchange	O
based	O
Teamwork	O
solution	O
in	O
its	O
version	O
5.1	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
more	O
architects	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
building	O
model	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
Teamwork	O
"	O
2.0	O
"	O
solution	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
database	O
approach	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
version	O
13	O
in	O
2009	O
named	O
Graphisoft	O
BIM	B-Architecture
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
vendors	O
and	O
some	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
architectural	O
products	O
have	O
compiled	O
libraries	O
of	O
architectural	O
components	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
includes	O
Geometric	B-Language
Description	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
GDL	B-Language
)	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Via	O
direct	O
API	O
links	O
to	O
4D	O
and	O
5D	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Vico	O
Office	O
Suite	O
or	O
Tocoman	O
iLink	O
,	O
the	O
Archicad	B-Application
model	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
BIM-based	O
cost	O
estimation	O
and	O
scheduling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archicad	B-Application
is	O
also	O
directly	O
linked	O
via	O
API	O
to	O
Solibri	O
's	O
Model	O
checking	O
and	O
quality	O
assurance	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Graphisoft	O
provides	O
a	O
direct	O
link	O
to	O
Grasshopper	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
enabling	O
a	O
visual	O
programming	O
environment	O
for	O
parametric	O
modelling	O
and	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
can	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
DWG	O
,	O
DXF	O
and	O
IFC	B-Application
and	O
BCF	B-Application
files	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graph	O
iSOFT	O
is	O
an	O
active	O
member	O
of	O
BuildingSMART	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
the	O
International	O
Alliance	O
for	O
Interoperability	O
,	O
IAI	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
industry	O
organization	O
that	O
publishes	O
standards	O
for	O
file	O
and	O
data	O
interoperability	O
for	O
built	O
environment	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graph	O
iSOFT	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
BIM	B-Architecture
concept	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
3D	O
BIM	B-Architecture
data	O
exchange	O
between	O
the	O
different	O
design	O
disciplines	O
on	O
open-source	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
can	O
also	O
export	O
the	O
3D	O
model	O
and	O
its	O
corresponding	O
2D	O
drawings	O
to	O
BIMx	B-Application
format	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
platforms	O
with	O
native	O
BIMx	B-Application
viewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
long	O
as	O
no	O
hardware	O
protection	O
is	O
present	O
or	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
not	O
activated	O
with	O
a	O
trial	O
or	O
an	O
educational	O
serial	O
number	O
,	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
can	O
be	O
launched	O
in	O
demo	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
no	O
key	O
is	O
present	O
,	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
switches	O
to	O
Demo	O
mode	O
where	O
Save	O
,	O
Copy	O
and	O
Teamwork	O
features	O
are	O
disabled	O
(	O
printing/plotting	O
is	O
still	O
enabled	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
case	O
the	O
project	O
file	O
has	O
been	O
modified	O
since	O
opening	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
START	O
Edition	O
is	O
a	O
streamlined	O
version	O
of	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
for	O
smaller	O
practices	O
or	O
offices	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
need	O
collaboration	O
and	O
advanced	O
rendering	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saved	O
files	O
in	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
educational	O
versions	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
commercial	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
but	O
carry	O
a	O
watermark	O
identifying	O
the	O
license	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
formats	O
are	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
commercial	O
version	O
once	O
the	O
copy	O
of	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
is	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
the	O
files	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
trial	O
version	O
are	O
only	O
readable	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
instance	O
with	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArchiCAD	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
localized	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
free	O
and	O
commercial	O
add-on	O
products	O
and	O
extensions	O
add	O
extra	O
functionality	O
to	O
Archicad	B-Application
or	O
provide	O
further	O
data	O
exchange	O
possibilities	O
with	O
other	O
software	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
extensions	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
Graphisoft	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
freely	O
available	O
Trimble	B-Application
SketchUp	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
or	O
Maxon	O
's	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
import/export	O
add-ons	O
or	O
other	O
extensions	O
sold	O
separately	O
such	O
as	O
Graphisoft	B-Application
MEP	I-Application
Modeler	I-Application
,	O
Graphisoft	B-Application
EcoDesigner	I-Application
or	O
Graphisoft	O
Virtual	B-Application
Building	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
;	O
while	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
add-ons	O
provided	O
by	O
third	O
party	O
vendors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Cigraph	O
or	O
Cadimage	O
.	O
</s>
