Project Manager tree
Managing views and the displayed information through the clear tree of the Project Manager.

Walls, windows, doors
Inserting elements such as wall, pipe, etc. using the smart tracking function.

Visualization
Showing elements drawn in the view in a classic or the new 3D view rendered in real time (visualization using a 3D game engine).

Smart TOP 10
A smart list of the most often used commands that are automatically memorized when working on a project, creating a personalized tool palette.

Comparing
The possibility to compare two versions of a project created as an ArCADia system model in the scope of new and modified system elements.

Merging
The possibility to merge the building model from an architectural design with the installation design models to create one complete model of a building project.

Collision
Collisions list of all or individual ArCADia system elements on a view, 3D view and a clear list.

Library
Built-in library that allows for detailing with 2D symbols and 3D objects needed in the drawing.

Title blocks
Creating and inserting title blocks with the option of saving them to the program library.

Custom setting
Saving custom settings for elements (pens, fonts, default element sizes, etc.) in the project template.

Elements
Built-in library of all element types, with the possibility of expansion.

Dimensioning
Possibility of entering linear and angular dimensioning.

The program window is divided into tabs in which the drawings are successively displayed.

Creating any drawings using basic elements: lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, regular polygons and rectangles.

Editing drawing elements: moving, copying, scaling, rotating, mirroring, ordering, cutting, breaking, and offset.

Functions allowing for any hatching of a closed contour of a circle, polygon and rectangle.

Simplified block creation and saving. Loading a block from an external file.

Describing a drawing with multiline text using SHX technical fonts or TrueType fonts.

Auxiliary grid, orthogonal drawing functions, polar tracking.

Recognition of snap points (ESNAP), e.g. for lines – center, end points and intersections of lines.

Intuitive way of defining the size of the sheet and the scale of the printed drawing.

The program window is divided into tabs in which the drawings are successively displayed.

Working on layers.

Project management explorer.

Docked property panel.

Displaying tool palettes.

Dedicated Express tools toolbar.

Implemented Lisp programming language interpreter.

Possibility to load SDS and IRX overlays.

Basic tools for creating 2D and 3D drawings.

Ability to open and fully edit ACIS solids (format developed by Spatial Technology Inc.). Import and export of ACIS solids in SAT format. Only in ArCADia PLUS.

Possibility to fully modify and edit the properties of all drawn elements.

Entering and defining symbol libraries, blocks, simple and complex texts (SHX and TrueType fonts).

Additional multiline text editor.

New functions of the word editor: columns, scaling, entering text along the arc and borders, text fitting, rotation, auto numbering, etc.

Dimensioning assigned to the element: linear and angular, the ability to define your own styles.

Automatic field and distance measurement, setting coordinates.

New options for construction lines.

A wide range of hatch patterns. New hatch definition and gradient fill window.

A multiline drawing option.

Enhanced block, reference and dimension support capabilities.

Options: Select similar (with adding to the selection and the settings window), Multiadogy, Multiline editor, Dashed line.

Possibility to add point cloud in RCP / RCS format.

New types of 3D objects (primitives) – Facet Modeler (ODA surface modeler), along with basic editing functions.

Possibility of photorealistic visualization and rendering.

Drawing in hidden line mode and shading in real time.

Possibility to open ACIS solids (without option to create and fully editing).

DWF, DGN and DAE formats support.

Export of STL files.

Auxiliary grid, orthogonal drawing functions, polar tracking.

Extended recognition of snap points (ESNAP), e.g. for lines – center, end points and intersections of lines.

Modification of the top menu, ribbons (panels and tabs), toolbars, command status bar and keyboard shortcuts.

Precise printing by setting all print parameters. Possibility to create a non-rectangular viewport in the paper space

Intended for architects and all who shape and create building forms.

ArCADia-ARCHITECTURE contains specialized architectural functions and options to accelerate the creation of documentation, including: automatic cross-sections, automatic dimensioning or lists creation. Thanks to the BIM technology used, the designer creating the architectural design automatically receives a digital model of the building. Because to that, the design process can be controlled on the interactive 3D preview at all times.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

WALLS

• The insertion of arch, single- and multilayer walls.
• The possibility to transform a 2D drawing created from polylines or lines into the plan of single- or multilayer walls, virtual walls or a foundation plan.

BAR ELEMENTS

• The insertion of vertical and inclined steel columns.
• The insertion of a horizontal steel object.
• The insertion of a bar frame from a .f3d file, which is seen as one element but can be exploded and viewed as a single bar element (to be moved and edited separately).
• The multi-insertion of bar elements with defined quantity, spacing and the direction of insertion.

