VisualARQ

Last updated
Developer(s) Asuni CAD S.A.
Initial releaseOctober 2009
Stable release
3.0 / October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09)
Operating system Windows (XP/Vista/7/8/10/11)
Platform Rhinoceros (7-8)
Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Czech, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese
Type CAD, BIM
License Proprietary
Website http://www.visualarq.com/

VisualARQ is commercial architectural BIM software that works as a plug-in for Rhinoceros CAD application; [1] [2] [3] developed by Asuni CAD, based in Barcelona, Spain. It is aimed at Rhinoceros users and professionals working in the architecture sector such as architects, interior designers and developers. It competes with Architectural Desktop, Revit and ArchiCAD.

Contents

History

It was first implemented as a plug-in for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT released in 2000, [4] as a competitor to Architectural Desktop, another AEC plug-in for AutoCAD developed by Autodesk.

Releases

Release history
VersionDate of releaseNew features
VisualARQ 1.02009, October 27 [5]
VisualARQ 1.12010, November 9
  • Level manager
VisualARQ 1.22011, January 17
  • Beam object
  • IFC 2x3 export
  • Context help
VisualARQ 1.32011, March 30
  • Stair slab
  • Multi-core Hidden Line Removal engine
VisualARQ 1.42011, July 25
  • Gable/hip roofs
  • Jog sections
  • Realtime sections
  • Glass muntins
  • Awning/hooper/hung windows
VisualARQ 1.52012, February 9
  • Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support
  • Real-time plan views
  • New display mode 'Hidden'.
VisualARQ 1.62012, July 24
  • Hatched section views
  • Real-time plan views in page layout details
  • Customizable wall joints.
  • Wall components wrapping.
  • Tables with length, area and volume of VisualARQ objects.
VisualARQ 1.72013, January 21
  • New railing object.
  • Multi-threaded regeneration of VisualARQ geometry (Rhino 5 only)
  • Extrusion objects are used instead of breps when possible (Rhino 5 only).
  • Faster display of VisualARQ objects.
  • Identical columns and beams share the same instance definition.
  • Smaller and better IFC output files.
  • Doors and windows can be created from profile curves directly in the model.
  • Added volume property to space object.
VisualARQ 1.82014, June 5
  • New parametric Curtain wall object.
  • Section attributes on VisualARQ and Rhino objects.
  • New Level Manager to show and hide levels easily.
  • Texture mappings now works on VisualARQ objects.
  • New release of VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP 3.
  • Improved IFC exporter.
  • Full AISC and European standard beam styles added to VisualARQ templates.
  • New Tag object: displays VisualARQ objects information in 2D labels.
  • Plan View automatic update.
  • Help also available in Spanish, German, Italian and French.
  • Zoo support: shares VisualARQ licenses among users on the same network workgroup.
VisualARQ 1.92015, May 8
  • IFC Import.
  • IFC tag.
  • Multilayer slabs
  • Columns can be created from blocks for the 2D/3D representation
  • Option to insert openings in Curtain walls
  • Curtain walls with curved panels
  • Added a control point to lean curtain walls
  • Tag orientation
  • Plan view depth of field
VisualARQ 2.02017, September 29
  • Grasshopper styles: option to create dynamic blocks with VisualARQ objects from grasshopper definitions.
  • New Element, Furniture and Annotation objects
  • New commands to do boolean unions and differences between Rhino solids and VisualARQ objects
  • 2D Vector output for printing the 3D model for a real time 2D drawings
  • Custom parameters to add information to Rhino and VisualARQ objects.
  • Custom parameters are exported as IFC properties.
  • Quantity takeoffs for Rhino geometry
  • New Section Manager to create sections and align viewports to sections
  • New symbols for the Section object arrow, and Tag object shapes
  • Beam end cuts and joints calculation
  • Custom profiles with holes
  • Multilayer Roof styles.
  • Roof intersection calculations
  • New toolbar and commands to select VisualARQ objects of the same type
  • New commands to add and remove elements for space calculations
  • New Grasshopper components added for creating Texts, Hatches and Blocks
  • Added new "Conceptual" and "Realistic" display modes
VisualARQ 2.12018, April 19
  • Support on Rhino 6
  • Help available in Japanese
  • New vaFlip command
