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Productivity Tools 0101
Productivity Tools 0101
for ArchiCAD
Graphisoft
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Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Copyright 2001 by Graphisoft, all rights reserved. Reproduction, paraphrasing or translation
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Issue 2001/1
Trademarks
ArchiCAD is a registered trademark and PlotMaker, GDL and StairMaker are trademarks of Graphisoft.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Contents
Architectural Tools
ArchiDesigner Openings _____________________________________________________ 1
ArchiForma _________________________________________________________________ 2
ArchiGlazing ________________________________________________________________ 3
ArchiRuler __________________________________________________________________ 4
GDL Toolbox ________________________________________________________________ 5
RoofMaker 2.1 ______________________________________________________________ 6
ZOOM GDL__________________________________________________________________ 7
Visualization
ArchiFaade_________________________________________________________________ 8
Artlantis Render 4 for ArchiCAD ____________________________________________ 9
NCS Palette_________________________________________________________________ 10
Piranesi 2 __________________________________________________________________ 11
Terrain Modeling
ArchiSITE 6.5 ______________________________________________________________ 12
ArchiTerra _________________________________________________________________ 13
Civil Engineering
ArchiFEM __________________________________________________________________ 14
AxisVM 6.0 _________________________________________________________________ 15
Reinforcement _____________________________________________________________ 16
Libraries
Architectural Accessories ___________________________________________________ 17
Artlantis Shaders __________________________________________________________ 18
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Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Construction Equipment ____________________________________________________ 19
The Furniture of Alvar Aalto ________________________________________________ 20
The Furniture of Gerrit Rietveld _____________________________________________ 21
Garden Works ______________________________________________________________ 22
Hoshino Residential Library ________________________________________________ 23
LampWorld ________________________________________________________________ 24
M. A. D. Design _____________________________________________________________ 25
Office & Business Library ___________________________________________________ 26
People & More _____________________________________________________________ 27
Street and Traffic ___________________________________________________________ 28
Handbooks
ArchiCAD Training Guide ___________________________________________________ 29
Object Making with ArchiCAD_______________________________________________ 30
Project Framework _________________________________________________________ 31
Step by Step Tutorial for ArchiCAD __________________________________________ 32
Technology Providers
GDL Object Technology _____________________________________________________ 33
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Introduction
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
About Productivity Tools
This book is a catalog of the software programs, utilities, add-ons,
libraries and books available for helping you work with ArchiCAD.
They address specific areas of professional interest and will take
you further than the standard software package in directions that
may be of special importance for many, if not all, ArchiCAD users.
If you need to create a photorealistic presentation that goes
beyond the possibilities of ArchiCAD's built-in rendering engine; if
you need special tailor-made parametric library parts that are more
fully developed than those of the standard ArchiCAD library; if you
need to create modern shapes that are difficult to achieve with the
elements of the ArchiCAD Toolbox or if you wish to know more
about recommended working methods, browse through this
catalog, Graphisoft and its partners are sure to offer a solution for
you.
Some of the entries in this catalog are available from your regular
ArchiCAD dealer, while others are sold directly by their
manufacturer or through a dedicated distribution channel
(possibly e-commerce). Before ordering a product, please read
carefully the reseller and support information.
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Introduction
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiDesigner Openings
Professional Parametric Window and Door Design Tool
ArchiDesigner Openings, developed by Stable Technologies Limited, allows
ArchiCAD users to design, detail and document windows and doors quickly
and easily in a familiar ArchiCAD environment. Users can:
- create parametric custom shape windows and doors quickly and easily
directly from the ArchiCAD floor plan
- design windows and doors with detailed frames for wooden, metal and
plastic constructions for up to three levels of scale
- access a comprehensive parametric library of door and window panel
styles
- define opening operations of individual panels, These are reflected in the
symbol and construction details
- display annotation markers in all ArchiCAD 2D and 3D views
- easily attach window and door specification and installation notes for lists
and schedules
- employ automatic cavity wall closures
- easily modify all created windows and doors once placed in ArchiCAD
Trial version available on CD or from www.archidesigner.com
Reseller Contacts: Support:
www.add-onstore.com Stable Technologies Limited
www.objectsonline.com The Stables Acre Road
e-mail: sales@add-onstore.com Carlton Newmarket
Phone: +44 1223 290077 Suffolk CB8 9LF, UK
Fax: +44 1223 290075 e-mail: support@stabletech.com
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiForma
The First ArchiCAD Plug-In for Creating Objects
ArchiForma is an extension that uses API (Application Programming Interface)
technology to add new functions to ArchiCAD.