FOUNDATIONS

• The insertion of a strip footing or any spot footing.
• Default strip footing is inserted along with the walls, and spot footing together with monolithic columns.

STAIRS

• The creation of a spiral staircase inserted with or without a construction pillar.
• The insertion of single ramps or ramps with a landing.

SOLID

• Drawing any shape of a solid with a set height. The solid can be further used as a terrace, platform, mezzanine, and similar elements.
• The insertion of a solid of a specified width and height, e.g. as binding joists and beams, including the possibility to select an insertion axis or edge.
• Solids are inserted by a rectangular outline.
• Edition of solids by dividing them and creating any openings.

DESCRIBING ITEMS

• The automatic dimensioning of the entire floor plan by selecting dimensioning lines (total external, external for protruding elements, rooms and walls, windows and frames, as well as openings).
• The assignment of dimensioning to objects, which enables automatic modification after each edit.
• The angular and radial dimensioning of walls.
• Dimensioning that indicates arch wall lengths.
• The possibility to insert a spot height in the floor plan and cross-section.
• The possibility to insert an element description (roof, floor, wall) both in the plan and cross-section. Full modification of the elements of the list, adding and subtracting materials and changes to the existing materials.
• Automatic description of the structure of the roof truss, element numbering with the cross-sectional size and length of the element shown.

SCRIPT WINDOWS AND DOORS 

• The insertion of windows of various shapes (circular, triangular, with an arch, etc.) including the possibility of setting horizontal and vertical divisions and defining the visibility of windowsills or cutting the opening itself in a wall in the shape of a special window.
• The insertion of single and double arched doors, including additional side or top lighting, revolving, sliding, swinging, and evacuation doors/emergency exit doors.

ROOFS

• Inserting multispan roofs with full editing capabilities (changes to pitched or monopitched roofs, changes in knee wall height and inclination for each roof slope separately). 
• The insertion of windows and openings in the roof.
• The insertion of dormer roofs (dormer windows).
• The insertion of a timber structure from the R3D3-Rama 3D program (roof slopes exported to R3D3-Rama 3D are structurally calculated, while the roof framework is returned to ArCADia-ARCHITECTURE).
• The insertion of roof hatches.
• Automatic or manual insertion of roof gutters.
• The insertion of drain pipes which automatically detect the gutter and the level of the terrain.
• Automatic or manual insertion of ridge tiles.
• The insertion of chimney cowls, ventilation cowls and fume cowls.
• The insertion of snow guards: snow fences, snow crushers and stoppers.
• The possibility to define the type of a roof before inserting.
• The possibility to insert a solar collector on the roof.

CROSS-SECTION

• The automatic creation of a cross-section by indicating the cut line of a building, including the possibility to define elements visible in the cross-section.
• Defining a stepped cross-section with any number of folds.
• The automatic insertion of ring beams, locating them above the load-carrying layer of a wall (with set types of wall layers) in the floor void.
• Lintels visible in the cross-section are automatically inserted with the window and door joinery.
• The cross-section can be automatically or manually refreshed to accelerate the work on the design.
• Views can be exploded, maintaining element groups and support for the Project Manager.
• The possibility of showing a cross-section of 3D objects. The option is turned off by default, which can be changed from the Project Manager window after switching on the light bulb.

FLOORS/CEILINGS

• The insertion of any floor/ceiling by indicating its shape.
• Entering openings in the ceiling automatically or by hand.
• The insertion of a floor on the ground in rooms of the lowest level.

SUN EXPOSURE AND SHADING

• Possibility to create a report on the length of the sun exposure time of all or selected rooms in the building.
• Possibility to show the shading of buildings by creating a film made with any camera from the list.

WIND ROSE

• The possibility to insert the symbol and the direction of the north arrow onto the ground level projection.
• The wind rose depends on the sun analysis, the coordinates of the project location are given or the city is indicated on the list, thanks to which rendering is calculated in the indicated location and time data.

RENDERING

• Defining materials for each element in its properties.
• Simple or advanced rendering, including the possibility to define all necessary settings (lighting type and position, shadow softening, etc.).
• The new rendering method for outdoors and indoors (Photon mapping).
• The possibility of rendering in different views: daylight and night-time views.
• The rendering window is independent of the ArCADia-ARCHITECTURE program, which makes it possible to continue working on a design, as the visualisation is calculated.
• Multi-rendering, which is recording the views from predefined cameras.
• Saving of the building view with rendering as a single scene or from selected cameras as defined in the program.
• Daylight analysis with a date and time setting, thereby rendering a scene on the days that interest us.