  • New "IFC Type" and "IFC Tag" components for Grasshopper
  • New "New Parameter" and "Get Object Properties" components for Grasshopper
  • Curtain walls are detected as spatial elements when inserting spaces.
VisualARQ 2.22018, June 13
  • New vaSplit and vaFillet command
  • New "Update Property" component for Grasshopper
  • Element and Furniture objects created from Grasshopper styles can be rotated in 3D.
  • Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
VisualARQ 2.32019, September 26
  • Added support for HiDPI displays
  • New "Section" component for Grasshopper
  • New components Building and Level to reference buildings and levels.
  • Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
VisualARQ 2.42019, January 30
  • VisualARQ Script API available
  • New components to create Section views from Grasshopper
VisualARQ 2.52019, July 18
  • Faster and improved Hidden Line vector drawings
  • VisualARQ Object Pipeline component in Grasshopper
  • Added a new component in Grasshopper to create Block definitions.
VisualARQ 2.62019, November 4
  • Extend Curtain walls vertically
  • Support to render the model in section
  • Wall height by layer
  • Wall thickness by object
  • Beam extension arrow
VisualARQ 2.72020, February 13
  • Plan View component in Grasshopper
  • Curtain Wall Extend component in Grasshopper
  • Section attributes for blocks
VisualARQ 2.82020, May 13
  • Floating licenses through Cloud zoo
  • Overhead attributes
  • Plan cut elevation to show objects above or below cut plane.
  • Bottom control arrow to extend walls and curtain walls
VisualARQ 2.92020, October 22
  • Rhino 7 support
  • Translation to Russian
VisualARQ 2.102021, February 11
  • Wall from SubD
  • VisualARQ Zoo plug-in for Rhino 7
  • Added control points for spaces created from curves
VisualARQ 2.112021, June 16
  • Wall layer offsets in Grasshopper
  • IFC import and export dialogs, with the option to import and export IFC files with no parametric featuress
  • Show custom parameters in space labels and tags
  • Option to view only the sectioned geometry in section views and in plan views.
VisualARQ 2.122021, December 22
  • Section attributes and VisualARQ objects plan representations in worksessions
  • Override attributes per plan/section view style
  • Support for Grasshopper Player
  • Translation to Portuguese
  • Save changes on VisualARQ display modes
VisualARQ 2.132023, April 4
  • Component to get the start and end cut planes of beams in Grasshopper
  • Reference VisualARQ objects with the Grasshopper Player
  • VisualARQ Labs plug-in
  • Translation to Chinese Traditional
  • Support to VRay Interactive Render
VisualARQ 3.02024, October 9
  • IFC 4 and 4.3 support
  • Objects Link to Levels
  • Dynamic Table Report Panel
  • Buildings with Boundary
  • Clashes and Clearances Report
  • Reflected Ceiling Plans
  • Guides
  • Walls and Curtain Walls from Grasshopper Styles
  • Curtain walls from surfaces
  • Command to extend columns
  • Option to insert openings in roofs and slabs
  • Handle component for doors and windows
  • Objects Intersections and Interferences
  • Profile Manager
  • Manage tag contents by style
  • Export Layouts to DWG
  • Custom parameter filters by Type and Layer
  • Expanded object library in templates

Complete list

Reviews

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AutoCAD</span> Commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application

AutoCAD is a 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software application developed by Autodesk. It was first released in December 1982 for the CP/M and IBM PC platforms as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers. Initially a DOS application, subsequent versions were later released for other platforms including Classic Mac OS (1992), Microsoft Windows (1993) and macOS (2010), iOS (2010), and Android (2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adobe Illustrator</span> Vector graphics editor from Adobe Inc.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design software developed and marketed by Adobe. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh, development of Adobe Illustrator began in 1985. Along with Creative Cloud, Illustrator CC was released. The latest version, Illustrator 2025, was released on October 14, 2024, and is the 29th generation in the product line. Adobe Illustrator was reviewed as the best vector graphics editing program in 2021 by hpMagazine.