This Plug-in was designed and developed to allow ArchiCAD users to create a
limitless array of shapes without having to program in GDL.
Designers often need to create complex shapes that can represent architectural
details in 3D, along with furnishings or other volumes and surfaces that are not
easy to achieve with the basic graphic elements contained in ArchiCADs
toolbox. With ArchiForma, ArchiCAD users are given a new series of basic
graphic elements, commands and functions specifically devised for solving this
problem. Users can therefore choose to process the project in an even more
personalised and detailed way.
You can save objects created with ArchiForma as library elements and reuse
them for future projects.
The ArchiForma tool is ideal for:
- Creating architectural details
- Reconstructing furnishings
- Managing volumes of complex shape
Ordering and Support:
Cigraph S.r.l.
Via Orsato, 38 Marghera 30175 VE
Phone: +39 41 932 388
e-mail: home@cigraph.com
www.cigraph.it
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiGlazing
Creation of Windows, Doors and Glass Structures
ArchiGlazing 1.0, a new Add-On for ArchiCAD enables architects to design and
include in their plans broad range of window styles.The parametric quality of
the window objects supplied with the standard ArchiCAD library also allows
the definition of individual types of glass structures. ArchiGlazing was
developed to fulfill special needs, such as to create glass structures of very
sophisticated geometry. ArchiGlazing 1.0 is available for both the MacOS and
Windows and is compatible with ArchiCAD 6.5 and 7.0.
- Vertical glass structure tool:
creates vertical glass
structures along lines,line
combinations or closed
contours.
- Slanted glass structure tool:
creates slanted glass
structures along lines,line
combinations, closed
contours and in roof panes.
- Sketch window tool: creates
windows, doors or
freestanding glass structures
from draft sketches;positions
corner glass structures
automatically.
- Conic glass structure tool:
creates conical glass structures
along arcs,circles,on circular
ceiling apertures and walls.
- Shed glass structure tool: creates
shed glass structures on
rectangular line contours,walls
or ceiling apertures.
- Conservatory tool:
creates conservatories using
lines and line wall combinations.
Available from ArchiCAD resellers worldwide.
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiRuler
The First ArchiCAD Plug-In for 2D Drawing
ArchiRuler is a new extension for 2D drawing which, by using API technology,
adds new functions to ArchiCAD.
This plug-in lets you enrich drawings with greater ease, incorporating two-
dimensional graphic information which will help you, for example, to produce
design details and working drawings for use on the construction site.
The tool palette includes tools and functions that provide unbeatable
productivity incredibly quickly, to boost the users communication within the
project.
ArchiRuler manages:
- two types of primitives: arcs/circles and lines, and all variations of these
(polyarc, polyline, multi-arc, multi-polyarc, multi-line and multi-polyline);
- a new series of snap-tos at significant points;
- the procedure for managing polylines, enabling other CAD drawings to be
acquired more simply, reducing processing times;
- the Inspector instrument, which lets you view all the geometrical and
quantitative information on the drawing elements.
With ArchiRuler, you can:
- draw with more powerful and refined 2D tools
- obtain detailed drawings for use on the construction site
- manage work more flexibly
Ordering and Support:
Cigraph S.r.l.
