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The following chart illustrates the differences between ArchiCAD 11 and ArchiCAD Start Edition 2008.
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Function
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Description
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ArchiCAD 11
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ArchiCAD Start Edition 2008
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Virtual Trace™ |
Providing tighter control, better coordination and better integration of design teams, this industry-first innovative technology enables simultaneous development of the 3D model and 2D documents with full coordination and continuous visual feedback.
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Yes
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Yes
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Gradient Fills |
Linear & Radial Gradient Fills will help you achieve higher levels of graphic quality and create better representations of your design.
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Yes
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Yes
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Intelligent Guide |
"Typical" guide-lines appear when you pause the mouse over an element, "guessing" your intentions in advance.
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Yes
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Yes
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In-Place Numeric Input |
Numeric input is on-hand during every graphical operation. The tracker will follow the cursor and provide up-to-date information.
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Yes
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Yes
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Pre-Selection Feedback
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With this new feature, you'll know in advance what will be selected, and you'll receive immediate feedback about that element. |
Yes
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Yes
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Enhanced Selection/Editing Feedback
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Improved visual feedback with pre-selected and selected elements, pasted content and when moving elements. |
Yes
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Yes
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Line work & Fill Consolidation
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Efficiently handle the process of cleaning up and fixing drawings, including an optimization process for 2D drawings from consultants. |
Yes
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Yes
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Link Construction Elements To Stories
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Speed up modeling, prevent mistakes and simplify the scheduling process with logical links between elements and stories. |
Yes
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Yes
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PDF Output
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Significantly enhanced output quality and direct interface smoothes PDF creation process. |
Yes
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Yes
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Integrated Layout
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PlotMaker layout functions available in ArchiCAD. New features further enhance the documentation process. |
Yes
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Yes
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Long File Names
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Freedom to choose your naming convention with no character limitations. |
Yes
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Yes
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Quantities Of Individual Elements Components
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Highly accurate calculations, even for the most complex projects. |
Yes
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Yes
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Enhanced Project Navigator
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Enable faster navigation and better control over project documentation by separating all new view types. |
Yes
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Yes
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Pen Sets In Views
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Efficiently control the drawing set graphics with WYSIWYG and with separate and more flexible Pen Set control for each view. |
Yes
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Yes
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Parametric Drawing Titles
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Parametric titles adjust automatically to the associated drawing and indicate specific data, making editing much more flexible. |
Yes
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Yes
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DWG Support
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Open and Save DWG files formatted for AutoCAD 2000 through 2007 |
Yes
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Yes
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XRef support
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This allows you to insert the multiple DWG/DXF files into one Project |
Yes
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-
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External Drawings
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External drawing and picture files as well as PDF files can also be placed on the layout |
Yes
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-
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| Import of Image Files | Images files of various formats (BMP, PICT, GIF, TIFF, JPEG) can be directly imported |
Yes
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Yes
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Teamwork
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With ArchiCAD's Teamwork functionality, several members of a team of architects or related professionals can work simultaneously on various aspects or parts of the same project. |
Yes
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-
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Hot Linked Modules
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Hotlinked Modules allow you to insert the multiple ArchiCAD files into one Project |
Yes
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-
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Publisher
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ArchiCAD's Publisher feature automates and simplifies the repeated and consistent output of a larger number of documents |
Yes
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-
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Reviewer
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Project Reviewer is a Java applet that lets you view DWF, JPG, GIF, and TXT files saved in ArchiCAD using the Project Publisher command. It also allows you to add redline information to DWF files. This is an extremely convenient way of communicating with in an internet browser. |
Yes
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-
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Markup Tools
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Markup tools allow you to mark elements for correcting mistakes or managing design suggestions. |
Yes
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-
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Element information
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Element information allows you to get instant feedback on some simple quantities that do not appear in the elements' settings dialog boxes, without having to use any listing commands. |
Yes
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-
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Worksheet
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The Worksheet window provides a dedicated environment for 2D model-based drawings. |
Yes
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-
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Slanted wall, column, beam
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Walls and columns can be slanted, stretched and/or modified. |
Yes
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-
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Profiled wall, column, beam
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Complex Profiles are predefined and custom defined walls, columns and beams that can be edited by hand to take nearly any desired shape. |
Yes
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-
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Profile manager
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Allows the user to design and manage profiled walls, columns and beams |
Yes
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-
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LightWorks rendering
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The LightWorks Rendering Engine gives you the power to create high-quality photorealistic images. LightWorks offers ray-tracing, soft-shadow and reflection features and complex shader editing capabilities, compatible with ArchiCAD's own elements. |
Yes
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-
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Sketch Rendering
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This rendering engine allows you to create and process sophisticated rendered images with different free-hand effects. |
Yes
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-
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Align View
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When using a scanned photograph as the background of your rendering, the camera perspective of your building in ArchiCAD will match the perspective of the background. |
Yes
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-
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Sun Study
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Sun Studies allow you to view an entire project or a selected part of it in a real-life situation by choosing a geographic location and defining the time period over which you wish to examine lighting and shadow casting. |
Yes
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-
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Interior Elevation
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This work similarly to Sections and Elevations generating a marker with custom-defined reference information. Each Interior Elevation is a separate viewpoint in the Navigator Project Map. Edits made on an Interior Elevation can be reflected in the Model, and model changes can be reflected in the Interior Elevation. |
Yes
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-
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Color shading in sections and elevations
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Choose this option to display a Section using the building elements' own material colors. The display colors will reflect shading effects. |
Yes
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-
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Printed Manual
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Yes
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-
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Tech. Support
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Yes
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Yes
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Open Full ArchiCAD Files
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Yes
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Open ArchiCAD Start Edition Files
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Yes
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Yes
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