Design and deliver great buildings

Archicad – BIM by architects for architects.

Design, visualize, document, and deliver projects of all sizes with Archicad’s powerful set of built-in tools and easy-to-use interface that make it the most efficient and intuitive BIM software on the market. With Archicad, you can focus on what you do best: design great buildings.

Design

Unleash your creativity with the leading BIM software developed by architects like you. Focus on what you do best — designing great architecture — thanks to powerful algorithmic design tools and large model support.

Never ordinary

Elevate your designs with the use of free-form tools that turn the ordinary into extraordinary. Model your project at any level — from conceptual volume model to a full Building Information Model.

Stay in the creative flow

Design in both 2D and 3D model views with a toolkit that lets you feel at home with the familiar terminology and functionality that you’ve come to expect from a BIM application — favorites and layers to support your design process; building stories and tools that reflect real-life structures and construction.

Model at any level of detail

Start with a basic element and add details as your design evolves. Use tools that represent real building elements — like Walls, Beams, and Slabs — that make modeling as easy as drawing a line.

Share and explore your ideas

Explore ideas and design alternatives, leaving no stone unturned. Model and submit ideas for review by your team. When accepted, they’ll immediately become part of the project.

Lights out for eye strain

Reduce eye strain in low-light conditions by switching to Dark Mode. Archicad will adapt its appearance with carefully re-designed icons and interface colors that are easier on your eyes in low-light conditions.

Design complex elements

Take advantage of Archicad’s flexible modeling systems. Enjoy a creative and productive design experience with intuitive modeling tools like the Curtain Wall and Stair Tool.

Built-in MEP modeler

Built-in MEP design tools further extend Archicad’s integrated design approach. Access intelligent MEP equipment inside the architectural model. Integrate MEP systems correctly in the BIM model without the need for a federated approach.

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Design Automation

Unleash your creativity using algorithmic design tools and workflows, create your own smart, parametric building components, and manage the functional requirements of large projects – all thanks to Archicad’s design automation tool sets.

Archicad + Algorithmic Design

Leverage the strengths of three unique design environments — Archicad, Grasshopper, and Rhino — to create forms and shapes that otherwise would be nearly impossible! This ‘live’ bi-directional connection pairs Archicad with the industry’s leading algorithmic design tools in a smooth, professional workflow. Explore design variations and create and fine-tune building details and structures using algorithms without exchanging files.

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Create your own smart objects

Quickly create custom parametric library objects and building elements — without writing a single line of GDL code or script — with PARAM-O, a built-in parametric design tool available for SSA and Graphisoft Forward subscribers on both Windows and macOS.

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The BIM data tool for all stakeholders

Easily manage the functional requirements derived from the building program for maximum compliance with the client’s needs even on large and complex buildings — like hospitals and airports — with the Archicad-dRofus connection tool.

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Visualize

Archicad’s professional architectural visualization tools translate your conceptual designs into compelling imagery of future buildings. Bring your models to life, inspire the audience, and invite stakeholders to engage with your designs.

Built-in Sketch Render

Present your 3D model as an image by producing non-photorealistic renderings with Sketch Render— best suited for early project phases — using different free-hand effects, like felt tip, pencil, graphite, or marker.

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Built-in White Render

Focus on the model, its shapes and spaces, without going into details using the White Render function. Short on time? White Render is perfect for communicating design intent and other aspects of the building typically discussed in the early phases for quick client feedback and coordination.

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Built-in photo-realistic rendering

Built in animations, sun studies

Create compelling presentations to communicate design intent and construction techniques with fly-through and construction sequence animations.

Built in Pro Surface textures

Create high-end visualizations quickly and easily with new and updated surfaces in the Additional Surface Catalog*. More than 500+ surface materials, including new wallpaper and realistic metal surfaces, result in stunning photo-realistic renderings.

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Built in 3D Parametric Object Library

Add a more contemporary look and feel to your 2D and 3D views with brand-new objects from the updated library.

Visualize in real-time with Enscape

Enscape™ is the fastest and easiest way to ideate, communicate, and showcase designs in real-time at every step of the design process. It’s the only real-time rendering solution that plugs directly into Archicad and provides a bi-directional data exchange between modeling and visualization. Any changes made on either tool are synchronized, maintaining one single source of truth.

Enscape is available for both Windows and macOS and offers a variety of export modalities. VR support, web standalone, local standalone, panorama tours, and video paths help clients understand the true scale of design projects through an immersive environment.

Buy one year, get one free! Graphisoft Forward subscribers can get a two-year Enscape subscription for the price of one. Get offer >

Step into your design

A picture is worth a thousand words. An experience is worth a million. Take your client on a journey to experience the design you imagined for them with technology that makes it all possible. Create your design in Archicad and easily export the model to your favorite AR or VR solution.

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BIM on the GO!

Award-winning BIMx helps anyone easily explore and understand the building model. Drive the design narrative right on the building site for fast, specific client feedback. Make design decisions and update your building model on the go — there’s no need to head back to the office to make changes. Run BIMx on any mobile device without special hardware or software. Toss a Google Cardboard into your bag to let clients immerse themselves in the Archicad model in virtual reality. BIMx is the most powerful way to engage stakeholders in your projects, and Google Cardboard makes it easy and affordable.