Via Orsato, 38 Marghera 30175 VE, Italy
Phone: +39 41 932 388
e-mail: home@cigraph.com
www.cigraph.it
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
GDL Toolbox
The Interactive GDL Editor Working within ArchiCAD
GDL Toolbox is a professional graphical editor, integrated into ArchiCAD
Windows/Macintosh versions. With the GDL Toolbox, you can create library
parts and special geometrical forms in the well- known ArchiCAD workspace.
Main features:
Simple 3D elements Complex bodies and surfaces 3D Text applied to
planes, cylinders, spheres Cutting elements with planes Transformations in
the 3D space, rotation, mirroring 3D editing functions Creating and
modifying elements graphically Creating and modifying elements
numerically Intelligent nodes - z magnet Definition of curved segments
Saving and loading standard Object type library parts
Fitting GDL into ArchiCAD is a problem ArchiCAD users have long been
waiting for a solution. GDL Toolbox is that solution. It offers an easy to use
graphical solution for generating, editing transforming and converting basic
and complex geometrical elements within the familiar ArchiCAD environment.
Visit the GDL Toolbox homepage for more information, free demo
programmes, and on-line tutorial at www.gdltoolbox.com
Available from:
The AddOnstore: www.add-onstore.com
Objects Online: www.objectsonline.com
A-Null GmbH: www.a-null.com
Developer, Publisher and Support:
Archi-data Ltd.
1022 Budapest, Tapolcsnyi u. 2., Hungary
e-mail: mail@archidata.hu
www.archidata.hu
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
RoofMaker 2.1
Quick and Easy Professional Roof Constructions
RoofMaker is an efficient tool for designing and modeling roof constructions in
ArchiCAD. The main feature of RoofMaker is that it automates the process of
designing a fully detailed roof.
A RoofMaker roof is made up of a number of separate elements such as rafters,
purlins, and trimmers. If you require, you can change the shape, size, and
position of each element. These individual elements are GDL Objects, which
can be conveniently edited like any other ArchiCAD library parametric object.
The RoofMaker elements you select
for your roof are placed
automatically in the ArchiCAD roof
solid according to the settings you
choose.
With RoofMaker, roof constructions
can be modeled more easily and
quickly by using RoofMakers own
toolbox. The enhanced Wizard
function makes it possible to set
your priorities using more details,
and the program applies US
specific rafter fitting.
RoofMaker is available for both MacOS and Windows on a CD with electronic
HTML documentation.
Available from ArchiCAD resellers worldwide. Developed by Graphisoft.
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Architectural Tools
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ZOOM GDL
Object Modeler
Introducing an efficient and powerful solution for modeling 3D GDL objects.
Developed by Abvent, creator of the popular rendering software Artlantis
Render for ArchiCAD, ZOOM GDL is the perfect object modeler for ArchiCAD
users. With the speed, simplicity and flexibility of Artlantis, and an interface
similar to ArchiCAD, ZOOM GDL extends the potential of GDL to novice object
creators and expands the tools available to experts. At the heart of ArchiCAD's
richness, Graphisoft's object description language, GDL, is parametric,
programmable and structured. All ArchiCAD users can benefit from creating
custom objects to meet the specific needs of their projects. ZOOM GDL is
appropriate for all types of projects, including contemporary designs and
renovation. Interior designers can also benefit greatly from the increased
flexibility that comes with 3D modeling.
Ordering and Support:
Abvent SA
17 Boulevard Henri IV, 75004 Paris, France
Phone: (33) 1 53 01 05 05
Fax: (33) 1 53 01 05 00
e-mail: sales@abvent.fr
www.abvent.com
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Visualization
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiFaade
Straightening Photographic Images
ArchiFaade is a simple yet powerful program that lets you transform a
perspective distorted image an image of the building with a measurable faade.
It is based on the principles of projective geometry: through the appropriate
mathematical transformations, the points that make up animage deformed by
perspective, are edited until the image appears straight.
