information modeling software founded budapest hungary 1982 headquarters budapest hungary key people g bor boj r founder chairman of the board viktor v rkonyi ceo products see complete products listing . parent nemetschek ag subsidiaries graphisoft r & d zrt . graphisoft deutschland gmbh graphisoft north america inc graphisoft japan co. ltd. graphisoft uk ltd. graphisoft brazil graphisoft singapore graphisoft hong kong ltd. graphisoft beijing rep. office graphisoft mexico graphisoft italy website www.graphisoft.com a subsidiary of nemetschek graphisoft se develops building information modeling software products for architects interior designers and planners headquartered in budapest hungary . graphisoft has subsidiaries in germany united states united kingdom spain japan and representative offices in russia and singapore . the company s flagship product is archicad 1 an architectural design software developed since 1984 for windows and mac platforms . contents 1 products 1.1 graphisoft archicad 1.2 graphisoft bim server 1.3 graphisoft mep modeler 1.4 graphisoft ecodesigner 1.5 graphisoft bimx 2 history 3 references products edit graphisoft archicad edit archicad is a complex architectural design tool offering 2d and 3d drafting visualization and documentation functions for architects and planners to create three dimensional designs and detailed technical documentation thus enabling architects to use archicad from the earliest design phases to the technical detail drawings . 2 3 graphisoft bim server edit graphisoft s second generation collaboration solution lets more architects work on the same building simultaneously with archicad by allowing them to access and manage the building information model database over the internet . graphisoft bim server is shipped with archicad from version 13 . 4 graphisoft mep modeler edit graphisoft mep modeler mechanical electrical plumbing modeler is an archicad extension for architects to incorporate duct work and piping into the architectural design . mep modeler allows architects to create edit or import 3d mep networks and coordinate them with the building information model facilitating the bim workflow between engineers and architects . graphisoft ecodesigner edit graphisoft ecodesigner helps architects to use virtual building information to evaluate energy performance thus the sustainability of the building from the very first concept design . ecodesigner allows architects to analyze their design for energy efficiency providing feedback on the building s estimated energy performance . 5 graphisoft bimx edit bimx formerly marketed as virtual building explorer is an interactive bim model presentation tool which allows the presentation of entire building models without the need for installing archicad or other bim authoring tool . the software combines video game like navigation with native bim features including measurement of real building dimensions . 6 history edit graphisoft s flagship product archicad was introduced in 1987 as the virtual building concept later 2003 regarded as building information modeling bim and allowing architects to draw walls windows doors slabs and roofs a common feature now of every bim based architectural design software . subsequent archicad releases introduced other bim features such as teamwork which enabled more architects to work on the same building in parallel edit functions in three dimensional model views and interoperability add ons to communicate with other applications using ifc now a de facto standard in data exchange between bim applications . graphisoft was introduced to the frankfurt stock exchange in 1998 and the budapest stock exchange in 2000 and was purchased by nemetschek ag germany in 2007 . 7 references edit rvay alica . perspectives in goulash valley the graphisoft story . diplomacy & trade . retrieved 25 february 2014 . lopez bob martens ; herbert peter . transl . from german pedro m. 2004 . archicad best practice the virtual building revealed . wien springer . isbn 3211407553 . germany mohd fairuz shiratuddin tulio sulbaran shane 2010 . introduction to archicad a bim application 1 ed . . clifton park ny delmar learning . isbn 1428356649 . eastman chuck ; liston kathleen ; teicholz paul ; sacks rafael 2013 . bim handbook a guide to building information modeling for owners managers designers engineers and contractors unabridged . ed . . hoboken n.j. wiley . isbn 111802169x . retrieved 26 february 2014 . levy francois 2013 . bim in small scale sustainable design unabridged . ed . . hoboken n.j. wiley . pp. 2 6 . isbn 1118106822 . boeykens stefan 2013 . unity for architectural visualisation . packt publishing . isbn 1783559071 . nemetschek acquires majority in graphisoft shares . nemetschek ag . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title graphisoft & oldid 735388465 categories companies based in budapestcompanies established in 1982software companies of hungarysocietates europaeae1982 establishments in hungaryhungarian brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadeutschfran aisitalianolatvie umagyarnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 11 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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