LISTS

• Automatically created lists of timber from the roof construction inserted in the R3D3-Rama 3D program.
• Area and cubic capacity count. 
• The list of roof surfaces, roof accessories, roof materials. The list of materials used in the design of ArCADia BIM system objects. 
• An inserted bar elements list (defined in the design, and imported from the R3D3-Rama 3D).
• Lists of suspended ceiling elements, separately for the rack, panels and hangers.

The ArCADia – LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE is an industry-specific module of the ArCADia BIM system, based on the technology BIM (Building Information Modelling) extending basic functions related with the design of the building surroundings. Module expands the functionality of the ArCADia-ARCHITECTURE program, it gives the option for inserting water reservoirs, garden ponds and swimming pools into the project. The program provides also other conveniences related to building design. Using the functions of the ArCADia-LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE module, you can indicate the plot area by fencing it off, and insert on its terrain areas which will become sidewalks, paths or flowerbeds, the option for inserting plants completes the whole process. At this stage, the program does not contain a complex base of plants, but there are the basic types in it that are sufficient to create the concept of the building’s surroundings. The program also generates a list of used plants.

An important addition to the ArCADia-LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE module is the additional library of 3D LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE objects. It contains 236 high-quality 3D objects, useful in designing the surroundings of single-family and multi-family units, areas of urban neighborhoods and urban space in general.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program: ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

AREA

Topography of the terrain created with lines and spot heights can be modified by point or area.

AREAS

Sidewalks, paths, lawns or flowerbeds can be inserted in accordance with the terrain topography or its modification.

PLANTS

Plants are divided into three basic types, with possibility of changing them into 2D objects or choose model from the 3D object library.

FENCE

The plot area can be defined by the script construction of the fence. Possibility to modify particular parts of the fence or create own layouts.

GROUND SURFACE OPENING

Ground surface openings of any shape surrounded by vertical edges and a horizontal surface of the bottom of the ground.

RESERVOIR

Water reservoirs of any shape with a set modification by area or point.  

SWIMMING POOL

Swimming pools of any shape inserted above the ground or in the ground.

LISTS

A list of the plants and areas used, divided into groups and element types. The list of fence lengths with information about the post number and the infill scheme.

ArCADia-IFC RVT, in the new version of the ArCADia BIM system, changes the approach to IFC file reading by importing them without any conversion. This allows the model to be loaded more precisely together with all the data of any object for creating each building.

Any number of IFC files can be loaded into ArCADia BIM and can coexist with the systems models in the project. The models are independent, but still, when all data on objects is transferred, they are subject to verification of designs with collision options and finding, e.g., intersections between structure elements and different installations, regardless of whether they are imported as an IFC model or created with ArCADia system options.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• Import of RVT and RFA files from Revit.
• Import of IFC files entered as an independent model into any project. The module allows you to import files to any project (new or existing ArCADia model structure) and to open several IFC models into one project.
• Possibility to modify the model position in the project space (moving the X, Y layout and changing the height position).

• Quick access in the properties window to all parameters of IFC objects saved in the source program.
• Coexistence of the models: IFC / RVT and those from the ArCADia system in one project. Possibility to check, at the design stage, for collisions between all or specified objects in the project.
• Save the project using the Project Package with all IFC / RVT models entered into the project.

Easily create a network of evacuation routes in buildings. Evacuation routes can be printed in any sizes depending on the user’s needs. The program is intended for engineers, architects or people in charge of maintenance in public utility buildings.

A user can create evacuation maps on the basis of existing building and spatial development plans (formats: DWG, IFC, DXF) or make their  own drawings using the ArCADia system tools.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• Create and print evacuation maps on the basis of projections produced in ArCADia or imported from other programs.
• Easy-to-use and intuitive functions for colouring evacuation routes.
• Intuitive functions for colouring evacuation areasautomated functions for marking evacuation routes.

• Automatically create legends, including descriptions of facilities and symbols used.
• Ready-made boards, including the procedures in case of fire or accidents.
• A library of ready-made symbols and boards compliant with industry standards. Symbols and other features are compliant with the European standard ISO 23601 in force.

The module assists in the preparation of technical documentation for inventory plans and the cross-section, as the building inventory and survey is taken. 