To use ArchiFaade, all you need are the real co-ordinates those measured on
the actual site of just four points of the faade. The program automatically
applies the same transformation to all points of the photograph.
The resulting image is of a faade-measured point by point.
In addition, ArchiFaade allows you to convert a photograph of a building or
any other image into an ArchiCAD library element; this means that you can
then insert it in a three-dimensional view to create a silhouette effect within the
ArchiCAD photo rendering.
Use ArchiFaade to:
- straighten angled photographs;
- obtain a graphical representation of a faades relief;
- create silhouettes to simulate architecture, or recreate an existing
architectural scene.
Ordering and Support
Cigraph S.r.l.
Via Orsato, 38 Marghera 30175 VE, Italy
Phone: +39 41 932 388
e-mail: home@cigraph.com
www.cigraph.it
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Visualization
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Artlantis Render 4 for ArchiCAD
The Easiest and Fastest Way to Photo-
Realistic Presentations
Equipped with an exceptionally simple and intuitive interface and powered by
the most advanced technologies, Artlantis is the rendering solution of choice
for thousands of ArchiCAD sers worldwide.Its user-friendliness and efficiency,
together with a solid technological performance,ensures the astounding quality
of its rendered images. And with its brand-new rendering engine, utilizing
Mart technology, Artlantis4 for ArchiCAD reaches an unprecedented level of
speed.
Artlantis4 for ArchiCAD allows users to interactively select finishes, apply
them to any object in three-dimensional space,and quickly create high-
definition renderings,virtual reality scenes and animated scenes. It imports
ArchiCAD files as well as most common CAD formats including DXF, DWG,
QuickDraw 3D, 3D Studio, ElectricImage, VRML and RIB. This major upgrade,
which adds powerful new functionality and optimizes all existing Artlantis
features, promises to bring about a second revolution in the use of 3D in
design. Artlantis4 for ArchiCAD is seamlessly integrated into the ArchiCAD
workflow, providing the optimal solution for professional rendering tasks.
Artlantis4 for ArchiCAD is available for both the Windows and Macintosh
operating systems.
Available from ArchiCAD resellers worldwide. Developed by ABVENT SA.
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Visualization
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
NCS Palette
NCS - The International Language for Color Communication.
Natural Color System is now available as an add-on for ArchiCAD. With this
tool you will get full access to the 1 750 standard NCS colours in your
application. You can do color design and
documentation throughout the process with
NCS.
NCS Palette - ArchiCAD makes it easy to
select any NCS color for your project and
converts any color to the nearest NCS
standard notation. It is fully integrated within
ArchiCAD and works with Windows and
MacOS. Naturally it comes with a detailed
explanation of NCS. The NCS Palette -
ArchiCAD software enables you to achieve
far more with color, far more easily.
Ordering Information:
Find and contact your nearest
NCS Color Center at the
NCS homepage (www.ncscolor.com).
Support:
Scandinavian Color Institute AB
Igeldammsgatan 30
SE- 100 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +47 (0)8 617 47 00
Fax: +47 (0)8 617 47 47
e-mail: info@ncscolor.com
www.ncscolor.com
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Visualization
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Piranesi 2
Painting in 3D
Piranesi uses patented technology to rapidly and easily produce exhibition
quality images of your Archicad models. Its innovative approach, which
combines the intelligence of 3D modeling with the direct control, interactivity,
and representational freedom of a painting program, has received worldwide
awards and recognition.
Key user benefits are:
- Very fast development of
exhibition quality images
- A wide range of photorealistic and
non-photorealistic effects
- Relatively simple models and
lighting can be used, since Piranesi
permits fill-in later.
Piranesi technology is based on the Epix
file format, in which every pixel has a
depth and material value as well as a
colour. Epix files can be produced directly
from ArchiCAD, or from popular specialist
renderers such as Artlantis, Lightwave,
and 3D Studio Viz/Max.
