ArCADia BIM LT 12

ArCADiaBIM LT is a fully functional, easy-to-operate and intuitive CAD program that allows object-oriented creation of 2D building documentation and saving files to the DWG format. It is a basic graphic design tool for the construction industry in its broadest sense.

It is a basic graphic design tool for the construction industry in its broadest sense. The LT version of the program has all the basic functions of the ArCADia BIM system.

Features

Support BIM technology, object-oriented architectural design. Intelligent drawing with ready-made architectural elements: multilayer walls, stairs, bases, columns, chimneys, windows and doors. Comparing and merging documents. Automatic floor entry, additional support for Teriva ceiling design. Generating statements. Supporting the IFC format. A possibility to exchange design data with other programs. Full DWG/DXF support.

Basic Tools

• New option of inserting a single wall by an edge
• Tutorial videos available at command icons
• Animated object library, sun animation and scene cloud cover selection, saving project tour in the mp4 format
• PBR texture library
• Manage views through the clear tree of the Project Manager
• Insert elements such as wall, pipe, etc. using the smart tracking function
• See elements drawn in classic or in 3D view
• Smart TOP 10 commands automatically saved
• Compare different project versions
• Merge the architectural and installation design in one model
• Built-in library of all element types
• Possibility of entering linear and angular dimensioning.

Architecture

• Choice of defined or drawing any multilayer wall
• Insert window and door woodwork in a parametric way
• Create rooms from the closed outlines of walls and virtual walls
• Define one- and multi-flight stairs and winder stairs
• Insert ceilings and roof on the closed external walls contour
• Create a level and copy selected elements
• Insert roof windows and dormer windows

Construction

• Construct structural systems of Teriva ribbed-beam roofs
• Insert the binding joist with longitudinal reinforcement and stirrups
• Automatic 3D construction view
• Transfer the location and the material as well as the bar cross-section to the construction view

Water supply installations 

• Create drawings of the internal water supply system
• Apply risers and distribution pipes from a library
• Insert fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library
• Check the installation for connections correctness
• Generate ready-made materials lists, devices and connection fittings included in the project

Sewage Installations

• 3D installation preview, which facilitates the correcting of irregularities in the pipeline route not shown on the view.
• Generate ready-made materials lists, devices and connection fittings included in the project
• Enter the pipeline route of the sewage system with a given slope on the view
• Pipelines with automatic distinction between outflow channels, risers and connecting pipes for accessories
• Automatic generation of sets of connection fittings. Changing many elements of the installation at the same time
• Check the installation for connection correctness

Gas Installations 

• Create drawings of the internal gas installation
• Insert fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library
• Generate connection fittings based on the type of connections in the junction points
• Generate a list of materials and create cost estimates
• Check the installation for connections correctness

Heating Installations 

• Make drawings of internal heating installation
• Inserting heat receivers
• Fittings and devices from the manufacturer's library
• Automatic creation of point numbering and installation descriptions. Create own templates
• Insert fastening and define their parameters
• Check the installation for connections correctness

Electrical installations 

• Create a drawing of internal electrical installations
• Designation of cable routes
  
• Extensive library of manufacturers catalogues
• Generating a list of materials and create cost estimates 

Communication

• Reading and saving drawings in the AutoCAD format
• Importing and editing raster images
• Import and export PDF files
• Expand the library of 2D / 3D objects with XOBJECT, ACO, O2C, OBJ, XOBJ3D and DWG.
• IFC file conversion
• Export of material lists to RTF, CSV and to the Ceninwest program

Drawing Tools

• New auxiliary options (vertical, horizontal, parallel lines etc.) placed in a special group and easily accessible from the left toolbar
• New options for measuring length, area and perimeter
• The program window is divided into tabs in which the drawings are successively displayed
• Create any drawings using basic elements: lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, regular polygons and rectangles.
• Editing drawing elements: moving, copying, scaling, rotating, mirroring, ordering, cutting, breaking, and offset
• Functions allowing for any hatching of a closed contour of a circle, polygon and rectangle
• Simplified block creation and saving. Loading a block from an external file
• Describe a drawing with multiline text using SHX technical fonts or TrueType fonts
• Auxiliary grid, orthogonal drawing functions, polar tracking
• Recognition of snap points (ESNAP), e.g. for lines - center, end points and intersections of lines
• Intuitive way of defining the size of the sheet and the scale of the printed drawing