ArCADia BIM PLUS - Upgrade

Overview ArCADia BIM PLUS software has all the features of the ArCADia LT and ArCADia software and, in addition, is enhanced with the following functions: The option to create and fully edit ACIS solids. ACIS files are based on the block modelling format developed by Spatial Technology Inc. It allows for precise work on full solids, penetration, sums, differences, etc. File import and export in the SAT format. ArCADia is a program supporting 2D and 3D design. Due to its operational philosophy and the same data format, namely DWG, working with it is analogous to working in other CAD programs available on the market, such as ZWCAD, GstarCAD, BricsCAD or AutoCAD.

Features

Layered drawing with the ability to use groups, blocks, external references and raster backdrops. Precise drawing: Cartesian and polar coordinates, characteristic points and tracking. Work on a real-world model and the print at any scale from a specified sheet of paper. Support BIM technology, object-oriented architectural design. Ready-made architectural elements: multilayer walls, stairs, bases, columns, chimneys, windows and doors. Compare and merge documents. Automatic floor entry, additional support for Teriva ceiling design. Generate statements. Ability to create and fully edit ACIS solids. Support of the IFC format.

Basic Tools

• Introducing network licenses
• Changes in the program installation, from now on libraries of surfaces and 3D objects are downloaded as separate installations, the user can decide whether to download them or not
• New version of dynamic coordinate input and a setup window for dynamic input
• Introduced a new level of detail mainly used for installation elements
• Changes in creating a level view to facilitate the drawing of installations
• Expanded element description options
• Option of inserting system objects (devices, fittings) with a user-defined 3D view (based on .dwg .3Ds, .obj., .O2c, .rvt and .rfa files). The element defined in this way can be connected to the installation being designed in the program through the function of editing the location of connectors
• Tutorial videos available at command icons
• Animated object library, sun animation and scene cloud cover selection, saving project tour in the mp4 format
• PBR texture library
• Project Manager tree - Managing views and the displayed information through the clear tree of the Project Manager
• Walls, windows, doors - Inserting elements such as wall, pipe, etc. using the smart tracking function
• Visualization - Showing elements drawn in the view in a classic or the new 3D view rendered in real time (visualization using a 3D game engine)
• Library - Built-in library that allows for detailing with 2D symbols and 3D objects needed in the drawing
• Comparing - The possibility to compare two versions of a project created as an ArCADia system model in the scope of new and modified system elements
• Merging - The possibility to merge the building model from an architectural design with the installation design models to create one complete model of a building project
• Collision - Collisions list of all or individual ArCADia system elements on a view, 3D view and a clear list
• Dimensioning - Possibility of entering linear and angular dimensioning
• Title blocks - Creating and inserting title blocks with the option of saving them to the program library.
• Custom setting - Saving custom settings for elements (pens, fonts, default element sizes, etc.) in the project template
• Elements - Built-in library of all element types, with the possibility of expansion

Architecture

• Choice of defined or drawing any multilayer wall
• Built-in catalogue of construction materials
• Insert window and door woodwork in a parametric way. Insert woodwork
• Automatic creation of rooms from the closed outlines of walls and virtual walls, assigning names, functions, temperature and lighting demand
• Define one- and multi-flight stairs and winder stairs in any view
• Create rooms from the closed outlines of walls and virtual walls
• Define one- and multi-flight stairs and winder stairs
• Insert ceilings and roof on the closed external walls contour
• Create a level and copy selected elements

Construction

• Construct the structural systems of Teriva ribbed-beam roofs, containing all the basic elements of the system: ceiling beams, reinforcing ribs, hidden ribs, trimmer beams, supporting mesh and additionally all necessary material lists including the elements needed to make the ceiling, completed with reinforcing steel and monolithic concrete.
• Insert the binding joist with longitudinal reinforcement and stirrups
• Automatic 3D construction view
• Transfer the location and the material as well as the bar cross-section to the construction view. Passing the remaining elements of the architectural model in the form of a rendered or translucent 3D view, and in the case of modular axes, bar elements and surface elements also in the form of their active underlay

Water supply installations 

• Drawings of the internal water supply system | connection point | water meter set | pipelines
  
• Applying risers and distribution pipes from a library. It is possible to simultaneously run several parallel conduits with different functions and connect them intelligently. Drawing simplifications that allow you to change the level of many elements of the installation at the same time
• Inserting fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library. Inserting devices with individually set shapes and dimensions defined by the user (eg DHW heaters). Inserting into the program library typical element systems
• Automatic generation of connection fittings, creation of point numbering and installation description. Creating own templates
• Checking the installation for connections correctness
• Generating ready-made materials lists, devices and connection fittings included in the project

Sewage Installations

• 3D installation preview, which facilitates the correcting of irregularities in the pipeline route not shown on the view
• Generating ready-made materials lists, devices and connection fittings included in the project
• Entering the pipeline route of the sewage system with a given slope on the view
• Pipelines with automatic distinction between outflow channels, risers and connecting pipes for accessories
• Automatic generation of sets of connection fittings. Changing many elements of the installation at the same time
• Checking the installation for connection correctness

Gas Installations 

• Create drawings of the internal gas installation
• Automatic generation of a set of connection fittings
• Ready-made lists of materials and lists of elements
• Fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library
• Possibility to easily and quickly enter additional databases to the main library
• Checking the installation for connection correctness

Heating Installations 

• Ready-made materials lists, devices and connection fittings. Lists of receivers in rooms
• Heat receivers, i.e. panel, ribbed, bathroom and channel heaters, heating pipes, air heaters and fan-coil units
• Fittings and devices from the manufacturer's library
• Automatic creation of point numbering and installation descriptions. Creating own templates
• Checking the installation for connection correctness
• Inserting the fastening with the possibility of defining parameters characteristic for the fastening used

Ventilation Systems

• Create drawings of the internal ventilation system - from intake/exhaust elements, through ventilation devices (fans, heaters, fire dampers, etc.), to the end elements of the installation in the form of air inlets and outlets
• Insert duct elements and fittings (made of various materials) with round, rectangular and oval cross-sections. Inserting ventilation devices from the manufacturers' library with the option of adding your own objects.
• Preview of the installation in 3D view, which facilitates the correction of irregularities in the route of the ducts not shown on the plan
• Define any number of ventilation systems used in the project and their properties, including air parameters (in terms of temperature and relative humidity)
• Preparation of the ventilation flow and usage report based on the object architecture (or user-defined rooms).  User-assumed required flow values ventilation air may remain automatically assigned and updated in air supply elements /located in the rooms’ data
• Saving layouts made of many elements, e.g. part of the installation, to the program library, in order to reuse it. Creating descriptions and saving your own annotation templates
• Generating lists of materials and devices included in the project, intended for further processing and for the creation of cost estimates and investment valuations

Electrical installations 

• Drawing of internal electrical installations with distribution boards, sockets, connectors, boxes, lighting fixtures
  
• Designation of cable routes
• An extensive library of manufacturers' catalogues of electrical installation elements
• Possibility to assign receivers to a particular distribution board (addressing)
• Possibility to modify symbols of entered objects and assign receivers to a particular distribution board
• Generating a list of materials used in the project

Communication

• Reading and saving drawings in the AutoCAD format
• Importing and editing raster images
• Import and export PDF files
• Expand the library of 2D / 3D objects with XOBJECT, ACO, O2C, OBJ, XOBJ3D and DWG.
• IFC file conversion
• Export of material lists to RTF, CSV and to the Ceninwest program

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