Ordering and Support:
For a full list of Piranesi distributors, go to
http://www.informatix.co.uk/pir_order.htm
Developer Information:
Informatix Software International Ltd
Daedalus House, Station Road
Cambridge CB1 2RE, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1223 363014
Fax: +44 (0)1223 363015
e-mail: enquiries@informatix.co.uk
www.informatix.co.uk
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Terrain Modeling
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiSITE 6.5
Terrain Modeling for Architects
Using ArchiSITE, your ArchiCAD projects can include valuable site work,
landscaping, roads, driveways, retaining walls and building pads. Based on
ArchiCADs easy-to-use interface, ArchiSITE can be opened from within
ArchiCAD: there is no need to exit the program. Furthermore, the terrain model
is stored as a library object, thus becoming an integrated part of the ArchiCAD
project that can be modified in ArchiCAD.
ArchiSITE is compatible with all widely used data formats, including DXF, XYZ,
GRD and PNT. ArchiSITE can recognize contour lines, create a 3D model of the
terrain from the data, and display it from any angle as a wireframe mesh or 3D
contour. Available for both Windows and MacOS.
Key features include:
- Build 3D surface models from survey data
- Display plan and 3D views of the site
- Display contours or wireframe mesh and smooth shaded 3D views
- Modify surface directly by adding new points, contour or ridge lines
- Rotate site model in perspective view
- Check and display earth balance while modifying surface
Available from ArchiCAD resellers worldwide. Developed by PracSYS Kft.
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Terrain Modeling
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiTerra
The First ArchiCAD Plug-In for Terrain Modelling
ArchiTerra is an extension that uses API (Application Programming Interface)
technology to add functionality to ArchiCAD.
The ArchiTerra API Plug-In has been conceived and created to solve a
particular problem for ArchiCAD users: the creation and management of
tridimensional land models.
After installation, the ArchiCAD user has at his disposal a new series of
commands and functions for the quick and simple creation of 3D models of the
terrain, and these are totally compatible with ArchiCAD.
ArchiTerra permits the user to import lists of points in TXT or DXF file format
directly into the ArchiCAD plan window, or to create new land models by
means of points and contour curves.
ArchiTerra is an indispensable tool for all ArchiCAD users who need to:
- manage complex land features
- create a more lifelike environment for the project
- control the projects environmental impact while still in the planning stage.
Ordering and Support:
Cigraph S.r.l.
Via Orsato, 38 Marghera 30175 VE, Italy
Phone: +39 41 932 388
e-mail: home@cigraph.com
www.cigraph.it
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Civil Engineering
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
ArchiFEM
One Step Ahead...
The FEM Design software package for civil engineers has a high level of
compatibility with ArchiCAD, since it also works with 3 dimensional objects
such as columns, beams, slabs and walls.
The connection software, called ArchiFEM, is free of charge and can be
downloaded from the ArchiCAD or the FEM Design home page.
FEM Design features:
- Easy to learn and fast to work with.
- Advanced CAD tools.
- Connections to architectural and civil engineering software packages
(ArchiCAD, Xsteel, etc.) and to other commonly used Windows programs
like Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Advanced analysis; static analysis (1
st
and 2
nd
order theory), stability
analysis, calculation of eigenfrequencies and vibration shapes, seismic
analysis.
- Cracked section analysis; includes cracked R.C. sections in calculation of
deflections.
- Supports design according to Eurocode, German, English, Swedish,
Norwegian, Finnish and Hungarian codes.
- Predefined loads according to national codes.
- Fast calculation engine.
Available modules:
- Plate
- Wall
- Plain strain
- 3D frame
- 3D surface
- 3D structure
- Section editor
Ordering and Support:
Skanska IT Solutions Kft
H-1027 Budapest Bem rkp. 33-34, Hungary
Phone: (36-1)-201-93-73
e-mail : andras.szlameniczky@skanskaits.hu
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Civil Engineering
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
AxisVM 6.0
Finite Element Analysis Software for Structural Engineers
AxisVM was created from the beginning specifically for civil engineering. As a
result, civil engineers and other building professionals benefit from a powerful
and intuitive software tool tailored to their needs.