The data is collected by wireless electronic measuring devices using Bluetooth technology and directly inserted into the ArCADia BIM System.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• The preparation of 3D drawings of rooms on the basis of data collected from electronic measuring devices equipped with the Bluetooth technology.
• Working directly in a CAD program on a drawing in DWG format, including the possibility of making corrections instantaneously.

• The program has an innovative and copyright solution, which simply merges measured and metered rooms into plans of entire levels on the spot.
• In combination with the ArCADia module, the program provides a fully functional CAD graphic environment, which enables preparation of drawings in the DWG format, also without a distance meter.

ArCADia-SURVEYOR cooperates with the following electronic measuring devices:

• Leica DISTO A6
• Leica DISTO D8
• Leica DISTO D3a BT
• Leica DISTO D510 BT (only for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10)
• Leica DISTO D810 BT (only for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10)
• Bosch: Professional GLM 100C.

ArCADia-3D MAKER is a module that saves the three-dimensional design model to a file that can be opened on any computer without the need of installing the ArCADia BIM system.

The presentation can be opened by using the free ArCADia-3D VIEWER browser that is built-in or downloaded from the Internet.

• Saving the data of the design model (Building, installation, network etc.) to the .a3d file. The presentation is available for viewing on every computer on which the free ArCADia-3D VIEWER is  installed.

• Cameras defined in the design are also visible in the ArCADia-3D VIEWER.
• Saving the 3D project to the cloud (OneDrive, Google, Dropbox or other disks), automatic generation of the URL address to preview the 3D design model in the web browser.

Preview of the 3D model of the ArCADia design on mobile devices. After saving the digital model of the project in the cloud (OneDrive disks, Google Drive, Dropbox or other), it is possible to share the preview on a mobile device (smartphone, tablet with any system), without the need to install any additional application on it.

Intended for designers of electrical and power equipment systems in buildings and it can be used to create the professional documentation of internal low-voltage electrical systems.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia BIM LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia BIM PLUS

• The calculation of short-circuit currents and short-circuit power on individual sections of the designed installation.
• Advanced 3D preview.
• Calculations of load currents (single-phase or three-phase) and calculation of voltage drops.
• Generation of a calculation report and power balance in RTF format.
• Generating structural diagrams of power lines for electrical installations projects (schematic diagram of internal power lines between designed distribution boards).

Why is it worth buying ArCADia-ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS   

• One of the few CAD/CAE solutions for electricians allowing to draw the installation project in a building in accordance with the BIM technology.
• Numerous benefits from working in BIM technology: automatic checking of collisions with other building elements, advanced 3D preview, export to IFC format.
• Full support for DWG format.

Intended for designers of electrical and power equipment systems in buildings and it can be used to create the professional documentation of internal low-voltage electrical systems.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• Extensive libraries of elements.
• Calculations of filling and loading cable routes.
• The calculation of short-circuit currents and short-circuit power on individual sections of the designed installation.

• Support for DIALUX software (export and import of lighting fixtures).
• Generation of bills of materials and elements lists (RTF and CSV export).
• Advanced 3D preview.
• Designing cable routes.

• Generating structural diagrams of power lines for electrical installations projects (schematic diagram of internal power lines between designed distribution boards).

• Calculations of load currents (single-phase or  three-phase) and calculation of voltage drops.
• Generation of a calculation report and power balance in RTF format.

The program enables the development of professional technical documentation required to produce single-line circuit diagrams. The program is designed both for designers of networks and electricity and power systems, as well as for all people working in the electrical engineering industry.

The ArCADia-DISTRIBUTION BOARDS program can be used to create a diagram of a designed switchgear or any circuit diagram and perform basic technical calculations. Extensive editable library lets you easily design electrical systems with custom parameters. 

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program.

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• The quick and efficient design of single-line schematic diagrams for switchgears. Automatic generation of actual views of distribution boards. The possibility to create control systems.
• The possibility to create an actual view of a distribution board and to put in electric devices.
• The automatic generation of a distribution panel diagram designed using the ArCADia-ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS overlay.

• The preview of created distribution boards in a 3D view. 
• A database of electric devices, instruments and electric device symbols (Cam switches, Frequency inverters, Softstarts, Fuses, Voltage coils).The expanded library of electrical equipment (Legrand, Moeller, Schneider, Hager, ABB, Jean Muller).

The ArCADia-LIGHTING PROTECTION INSTALLATION allows to create an installation project to protect the building against a lightning discharge.