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that provides software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has offices worldwide. Its U.S. offices are located in the states of California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Its Canada offices are located in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.

Spatial network analysis software packages are analytic software used to prepare graph-based analysis of spatial networks. They stem from research fields in transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The earliest examples of such software include the work of Garrison (1962), Kansky (1963), Levin (1964), Harary (1969), Rittel (1967), Tabor (1970) and others in the 1960s and 70s. Specific packages address their domain-specific needs, including TransCAD for transportation, GIS for planning and geography, and Axman for Space syntax researchers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhinoceros 3D</span> 3D computer graphics software

Rhinoceros is a commercial 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) application software that was developed by TLM, Inc, dba Robert McNeel & Associates, an American, privately held, and employee-owned company that was founded in 1978. Rhinoceros geometry is based on the NURBS mathematical model, which focuses on producing mathematically precise representation of curves and freeform surfaces in computer graphics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archicad</span> Computer-aided design software for architecture

Archicad is an architectural BIM CAD software for Mac and Windows developed by the Hungarian company Graphisoft. Archicad offers computer aided solutions for common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the design process of the built environment-buildings, interiors, urban areas, etc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graphisoft</span> Software company

Graphisoft SE is a European multinational corporation that designs software, and is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. As a subsidiary of Nemetschek, Graphisoft develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. Graphisoft has subsidiaries in Germany, France, Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan and a representative office in Singapore. The company's flagship product is Archicad — an architectural design software developed since 1984 for Windows and Mac platforms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Autodesk Revit</span> Building information modelling software

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling software for architects, structural engineers, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers, and contractors. The original software was developed by Charles River Software, founded in 1997, renamed Revit Technology Corporation in 2000 and acquired by Autodesk in 2002. The software allows users to design a building and structure and its components in 3D, annotate the model with 2D drafting elements and access building information from the building model's database. Revit is 4D building information modeling (BIM) application capable with tools to plan and track various stages in the building's lifecycle, from concept to construction and later maintenance and/or demolition.

Open Design Alliance is a nonprofit organization creating software development kits (SDKs) for engineering applications. ODA offers interoperability tools for CAD, BIM, and Mechanical industries including .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Navisworks, and .ifc files and additional tools for visualization, web development, 3D PDF publishing and modeling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TurboCAD</span> Commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application

TurboCAD is a CAD software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting which runs on MacOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tekla Structures</span> Software for modeling building structures

Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software able to model structures that incorporate different kinds of building materials, including steel, concrete, timber and glass. Tekla allows structural drafters and engineers to design a building structure and its components using 3D modeling, generate 2D drawings and access building information. Tekla Structures was formerly known as Xsteel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IntelliCAD</span> CAD editor and development platform

IntelliCAD is a CAD editor and development platform with an Application Programming Interface API published by the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium ("ITC") through shared development. IntelliCAD emulates the basic interface and functions of AutoCAD, however, it is particularly able to incorporate and interchange freely between a wide variety of file types.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BricsCAD</span> Computer-aided design software

BricsCAD® is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD), developed by Bricsys nv. The company was founded in 2002 by Erik de Keyser, a longtime CAD entrepreneur. In 2011 Bricsys acquired the intellectual property rights from Ledas for constraints-based parametric design tools, permitting the development of applications in the areas of direct modeling and assembly design. Bricsys is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and has additional development centers in Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Russia; Bucharest, Romania and Singapore. Bricsys is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, and joined the BuildingSMART International consortium in December 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CityEngine</span> 3D modelling software