AxisVM captures the design details
of ArchiCAD through a unique and
powerful data exchange interface
and allows the structural engineer to
quickly build the analysis model.
All of the structural walls, columns,
beams, slabs and roofs are imported
into AxisVM. This geometry allows
fast and accurate modeling, which
is further enhanced by an ArchiCAD
style user interface.
Extensive linear and nonlinear
analyses can be performed as a
result of a comprehensive set of
members and finite elements.
Graphical results and user-defined
reports present details in a colorful
and professional manner.
Since 1991, more than 1,000
engineers in fourteen countries
have used AxisVM in their structural
analysis work.
Ordering and Support:
Inter-CAD Kft.
H-1075 Budapest, Kroly krt. 9,
Hungary
Ordering: order@axisvm.com
Support: support@axisvm.com
www.axisvm.com
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Civil Engineering
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Reinforcement
Reinforcement Plans Simply and Efficiently
Reinforcement extends ArchiCADs
facilities, providing tools to make
production of reinforcement plans
simple and efficient.
Functions:
- Targeted help for common
structural element types:
Slab reinforcement with
custom elements;
Bent reinforcement;
Mesh reinforcement;
Beam reinforcement;
Pillar reinforcement;
Cornice reinforcement;
General reinforcement
- Steel reinforcement listing
- Determination of the geometry
and drawing of steel
reinforcement elements, and
interactive modification
- Three-dimensional display
The Reinforcement Add-On is built into the ArchiCAD menu, and has its own
floating tools window. Its use conforms with ArchiCADs intuitive, refined
handling. Its base elements are standard library elements, which are portable
and archivable.
There is a separate apparatus for work on each common structural type, with
full display facilities. For example, when designing slab reinforcement, a single
phase can include entry of the scale and the drawing on the two-axis section of
reinforcement elements, the reinforcement design and the text markings.
Ordering and Support:
Archimage Plusz Kft
H-1034 Budapest, Bcsi t 126-128, Hungary
Phone: 36-1-453-0323
Fax: 36-1-453-0342
e-mail: archi.mage@mail.matav.hu
www.archimage.hu
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Libraries
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Architectural Accessories
Library Parts for Building Exteriors
Add interesting details to your building exteriors with the Architectural
Accessories library.
This library contains about
90 ArchiCAD Library Parts:
fences, curtains, blinds,
gutters, rails, balusters,
chimney caps, flower
holders, and also essential
geometrical elements.
This practice-oriented
collection includes ready
to print Quick Reference
files in PlotMaker and PDF
formats, as well as other
ArchiCAD related
examples (PlotMaker
layouts, photo-renderings,
QuickTime VR movies).
The hybrid CD-ROM is for
both MacOS and
Windows-based
computers.
Available from ArchiCAD
resellers worldwide.
Developed by Graphisoft
CAD Studio.
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Libraries
Productivity Tools for ArchiCAD
Artlantis Shaders
Additional Texture Libraries for Artlantis
The Artlantis Shader Collection consists of 7 CD-ROMs with textures that offer
a multitude of material effects to achieve photorealisitc images. This
comprehensive collection of Shaders was specifically created for Artlantis
Render. Each contains over 100 different Shaders and offers a full range of
textures and materials to complement the standard Artlantis library.
Volume 1 - interior materials and textures
Volume 2 - images and textures for exterior surfaces
Volume 3 - a wide selection of woods, from the exotic to the more common
Volume 4 - bricks of different sizes and shapes, leaves, shrubbery, flowers and
trees
Volume 5 - wall coatings
Volume 6 - decorative and high-pressure laminates, board panels and
composites
Volume 7 - carpeting
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