The project may cover both a single-family building security and the creation of a full lightning protection system in multi-family and public buildings. The program allows to create a project, check the correctness of its execution (connection of elements and closing of circuits), performs the necessary calculations in accordance with the applicable standards and allows to prepare a final report.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

THE ROOF AND BUILDING INSTALLATION

The program allows to create a lightning protection drawing with the options of the conducting cable, thanks to which the roof (each of its roof slope) is outlined along the ridges, corners, baskets, hoods and other edges. After the circuit is closed, the installation is connected to the control connector with an outlet cable, which itself finds the shortest path to the downlead. Following the roof slope, eave, and then the wall of the building, it reaches the box or the control connector itself. With larger buildings an air terminal can be placed on the roof as well.

THE INSTALLATION IN THE TERRAIN

The program automatically runs a downlead from the control connector to the surround earth electrode, grate earth electrode or earth rod.

REPORTS AND LISTINGS

If the installation is done correctly, the report with resistance results can be generated and lists of elements and materials are inserted on the view.

CALCULATION AND CONTROL OF PROJECT VALIDITY

Before making calculations, entering listings and creating a report, the correctness of element connections should be checked. The program has functionality that allows to automatically check the correctness of the project. If any of the elements are not connected, they will be marked. If the design is correct, you can make calculations of earth electrodes. The program performs them automatically on the basis of the drawing and given in the ground resistance options.

ArCADia-POWER NETWORKS allows the creation of professional documentation related to the design of external low-voltage power networks. The program enables object-oriented creation of drawings for external power networks in spatial development plans or the preparation of user drawings showing a power network starting from a low-voltage transformer to a distribution panel in a building.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• The generation of structural diagrams of networks starting from the power source to the final object. The functionality can be used to quickly generate a drawing of the structural diagram of a proposed network. The diagram contains the topology of the proposed network

• The cable joint box.
• The possibility to substitute a symbol view for a specific object and create user symbols for designed objects.
• A rich library of objects and the possibility for the user to create their own items.

• The designing of cable and overhead power networks.
• The quick and efficient preparation of the design of a power connection to building facilities and the design of an external lighting system, e.g. lighting for streets, road, car parks, etc.

• Improvement of technical calculations by the introduction of the duty and impedance factors for the short-circuit loop to the “cable connector” structure, which enables short-circuit calculations of the internal supply line from the cable connector to the distribution board in the building as well as calculations of the load capacity of each section of the designed network.

• The program allows the object-oriented creation of drawings for external power networks in spatial development plans as well as preparation of user drawings showing a power network starting from a low-voltage transformer to the distribution panel of a building.

• For each planned power line, the user can select protective devices for short circuits and overloads using the library of protective devices or creating their own objects.

• The possibility to create survey coordinates in spatial development plans. Once survey points are marked, the user can generate a report on X and Y coordinates in an RTF file. The functionality is very useful when a designer has to present the survey coordinates of the planned network turning points to a Design Documentation Approval Team.

• The execution of all basic calculations for a network.
• Generation of professional technical documentation and bills of the materials used in the design for further processing.  

The ArCADia-TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS module enables the design of external telecommunications networks along the route: initial distribution frame (initial cable end: distribution frame, external cabinet, cable box) – telecommunication line route – end distribution frame (final cable ending of line: distribution frame, external cabinet, cable box, cable termination in a building), as well as any configuration of the network with its breakdown into selected components.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• The design of primary and secondary underground cable systems, cable pipelines, overhead lines, fibre-optic and copper-media cables (including telecommunication and coaxial cables) using a proposed or defined existing telecommunication infrastructure.

• The generation of cable route diagrams, a primary cable ducting system diagram, cable pipeline, listing of project materials or selected line materials.

• Verification of the designed individual sections of a cable, a selected cable line and the connections of the remaining components of the design.

• A report for the selected object or a group of objects.
• The export of the bill of materials to cost estimating programs.

• The generation of calculation reports, such as attenuation analysis, lists of cable sections, cable route description, listing of primary and secondary cable ducting system sections.

This module is intended for designers of sanitary installations and allows for creating the professional documentation of internal gas installations.

The ArCADia-GAS INSTALLATIONS allows you to create installation drawings, while creating calculation schemes and generating axonometric views and developments. The module allows you to verify the correctness of the designed installation in terms of hydraulics and the selection of equipment.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• Ability to transform a regular CAD line installation into the gas pipe structure to become objects of the ArCADia system.

• Generation of calculation schemes for all gas supply paths to receivers.

• The determination of the design gas demand for a building supplied with gas of any combustion properties, including the coincidence factor.

• Calculations for total pressure loss for all routes to gas appliances and the determination of the minimum and maximum pressure before a gas appliance.

