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THREE-DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN MODELS

ArchiTerra is an affordable addition to Archicad that provides increased functionality for terrain and landscaping. The terrain model can be easily edited and supplemented with everything from roads, buildings, trees and you can combine functions from ArchiTerra with objects and tools from Archicad. You can easily color parts of the model, generate length profiles on roads and find elevations anywhere in the terrain.

Also included is Norwegian-adapted SOSI import, which contains functions for automatic generation of 3D terrain, existing buildings and correct floor plan with, among other things, neighboring boundaries, building lines, etc.

In addition, a separate function has been added to be able to georefer reference models according to Statsbygg’s BIM manual and recommendations given by buildingSMART. You can also import dxf files and text files with x, y, and z coordinates.

IMPORT OF GIS DATA

ArchiTerra enables the import of GIS data and terrain data from the following formats:

SOSI (in Norway only): all object types. (landscape form, building data, plan data and other information that is geometric.

SHAPE (.shp) Landscape shape and objects.

.DXF (from Autodesk) Data suitable for generating landscape model, with filtering of points for triangulation.

.xyz or .txt. Bullet lists, with terrain data, .kof can be used after some processing in Excel. Point clouds can be imported in .xyz format, and filtered (minimum distance between points can be defined) before generating a terrain model.

IMPROVED SOCIAL IMPORTS

Using ArchiTerra, you can import map data in SOSI format into Archicad as a 2D map, and you can create terrain models very quickly. You can also use 3D data from SOSI, such as. buildings, to generate models of existing buildings and building facilities. Importing a set of SOSI files and generating a terrain as well as an environment model only takes a few minutes and is really easy to do.

GENERATION OF TERRAIN MODEL

ArchiTerra quickly generates terrain models with optional triangulation distances based on selected data from imported files, or possibly manually entered data. The terrain can be generated in given coordinates or georeferenced according to the procedure given by buildingSMART, which is also referenced in Statsbygg’s BIM manual.

Slope analysis can also be made as different colors of triangles with different slopes.

ArchiTerra has functions for creating roads in terrain and plateaus. The length profile on the road can also be generated and modified. Simple mass calculations can also be performed.