Getting Your Products Specified by A r c h i C A D U s e r s
Getting Your Products Specified
by ArchiCAD Users
“Architects and Builders tell us that they are more likely to specify your
products if they are available as ArchiCAD BIM Objects”.
More and more Architects and Builders search online for building products and
furniture for use in their 2D and 3D Building Models.
They do this because...
• It saves time
• They can see product aspect and
variations
• The objects and information about
them is accurate and timely
• It is easier to communicate what the
building is going to look like in real life
• Renders look real with life-like versions
of your products.
ArchiCAD is one of the most popular Open BIM, 3D CAD Solutions in use
worldwide. It is used by thousands of Architects and Builders ranging
in size from sole practitioners to the largest firms in Australia and around
the world. Many ArchiCAD users also create realistic, animated flythroughs for customer presentations using Rendering Solutions such as
Artlantis and Cinema 4D.
Architects and Builders prefer to specify products that have a library
of Parametric BIM Objects (intelligent images of your products) that
they can use in their designs, documentation, renders and animated
customer presentations.
Our customers tell us that they will be more likely to specify the products
for which there are readily accessible ArchiCAD BIM Objects.
‘You Can’ Market Your Products
to ArchiCAD Users
We will help you to ensure you realise the benefits of having your products available as
ArchiCAD BIM Objects. The help includes...
• Links from the Graphisoft web site to
the GDL BIM Objects residing on your
web site
• Product catalogue update
notifications sent to ArchiCAD users
across Australia
• Assistance from the Graphisoft
Australia marketing department in
promoting the availability of your
BIM Objects and special offers to
ArchiCAD users.
• Product catalogue updates notified
during Graphisoft’s regular Webinars
• Opportunities to promote to the
students in our Graphisoft Next
online community
• Product catalogue updates notified
at ArchiCAD User Groups
• Assistance with Object Developers on
the production of your objects
How Do You Create and Market
Your ArchiCAD BIM Objects?
Graphisoft can talk to your Marketing Manager, Technical Manger or
Specification Manager about...
•How to connect with the ArchiCAD
Users across Australia who can
access your products
• The range of functionality you may wish
to provide to Architects and Builders
through the Objects you create
•Assist you to develop your objects
•Assist in obtaining an economical
quote to produce your Objects.
How Do ArchiCAD BIM Objects
Work in ArchiCAD?
ArchiCAD BIM Objects are produced using GDL (Geometric Description
Language) – which contains all the information necessary to completely
describe building elements as 2D CAD symbols, 3D models and text
specifications for use in drawings, presentations and quantity calculations.
ArchiCAD Objects coded in GDL for provide Rich “topology” options to enable
one component to stand for several objects. So, you don’t have to create a BIM
Object for each and every product in the range. BIM Object libraries are a small
file-size that describe the complete product range of manufacturers.
The Benefits of
ArchiCAD BIM Objects
Thousands of Architects and Builders around the world have long enjoyed
the benefits of having products delivered as Intelligent ArchiCAD BIM Objects.
The benefits include...
• You can have one ArchiCAD BIM Object for an entire product range
• Your products are available as real-world objects with real-data that can
be used by your customers in their building designs in real-time
• You can provide product images and information in a way that supports the
design process and enhances the service you provide to your customers
• You create the ability, online, for Architects and Builders to specify your
products in their design through links to the ArchiCAD user community.
What Are the
Next Steps?
If you would like to make your firm’s products available to ArchiCAD Users as
ArchiCAD BIM Objects talk to your Graphisoft Business Development Manager
who will help you as follows...
• Discuss the products you would like made available as ArchiCAD BIM Objects
• Gather information about your products and how you would like to see
them represented
• Obtain a quote to develop the Object(s)
• Talk to you about how you can make your products available to the ArchiCAD users
• Update the Objects that you make available.