Budapest, December 14, 2017 – GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software developer for architects and designers, today announced a significant update to the Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection.
GRAPHISOFT’s industry-first, bi-directional “live” connection allows Rhino and Grasshopper users to connect to professional BIM software, ARCHICAD, on both the Windows and Mac operating systems. Rhino-Grasshopper-ARCHICAD connections allow architects to leverage the strengths of the three design environments – Rhino, Grasshopper, and ARCHICAD – filling a gap in the design process between early stage design and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
The latest update of GRAPHISOFT’s Grasshopper-ARCHICAD live connection opens a new level of intelligent workflows between the two design environments (algorithmicdesignandBIM). With the brand new “Deconstruct” function, users can now use their BIM models as the backbone of their design, adding algorithmic design logic using Grasshopper. This allows designers to maintain the basic design logic in BIM (such as the base geometry of the building) and extend that with intelligent design details that follow changes in the core design. A simple example is demonstrated in this video, where building survey data about the built environment is being used to recreate the building information model of an urban environment after a recent earthquake in Italy.
“The Deconstruct function in the Grasshopper-ARCHICAD live connection made it possible for us to reconstruct the BIM models of the buildings of Grisciano, Italy, by acting as a bridge between the models and the conceptual design,” said project architects Michele Calvano and Mario Sacco.
Another important functionality enhancement to the Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection is that users can create custom GDL Objects using Grasshopper and then instantly place them in their ARCHICAD project. The newly-created library parts will be placed in ARCHICAD’s Embedded Project Library and all future design changes made in Grasshopper will be instantly carried through the ARCHICAD project as well.
For more information about the Grasshopper - ARCHICAD Live Connection, please visit
www.graphisoft.com/rhino-grasshopper/.
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