ArCADia BIM LT 14 - Upgrade

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. Built-in catalog of construction materials
• Insert window and door woodwork in a parametric way. Insert woodwork
• Automatic creation of rooms from the closed outlines of walls and virtual walls, assigning names, functions, temperature and lighting demand
• Define one- and multi-flight stairs and winder stairs in any view
• Insert automatic ceilings on the closed external walls contour
• Create a level with the possibility of copying selected elements
• Insert an automatic roof on the closed external walls contour. Inserting of roof windows and dormer windows

Construction

• Constructing the structural systems of Teriva ribbed-beam roofs, containing all the basic elements of the system: ceiling beams, reinforcing ribs, hidden ribs, trimmer beams, supporting mesh and additionally all necessary material lists including the elements needed to make the ceiling, completed with reinforcing steel and monolithic concrete
• Inserting the binding joist with the insertion of longitudinal reinforcement and stirrups
• Transferring the location and the material as well as the bar cross-section to the construction view. Passing the remaining elements of the architectural model in the form of a rendered or translucent 3D view, and in the case of modular axes, bar elements and surface elements also in the form of their active underlay
• Automatic 3D construction view created on the basis of a three-dimensional architectural model of a building

Water supply installations 

• Drawings of the internal water supply system | connection point | water meter set | pipelines
• Applying risers and distribution pipes from a library. It is possible to simultaneously run several parallel conduits with different functions and connect them intelligently. Drawing simplifications that allow you to change the level of many elements of the installation at the same time
• Inserting fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library. Inserting devices with individually set shapes and dimensions defined by the user (eg DHW heaters). Inserting into the program library typical element systems
• Automatic generation of connection fittings, creation of point numbering and installation description. Creating own templates
• Checking the installation for connections correctness
• Generating 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
• Automatic generation of a set of connection fittings
• Ready-made lists of materials and lists of elements
• Fittings and devices from the manufacturers' library
• Possibility to easily and quickly enter additional databases to the main library
• Checking the installation for connection correctness

Ventilation Systems 

• Creating drawings of the internal ventilation system - from intake/exhaust elements, through ventilation devices (fans, heaters, fire dampers, etc.), to the end elements of the installation in the form of air inlets and outlets
• Inserting duct elements and fittings (made of various materials) with round, rectangular and oval cross-sections. Inserting ventilation devices from the manufacturers' library with the option of adding your own objects
• Preview of the installation in 3D view, which facilitates the correction of irregularities in the route of the ducts not shown on the plan
• Possibility to define any number of ventilation systems used in the project and their properties, including air parameters (in terms of temperature and relative humidity)
• Preparation of the ventilation flow and usage report based on the object architecture (or user-defined rooms). User-assumed required flow values ventilation air may remain automatically assigned and updated in air supply elements /located in the rooms’ data
• Saving layouts made of many elements, e.g. part of the installation, to the program library, in order to reuse it. Creating descriptions and saving your own annotation templates
• Generating lists of materials and devices included in the project, intended for further processing and for the creation of cost estimates and investment valuations

Electrical installations 

• Drawing of internal electrical installations with distribution boards, sockets, connectors, boxes, lighting fixtures
  
• Designation of cable routes
• An extensive library of manufacturers' catalogues of electrical installation elements
• Possibility to assign receivers to a particular distribution board (addressing)
• Possibility to modify symbols of entered objects and assign receivers to a particular distribution board
• Generating a list of materials used in the project

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