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Description

Accelerate your architectural design and drafting processes with a specialized toolset that boasts over 8,500 intelligent objects and styles, allowing for swifter renovation designs and document creation. Utilize elements that mimic real-world behavior and construction to enhance the accuracy of your projects. Incorporate detailed components and advanced keynoting tools to streamline your workflow. The AutoCAD® 2022 software offers industry-specific toolsets, a more connected experience across different platforms and Autodesk products, as well as innovative automations like Count. You can conveniently review and provide feedback directly on a DWG file without modifying the original drawing. Share a controlled version of your drawing with teammates and colleagues, enabling them to access it from any location. Additionally, you can detach drawing windows to view them side by side or across multiple monitors within the same AutoCAD session. Enjoy improved performance, particularly in plotting and 3D graphics, and easily export your CAD drawing sheets as PDFs to Autodesk Docs directly from AutoCAD, enhancing collaboration and efficiency. With these advancements, your design process can become not only quicker but also more precise and user-friendly.

Description

IDEA Architecture provides sophisticated 3D BIM modeling while maintaining an interface similar to AutoCAD, allowing users to utilize basic 2D commands such as polylines, entity snaps, and copy functions to effortlessly create 3D models with our extensive library of 3D BIM objects. By simply drafting floor plans with the intuitive and parametric objects found in our AutoBLD menu, IDEA Architecture automatically generates the corresponding 3D representation. With a quick double-click, users can access and modify properties of any object with ease. Differentiating itself from other BIM software, IDEA Architecture utilizes DWG as its core file format and offers functionality to convert 3D BIM objects into straightforward vectors, which can be easily viewed and altered in AutoCAD®. This compatibility makes it simple to share both 2D and 3D files with a wide range of CAD users. Additionally, our Architectural Software incorporates all the capabilities of 4MCAD, which serves as a viable alternative to AutoCAD®, ensuring a versatile and comprehensive design experience. By combining user-friendly commands with powerful features, IDEA Architecture streamlines the transition from 2D to 3D design.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

AutoCAD Yes 
Count Yes 
Newforma Yes 

Integrations

AutoCAD Yes 
Count No 
Newforma No 

Pricing Details

$220 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

$1,395 one-time payment
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Autodesk

Founded

1982

Country

United States

Website

www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/included-toolsets/autocad-architecture

Vendor Details

Company Name

4M

Founded

1986

Country

Greece

Website

www.4msa.com

Product Features

Architectural CAD

2D Drawing No 
3D Modeling No 
Architectural Symbol Library No 
Automatic Formatting No 
BIM Modeling No 
Comparison View No 
Design Templates No 
Drafting No 

Product Features

3D Architecture

2D Drawing No 
Animation No 
BIM Modeling Yes 
Component Library Yes 
Data Import / Export No 
Landscape Design No 
Virtual Tour No 

Architectural CAD

2D Drawing Yes 
3D Modeling Yes 
Architectural Symbol Library Yes 
Automatic Formatting No 
BIM Modeling Yes 
Comparison View No 
Design Templates No 
Drafting Yes 

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