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This interactive and fun learning tool features the Massaro House design. A residential home
based on a limited series of sketches from Frank Lloyd Wright and is fully modeled and documented with Graphisoft® ArchiCAD® Virtual Building TM (BIM) technology. It includes a 30 Day Trial of ArchiCAD 11 and an Interactive Training Kit.

If you complete an Online Assessment, your name is automatically entered in our monthly draw to win a FREE ArchiCAD 11 commercial license as well as a chance to win a trip to Budapest to meet the Graphisoft team in Spring 2008.

Click here >> to learn more and download the BIM Experience Kit

Current Series: Custom Objects & GDL

LearnVirtual online eClasses allow you to learn the techniques of Virtual Building right from your desk. Weekly two-hour online courses provide both instruction on specific topics as well as the opportunity to ask questions. The current series covers:

• May 12: Creating Custom Objects with Modeling Tools - Beginning
• May 19: Editing GDL & Adding Custom Parameters - Intermediate
• June 2: Adding GDL for Custom Schedules - Intermediate
• June 9: Scripting for Scale Sensitivity - Advanced

Click here >> to learn more about LearnVirtual eClasses.

AECbytes Review:

- ArchiCAD 11 Offers Many Improvements -

Lachmi Khemlni , AECbytes reviewer, noted that ArchiCAD 11 "packs a large number of improvements to the application, some of which are quite dramatic."

• An Innovative Virtual Trace Technology
• Worksheets: A New Drawing Type
• Modeling, Documentation & Other Enhancements

Click here >> to see the complete review of ArchiCAD 11, published in the June 30, 2007 issue of AECbytes.

Graphisoft Announces ArchiCAD 11

ArchiCAD's industry-first Virtual Trace technology speeds project delivery, while making access to Virtual Building technology available to a broader community of users.

“There is no question that the BIM wave is gaining tremendous momentum. In this release, we paid particular attention to an invention that can help 2D users to migrate their workflow to 3D without losing the benefits that the 2D world provides” – said Viktor Varkonyi, VP, ArchiCAD Development. “Existing users will also benefit from the new Virtual Trace™ functionality as well as from the enhancements to our Virtual Building technology which brings even more modeling freedom and flexibility.”

Chuck Good-Man at Irwin Pancake Architects comments after applying ArchiCAD 11 to the firm’s projects: “I have used 2D software for many years and have recently been evaluating other BIM software. Suddenly, they are way behind and at Irwin Pancake, we are way ahead with ArchiCAD 11.”

Click here >> for more information on ArchiCAD 11

Graphisoft is the pioneer and leader in developing Virtual Building™ Solutions. The company is widely acknowledged as the world's #1 supplier of model based software and services for the building industry. Graphisoft's clients are at the forefront of the industry - delivering projects that are better designed, more predictable to construct and less expensive to operate.

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