Present projects of any size right on your mobile device thanks to the powerful BIMx 3D engine. Get the full experience of BIMx on your desktop, too!

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Datasmith Exporter

Easily convert and import your 3D scenes directly into Unreal Engine 5 for high-end visualizations with the Archicad — Datasmith Exporter – available on both Windows and macOS. Download Datasmith Exporter.

Available for SSA and Graphisoft Forward subscribers only.
Please contact your local reseller for terms and conditions.

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Collaborate

Work with your team and other disciplines around the corner or around the world on projects of any size and complexity. Open standards and workflows mean collaboration is guaranteed — regardless of what software other team members are using.

Stay in the loop

Use Archicad to detect and visualize the changes between models and revisions in a more intuitive way thanks to smart change monitoring and real-time notifications.

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Track and change

Use Archicad to resolve issues faster and reduce the risk of unsolved issues thanks to clear organization and real-time notifications of BIM model changes. Integrate issues from third parties based on compatibility with industry standard issue management solutions. Review issue history faster and highlight the changes thanks to better issue management and sorting.

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Track and Compare

With multiple stakeholders on each project, the job of following, understanding, and adapting ongoing design changes is a significant task. Compare two 3D models or versions and visualize and filter the differences between them with Archicad’s Model Compare. Keep track of design changes accurately and even evaluate design variants to get to the best possible design. Assign openings to issues thanks to more accurate change detection.

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Always in Sync

Upload and refresh content in the model regardless of each team members’ location thanks to our fast and simple publishing workflow and BIMcloud. Save time, avoid mistakes, and share files with confidence, knowing everything’s up to date. Real-time access to the shared model throughout the design process means all team members are in sync at all times.

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Open BIM

Work with architects and engineers around the corner or around the world on projects of any size or complexity. Open standards and workflows mean collaboration is guaranteed regardless of what software team members are using.

OpenBIM

Open BIM is a modern approach to collaboration that welcomes all software vendors, AEC practices (designers, engineers and builders) as well as building owners.

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We Are Open

Open to working with the best partners for the job regardless of their software choices. Open to future-proof solutions, transparency, quality assurance, and accessible data. Communicate with other stakeholders and coordinate a building project entirely in 3D thanks to IFC.

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Integrated Design

Deliver better buildings and increase your competitive edge thanks to an integrated solution that empowers architects and engineers to work together seamlessly based on informed decisions.

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Archicad and Bluebeam

Get direct access to the most commonly used features during the PDF review process with Archicad’s Bluebeam Connection palette. Thanks to the bi-directional connection, all mark-ups created in Bluebeam Revu will be imported as native Archicad Issues entries, and will appear in the correct location on the design layouts, without the need for any manual interaction.

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Archicad and Solibri

Get fast and automated code- and constructability checking with the Archicad-Solibri connection add-on that uses Solibri’s industry leading quality control technologies. Simply design, check, and amend as necessary.

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Archicad and Revit

Exchange design information with team members using Autodesk Revit, directly “out-of-the-box.” Import and export elements with their precise geometry and parameters from Revit (RVT) files for coordination and model referencing purposes. Access RVT files locally or via BIMcloud, using Hotlink or Publish functions.

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Improve IFC Model Exchange with Archicad using this free Add-In for Autodesk Revit.

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Archicad and COBie

Construction Operations Building information exchange (COBie) is a specification used in the handover of Facility Management information. Our robust IFC data exchange capabilities produce data output that is easily converted into COBie documentation.

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Document

Complete, out-of-the-box documentation tools combined with a powerful publishing workflow that complies with local BIM requirements means you can focus on your designs, not the paperwork.

Out of the box documentation

Get ‘out-of-the-box’ documentation sets straight from the BIM model. Fine-tune the look and feel of your documentation to match your audience. Extend your design services with quantity takeoffs with virtually no extra effort. Easily create schedules and sheets with accurate information coming from the BIM model — no more mistakes or miscalculations. Focus on your designs, not the paperwork.

Winning bids start here

Intuitive features provide the flexibility you need to create graphic documentation straight from the 3D model. Whether you need to produce 2D or 3D documentation, Archicad makes it easy and fast, ensuring the best visual quality of your documents.

Accuracy builds credibility

Take full control of the display of your documentation sets with Archicad’s built-in tools. Get accurate displays of all the information — both graphical and numerical — straight from the BIM model.

Act local

Produce high-quality deliverables that meet local standards easily and quickly with Archicad’s localized templates and built-in libraries. Inches or centimeters? Single-swing or folding? Prefabricated or on-site? We’ve got you covered.

Set the standard

Access to BIM data templates makes it easy to comply with local standards, while access to standard detail libraries makes it easy to incorporate existing localized standards information into your project documentation.

Automate your workflows

Create automation scripts in Archicad and complete command chains using high-level programming languages like Python. Access general element, property information, and element listing information, and modify these and other Archicad element classifications as necessary.

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Simple project submission

Publish projects from Archicad to shared online locations with ease thanks to a streamlined submission process. There’s no need to stay glued to the screen to watch for the publishing to finish, or additional manual uploads. Archicad takes care of it all. Connect to industry-leading CDE solutions such as Aconex via buildingSMART-defined “open” protocols.

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