• Automatic creation of a drawing of the development of the entire designed gas installation.

• Possibility of inserting fittings directly on the axonometry drawing with automatic consideration on the view and in the lists.

• The generation of calculation reports containing sectional gas losses in individual design sections, with the possibility of adjusting the diameters of sections.

The program allows you to produce professional design documentation of a gas connection, including an external gas system. Intended for both gas network and system designers and all people associated with the plumbing and installation sectors in civil engineering. Try our object-oriented creation of drawings of gas connections and external gas system elements.

The design can be realised on spatial development plans in the form of geodesic base maps or the user’s own drawings representing an existing or proposed network.

Intuitive automatic creation of design diagrams and longitudinal profiles for pipeline routes, including system elements, calculations , pressure verification.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• The generation of drawings of external gas system as regards pipeline routes, shut-off fittings, locations and dimensions of free-standing and wall-mounted gas boxes.

• The creation of profiles and design diagrams.

• The determination of gas flow in sections of external gas system lines.

• The possibility of the quick and simple addition of databases to the main program library and the selection of folders to be used in a given system design.

• The calculation of pressure drops in external gas system lines.
• The verification of a designed gas system for correctness.

• The generation of design reports, ready-made bills of materials and hydraulic calculations.

Intended for designers of sanitary installations it allows for creating the professional technical  documentation of internal heating installations.

Easily and quickly create drawings using automatically connecting receivers with the installation. Create diagrams, generate axonometric views, automatically select elements taking into account user preferences. This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• Drawing facilities that allow you to quickly and easily connect many receivers (in three ways).

• Calculation of the gravitational active pressure, linear and local pressure losses for all circuits, indication of the critical circulation.

• Automatic selection of pipelines, insulation, thermostatic valves, cut-off valves, etc., with consideration of applicable regulations.

• Indication of the parameter values required for the circulation pump: height volume and capacity.

• Possibility to insert the stop valves directly to the axonometric drawing with automatic inclusion in the view and in lists.

• Transforming a regular CAD line installation into the pipeline structure to become objects of the ArCADia system.

• Generation of three types of axonometric views (including partial) and the possibility of graphically editing them.

• Generating calculation reports.

The module is intended for designers of internal sanitary installations and allows for creating the professional documentation of internal water supply installations.

Easily and quickly create drawings using automatic connections of draw-off taps with the installation. Create calculations, generate axonometric views, check correctness in terms of hydraulics and automatic selection of elements from the library. 

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• Automatically inserting a connection with draw-off taps in three ways.
• Transforming an installation drawn with lines in a CAD environment into pipelines that are objects of the ArCADia system.

• Automatic generation of three types of axonometry (also partial) with the possibility of graphic modification.
• Introducing stop valves in axonometry drawing with automatic inclusion on the view and in the lists.

• Automatic selection of system components including the applicable regulations.
• Generating calculation reports.

• Calculation of pressure loss for all or selected water flow paths, selection of the most unfavourably located water intake point.
• Calculation of heat losses and pressure losses in circulation systems with the possibility of determining the required lift height and efficiency parameters for circulation pumps.
• Inclusion in the calculation of hydraulic conditions for installations with fire hydrants.

This module is intended for designers of sanitary installations and allows for the creation of professional documentation of sewage systems on architectural and building plans.

The ArCADia-SEWAGE INSTALLATIONS module allows for the faster creation of drawings, due to the option of automatically connecting devices with the installation, while creating calculation schemes and generating developments and profiles. 

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

• Drawing facilities allowing for a quick and easy way to create the connections of a number of outflows at the same time, depending on the connection method and the intended use of the fixture.
• Selection of pipe diameters of branches from fixtures to risers from manufacturers’ catalogues.

• Calculation of section flows, fillings and speeds. Settings of diameters of drainage sections, risers, downpipes and slopes.
• Generating calculation reports.

• Automatic generation of developments: drain pipes, risers, approaches with accessories including fittings and sewage system devices.

• Automatic generation of outlet pipe and riser profiles, including collisions with installations from other ArCADia system modules, including objects and connection fittings.

The program allows for the creating of the documentation of sewerage networks and external sewerage installations including connections.

The program takes into account the types of wastewater and the related division into sanitary, rainwater and combined sewage.

The functionality of the ArCADia-SEWAGE NETWORKS program enables object-oriented drawing of spatial development maps by means of logically connected network elements and sewage systems. On the basis of the network model drawn on the map, the designer generates auxiliary drawings: profiles, schematics for the construction of concrete wells and invert channels. On the generated profiles it is possible to change the incline and depth of the network.

