November 4, 2005—Graphisoft has announced its Virtual Building solution tie-up with SketchUp, a popular architects’ preliminary design package. The integration of @Last Software’s SketchUp with ArchiCAD lets principals alike focus on creativity at the earliest concept phase of any new project, knowing that their designs can be automatically imported into ArchiCAD and further developed.
The SketchUp add-on means a smoother workflow from the building’s initial conception through to a 3D model, the company explains. Now even these earliest sketch concepts formed in SketchUp can be incorporated into the intelligent Virtual Building Environment. Here details can then be easily added, and data interoperability can open the model to a range of other applications. Feasibility studies of volume and materials can be performed at this sketch phase, linking the building data to the SketchUp faces in ArchiCAD to support the design brief at this early stage of client cooperation.
Graphisoft and ArchiCAD are registered trademarks of Graphisoft. @Last distributes SketchUp directly as well as through distributors worldwide. SketchUp for Windows and Macintosh OS X is available in six languages. For more information, visit the Web site.
ArchiCAD modelers who already sketch in SketchUp can get a free communications download.
