compress PDFs
problem: how do you significantly compress large PDFs without adobe acrobat?
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AC14 replacement logo(s)
yet another version of ArchiCAD logo and still the same old pain, the logo although different on a mac still does not show the version. thus we have decided to create a free replacement logo as we did for previous ArchiCAD versions (here). and yet again as all architects love options, we have added an … Read more
ArchiCAD 14
news from graphisoft…
ArchiCAD 14 will be available for purchase as of 1st June. Physical shipment of your product will start early July
ArchiCAD Rental
graphisoft announces new time based licensing option for ArchiCAD 13, available for 1, 3, 6 or 12 month periods.
AC13 & QTVR
Since the future of QTVR technology is unclear, Graphisoft decided to discontinue QTVR Support in ArchiCAD 13. This has given us the opportunity to optimize the memory usage of the 32-bit version of ArchiCAD, enabling users to work with larger models.
AC13 licensing changes
with archicad 13 graphisoft also introduces a new licensing system called ‘codemeter’ (by wibu, the same company which provided the previous WIBU-key licensing agent) for all new users of AC13 – existing users upgrading to AC13 remain on the existing system, although they may upgrade to ‘codemeter’ for a fee.
archicad 13 (intro)
Not really breaking news, but since Graphisoft Australia have after approximately 2 weeks finally managed to update their website to reflect the launch of ArchiCAD 13 we thought we jump on the review train and provide some insights ourselves.
vectorworks 2010 features
just a couple of days after AC13 was released nemetschek also released VW2010, here a list of some rather interesting features… • associativity (movie here), parametric constrained elements, i.e. they keep their designated relationships. driven by what is being referred to as a dimensional constraint manager, VW2010 also offers interactive dimensions enabling the resizing of … Read more
excel as design tool
it seems impossible but some people manage to use excel (yes the spreadsheet app!) to design their house. apparently they also managed to get a building permit with their excel (!) drawings… more here.
tweet(s)
seems that BIM Has Arrived! http://tinyurl.com/mj7o9a. If we can get engineers involved things will get very interesting. A difficult move. 12:50:19 Rotterdam City Hall Extension entries http://bit.ly/RcAAb (via @archdaily) 12:54:57