On the basis of the network model, the program performs hydraulic calculations of the sewerage network: sanitary, combined and rainwater.

Finally, the user generates lists and lists of materials, invert channel lists of concrete wells, coordinate listing and data for making a cost estimate.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• Designing networks including sanitary, rain and combined.

• Automatic generation of hydraulic calculations.

• Automatic generation of profiles with the option of automatic modification of model changes on the map.

• Automatic generation of invert channel lists.

• Modeling of gravity and gravity-pumping networks.

• Automatic generation of concrete well assembly drawings.

This module is intended for structure designers to maximally support the user during the development of reinforced concrete column drawings in CAD applications.

You can enter the reinforcement data manually and also capture these data directly from calculation applications: EuroZelbet module of ArCADia-RAMA software, and Reinforced concrete column PN-EN of Constructor system. You have the option of copying and inserting ready made columns from the current or past projects.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia BIM, ArCADia PLUS

GEOMETRY:

• Ability to design multiple columns as part of a single document and copy models between documents.
• Ability of constructing the geometry and reinforcement of the element on two or four basic side views and any number of column cross-sections.
• Available cross-sections: rectangular, circular, angular, T-shaped, channel, zeta and I-beam with automatic support for rectangular and round columns.
• Possibility of expanding the geometry of the column with the column of the upper level and the joining transom in the upper node or at its height.

REINFORCEMENT:

• Creation of longitudinal reinforcement with the possibility of its automatic bending into the transoms or inserting it into the upper level column.
• Automatic creation of rectangular section column transversal reinforcement in form of two- and four-legged stirrups, distributed in the areas defined by the user.
• Automatic creation of column typical transversal reinforcement for other shapes of section.
• Change of four-legged stirrup direction within the column section.
• Required bend radii of rebars are automatically taken into consideration.
• The anchoring lengths of longitudinal rebars are automatically taken into consideration when they are bent into the transoms and inserted into the upper level column, in case of rectangular and round columns.
• The cover of longitudinal and transversal reinforcement being distributed within the reinforced element is automatically taken into account.
• The ability to design rebars of any shape.
• The rebar shape and properties are editable.

OTHER:

• The reinforcement dimensioning is available in mm or cm units, with adjustable accuracy.
• Automatic extraction of rebars along with their dimensions and descriptions (rebar details).
• The rebar descriptions may be placed in any location within the Views and Sections of elements.
• Automated and continuous numbering of each rebar within a single file.
• The geometry of the column may be freely modified.
• Automatic creation and modification of the reinforcement steel list on the basis of the created reinforcement model (The list for a single element or for the whole drawing).
• Automatic generation of a reinforced column model on the basis of calculation carried out in the EuroŻelbet module of R3D3 3D-RAMA 3D or the R2D2 Rama 2D application and in the Reinforced concrete column PN-EN module of Constructor Application.
• 3D view of the generated model of the column reinforcement.

This module is intended for construction engineers to provide maximum support to the user in developing detailed structural drawings of reinforced concrete slabs in a CAD program.

The module creates a spatial model of the slab’s reinforcement, allowing further editing and the automatic creation of new slab cross-sections. Based on the data entered by the user, in the form of views of the slab’s top and bottom reinforcement plates and the element’s cross-sections.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

Geometry:

• Ability to design multiple slabs within one document.
• Ability to transfer the ceilings including their support conditions from the building’s model in the ArCADia-ARCHITECTURE program.
• Ability to build the geometry and reinforcement plate of the slab in two main views defined separately for the top and bottom reinforcement plates.
• Free panning and adding of new slab cross-sections as well as setting the depth of field of cross-section reinforcement.
• Ability to freely shape the slab’s contours and openings as well as adding supports in the form of: walls, columns and binding joists.

Reinforcement:

• Automatic inclusion of rectangular reinforcement grids for any given shape of the slab or its fragment while maintaining a uniform or altering grid reinforcement in both directions as well as the maintenance of the vertical cover (top and bottom) and side cover for all grid bars.
• Automatic inclusion of rectangular reinforcement grids for the user-defined area inside the rectangular or any other shape slab.
• The ability to copy defined grids between the bottom and top surface of the slab.
• Ability to bend the bars from the top grid to the bottom grid.
• Ability to introduce regular densities of the reinforcement in both directions in the selected area of the given grid and to make a copy.
• Ability to introduce a cut-out of any shape in the predetermined grid.
• Ability to modify the grid’s contours and separating it into individual bars.
• Ability to add single bars to the grid in the main or secondary direction.
• Ability to copy grid bars.
• Ability to modify the length of single grid bars
• Ability to move the entire distribution of the bars in the grid.
• Automatic removal of the distribution of excess grid bars based entirely on the slab’s support area (walls and binding joists).
• Ability to establish vertical punch fittings in the areas of direct slab support on columns.

