CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

2 February 2011

Product News

GRAPHISOFT North America Makes Latest BIM Technology Available at an Affordable Price

GRAPHISOFT announced the North American version of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011, the latest release of its entry-level Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution.

The new ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011 is based on GRAPHISOFT’s ArchiCAD 14 Virtual Building technology, but with a feature set and price tailored to meet the needs of small architectural practices, home builders, and building contractors. ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011 enables customers to create a virtual building model and efficiently manage and share all of the project’s data. The software is also able to automatically produce all of a project’s documentation on demand.

Significant new features in the 2011 Edition include:

Partial Structure Display

Oriented Views

Shadows in Open GL

Refined management of Object Libraries

Dimension Text prefix/suffix

Improved handling of Schedules

Extended options for Doors & Windows

Ruler

Direct import of site-survey data

MEP support

Streamlined AutoCAD 2010 I/O

Performance optimizations

ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011 will be available later this month for less than $2,000. To contact a reseller in your area for more information, please visit their website.

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