ARC+ is professional software dedicated to architects.
From the series "Design, modeling, rendering tools - Overview 22".
If you're thinking of changing your current program for a good, complete CAD/BIM program dedicated specifically to architects, then ARC+X10 is the one to look into. Why? The acceleration of work and its results are amazing, and the cost of purchasing the program pays for itself almost immediately.
ARC+ is a program with a long tradition, dating back to the early 1990s. The working philosophy of combining 3D model and 2D drawings was the developers' goal from the very beginning. This goal was realized long ago, at the end of the last century.
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Why, in Poland, do most architects work on flat 2D drawings without taking advantage of new technologies?
In Poland, at the moment, the vast majority of design studios are based on 2D software. The computer still serves as an "electronic drawing board." This makes design extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming, and thus generates costs. Why is it so difficult for architects to go the 2D/3D design route with a computer? The main reasons are two.
The price of complete software for the studio
Wanting to equip a design office with efficient, modern software, the architect must ensure that every design stage is handled with its help.
Conceptualization - this is where 3D design/modeling programs come in handy, preferably created for construction, which speeds up the creation of walls, windows, doors, roofs, stairs, surroundings, landscaping, or that enable efficient digitization and transformation into a model of hand-drawn sketches, which are, after all, liked by a great many designers.
Visualization is the next stage of design. The number of programs on the market is very large - from simple ones providing decent results to very complicated ones, requiring months of study and years of practice but creating a virtual world very close to the real one.
Post production - the final stage of conceptual work involving additional and final processing of renderings - images and animations.
Technical documentation and creation of BIM information - the last stage - the most tedious and time-consuming taking up about 80% of the project work time. Here, too, the choice is wide - from simple 2D design support systems to complex, very expensive and universal CAD programs for engineers.
Learning, implementation, technical assistance and support is another element affecting the cost of studio equipment. Complicated programs generate large costs in this regard, which users do not keep in mind when choosing a program.
It's hard to believe, but there are studios that perform each of these stages on different, independent programs, entering project data from scratch at each of the mentioned stages. This is caused by the lack of compatibility between systems or even the impossibility of using previously done work because the next system used does not have this possibility. For example, the model made cannot be used to develop technical drawings. The amount we would have to pay for programs that support all the above-mentioned functions gets too large and often exceeds the financial capacity of the studio.
ARC+X10 BIM Edition Render PL is a program that has all the elements I have described for less than £10,000 net for a perpetual license. The program is also available on a subscription basis. The choice of license depends on the user.
Time required to learn and implement the software
Learning each program is a challenge, especially for an architect actively working and struggling with the Polish realities of practicing the profession. Lack of time for lengthy and expensive training is an insurmountable barrier for many.
ARC+ has been developed in close cooperation with architects since the early 1990s. It is designed to be a tool for the designing architect, not for the computer graphics or CAD operator. Within a single program, we get a complete tool for the job. A tool that has been refined and rethought for decades to optimally serve architects. It is also perfectly thought out for quick learning of operating skills.
ARC+ is the work of programmers and architects created specifically for architects.
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Some functionalities:
- 2D auxiliary lines with unprecedented freedom of creation
- lines and curves
- polygons and 3D solids
- 2D/3D multilayer walls
- 2D/3D parametric windows and doors, possibility to create your own, arbitrary openings
- automatic surface statements with export to excel
- library of more than 2,000 objects to insert into the 2D design (Sketch Symbols)
- creation of own 2D library elements and 2D/3D active elements
- creation of parametric objects
- inserting blocks with scaling, also only along one axis
- possibility to create your own parametric objects
- work on photographs (e.g. elevations) and images with the possibility of scaling, underlaying to vector drawing and editing directly from ARC+ automatic and semi-automatic dimensioning
- import/export of dwg, dxf, pdf, ifc, skp, and others (about 40 3D formats)
- descriptions, references, text blocks, changing TTF fonts to polygons and solids
- text and dimension styles for quick editing
- working on layers, creating groups of layers
- multilevel insertion of objects into the project
- manual or semi-automatic dimensioning of drawings
- automatic surface combinations
- spatial auxiliary lines with unprecedented freedom of creation
- free, unrestricted 3D work
- attraction to characteristic points in space during dynamic change of model view, also without command interruption
- 2D/3D multilayer walls
- 2D/3D windows and doors active, parametric, possibility to create your own, arbitrary openings
- roofs
- stairs with different flights
- stairs in the specified space
- stairs of any shape
- ceilings
- 3D terrain model
- surface polygons of any shape and their free edition
- simple and complex solids
- creation of defined solids, by unfolding along a normal, rotation of a polygon, unfolding along any path
- boolean operations on solids, faces and roofs (addition, subtraction, common part of solids)
- editing of solids by extending vertices and edges
- arbitrary intersections and cross-sections of solids
- creation of custom 3D library elements, including parametric ones
- random scaling and manipulation of objects
- localization of objects along any path, taking into account path division or distances between objects
- changing TTF fonts (texts) to polygons and solids for use in projects
- importing 3D models of virtually any format available on the Internet
- use of shared BIM models in projects
- dynamic, live cross-sections of any plane with saving to 2D vector drawing
- generation of 2D vector drawings from the model with one click, also with shadows (projection drawings, sections, elevations, perspectives, axonometrics)
- multi-level insertion of 2D and 3D objects into the project
- export of model with saved BIM information to IFC file
- import of 3D models in more than 40 file formats
- preview of solids in simplified SOLID mode
ARC+ X10 allows you to create model visualizations (images, animations, VR360, 3D and VR360 3D images) with HI-END quality
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- Extremely tangible way of working
The physical properties of the environment and materials are immediately visible in the preview. We use sliders to change, intensity and color of lights, overall brightness, contrasts, reflections - in a word, all physical parameters. We do this with the live preview until we get a beautiful scene. Watching the changes on a live, responsive image is really exciting. - The built-in rendering module (Unicorn Render) basically requires no learning.
Why. The image you see in the working window while working shows the finished rendering almost immediately. There is no need to learn the settings for materials, lights and, most importantly, to predict the effects of these settings. Just use the sliders and other dynamic tools. After moments of manipulation, watching the screen, we will arrive at the effect we like. All thanks to a very powerful engine using the power of Nvidia graphics processors. - Dynamic solar illumination
We select a point on the google map, the season, the time of year and we're done. The sun shines as in real life, and we view our project in real daylight. We can analyze self shadows, cast shadows, interior illumination by the rays coming through the window, colors and all other aspects related to daylight. - Physics in pictures
You don't have to be familiar with computer graphics. All you have to do is select a material and drag it onto the model. Use the slider to enhance the artificial light or change its color. The effect will be visible in the real-time preview. A realistic, physical image appears on the screen. If it doesn't meet expectations - you keep trying until you get the desired effect. This is what design is all about.
ARC+X10 BIM Edition Render PL - is a real pleasure to design.
I invite you to install and try the 30-day free, fully functional Trial version of ARCPLUS.PL
If you have questions - call and talk to an expert.
tel. 502-927-185
M.Sc. arch. Tomasz BOBECKI
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