Other:

• Automatic inclusion in the list of reinforcement steel of the regular distribution of the top grid’s support tables.
• Automatic inclusion in the list of reinforcement steel of the regular distribution of the top grid’s support tables.
• Dimensioning of the reinforcement in millimetres or centimetres with the ability to set the accuracy.
• Automatic inclusion of the necessary radiuses of reinforcement bar bending.
• Ability to create reinforcement bars of any shape.
• Ability to modify the diameters and properties of reinforcement bars.
• Automatic removal of reinforcement bars, including their dimensioning and description.
• Ability to insert an aggregated numbering of the slab’s reinforcement bars and their descriptions for bars with a regular increase in the bar’s length.
• Free insertion of reinforcement descriptions to element views and cross-sections.
• Automatic continuous numbering of all bars within one document or for one slab.
• Ability to freely shape the dimensioning of the slab’s geometry.
• Automatic creation and modification of the list of reinforcement steel based on the created reinforcement model (list for a single slab or list for the entire drawing).
• Preview of the designed slab reinforcement model in a 3D view.

The module allows for object insertion of reinforced concrete elements that are parameterized in the Lisp script, as well as generating views and cross-sections automatically.

The reinforcement of the element can be modified, and the element itself can be additionally reinforced by inserting free-shape rebars. The reinforcement steel lists can be generated automatically. Besides using LISP scripts attached to the program, the user can also create or customize scripts of reinforced concrete components.

This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program:

ArCADia LT, ArCADia, ArCADia PLUS

• Built-in a ready-to-use reinforced concrete components library.
• Possibility to define components easily by using views, cross-sections, steel lists, and details of bars.
• Possibility to create reinforced concrete element scripts by writing the script in the Lisp source code language available in ArCADia system functions.

• Real-time preview of a three-dimensional reinforced concrete component model in the 3D View.
• Inserting views and cross-sections based on the generated three-dimensional model.

• Possibility to add, edit and remove reinforcement.
• Inserting any reinforcing bar on views and cross-sections.
• Automatic consideration of bending radius of reinforcing bars.
• Automatic updating of the steel list data.

ArCADia-GARDEN Library is a pack of 400 objects for arrangement of building environment. It contains garden architecture items (summer-houses, gates, bridges, barriers, pergolas, solar houses), lamps, accessories and garden furniture, trees and plants as well as cars. 

ArCADia-HOTEL Library is a high-quality facilities catalogue for the ArCADia BIM system, based on the ideology of Building Information Modeling (BIM). The library contains more than 400 objects for interior design of hotels, motels and guesthouses. They include furniture as well as kitchen fittings, bathroom fittings and many more.

ArCADia – ELEMENTS OF ELEVATION Library contains almost 600 of 3D elements for decorating the facade of external buildings and room walls.

The facade details can be used to highlight the strong points of the design of the house and mask the defects of its outline. The library contains: covings, balusters, cornices, corbels, keystones, columns, pilasters, rosettes, facing and decorative skirting.

ArCADia-PALLET FURNITURE Library is a catalogue of high quality objects for the ArCADia system.

The library contains 121 objects which are furniture designed from pallets. They can be successfully used to arrange loft-style apartments, gardens, terraces and building surroundings, restaurants or office spaces.

ArCADia-LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY is a catalog of high quality 3D objects for the ArCADia system.

The library contains 236 objects that are elements of urban architecture and the surrounding of buildings, among others, various benches, bicycle stands, plants, lamps, elements of playground equipment and park public gyms.

The ArCADia-COMMUNAL SPACES FURNITURE Library is a catalog of 400 3D objects that provide functional and practical equipment for rooms such as staff changing rooms, social and communal rooms in workplaces, factories, social corners in restaurants or fitness clubs, schools, sports halls, health and safety rooms or workshops and also for hospital rooms. The library is useful when designing aesthetic and ergonomic spaces using, for example, tall metal clothing or utility lockers. In addition, it includes benches, tables, hangers, chairs, safes and armored cabinets. The universal appearance of the furniture makes it fit into any interior. A RAL color palette is included with the library.