ArcGIS CityEngine is a commercial three-dimensional (3D) modeling program developed by Esri R&D Center Zurich and specialises in the generation of 3D urban environments. Using a procedural modeling approach, it supports the creation of detailed large-scale 3D city models. CityEngine works with architectural object placement and arrangement in the same manner that software like VUE manages terrain, ecosystems and atmosphere mapping. Unlike the traditional 3D modeling methodology which uses Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools and techniques, CityEngine takes a different approach to shape generation via a rule-based system. It can also use Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets due to its integration with the wider Esri/ArcGIS platform. Due to this unique feature set, CityEngine has been used in academic research and built environment professions, e.g., urban planning, architecture, visualization, game development, entertainment, archeology, military and cultural heritage. CityEngine can be used within Building Information Model (BIM) workflows as well as visualizing the data of buildings in a larger urban context, enhancing its working scenario toward real construction projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grasshopper 3D</span> Programming language

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that runs within the Rhinoceros 3D computer-aided design (CAD) application. The program was created by David Rutten at Robert McNeel & Associates. Programs are created by dragging components onto a canvas. The outputs of these components are then connected to the inputs of subsequent components.

Chief Architect Software is a developer of 3D architectural home design software for builders, interior designers, architects, and DIY home enthusiasts. Chief Architect uses BIM tools to create a 3D model of the structure and automatically generates all of the building systems of the home. For the professional architectural and building market, it publishes the Chief Architect product line. For the consumer DIY market, it publishes the Home Designer product line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">C3D Toolkit</span> Geometric modelling kernel

C3D Toolkit is a proprietary cross-platform geometric modeling kit software developed by Russian C3D Labs. It's written in C++. It can be licensed by other companies for use in their 3D computer graphics software products. The most widely known software in which C3D Toolkit is typically used are computer aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering (CAE) systems.

Sonata was a 3D building design software application developed in the early 1980s and now regarded as the forerunner of today's building information modelling applications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BIM Collaboration Format</span> Structured file format

The BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) is a structured file format suited to issue tracking with a building information model. The BCF is designed primarily for defining views of a building model and associated information on collisions and errors connected with specific objects in the view. The BCF allows users of different BIM software, and/or different disciplines to collaborate on issues with the project. The use of the BCF to coordinate changes to a BIM is an important aspect of OpenBIM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vectorworks</span> US CAD software company

Vectorworks, Inc. is a U.S.-based software development company that focuses on CAD and BIM software for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), landscape, and entertainment industries. Vectorworks is owned by the Nemetschek Group, a multinational company. It operates as an independent subsidiary of Nemetschek Group.

References

  1. ↑ Gatti, Riccardo (2010). Rhinoceros per l'architettura (in Italian). Edizioni FAG Milano. pp. 288–289. ISBN   978-88-8233-754-4.
  2. ↑ Eastman, Chuck; Teicholz, Paul; Sacks, Rafael; Liston, Kathleen (2011). BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors (2nd ed.). Wiley. p.  209. ISBN   978-0-470-18528-5.
  3. ↑ Grand, Frédéric (May 2010). "Rhinoceros entre dans l'aventure e-catalogue" (PDF). eXpertise, la newsletter du BIM (in French). 27. buildingSMART France: 1.
  4. ↑ Montedeoca, Juan (2003). "VisualARQ 1.0, arquitectura para AUTOCAD y AutoCAD LT". AutoCAD magazine (in Spanish) (88): 14–16. ISSN   0934-1749.
  5. ↑ Pérez, Carlos (Oct 28, 2009). "VisualARQ 1.0 is shipping!" (blog). Rhino News, etc.
  6. ↑ Gough, Nigel. "VisualARQ Architectural Tools for Rhino". Australian Association of Architectural Illustrators Inc.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.