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Allplan 2012 Japanese version 3 dimentional civil architecture CAD Architecture/plant Price (Japanese virsion) Architecture：1,029,000 yen / Engineering：1,029,000 yen / Architecture・Engineering：1,333,500 yen Release November, 2011

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Allplan2012

Allplan is 3D integrated BIM (Building Information Modeling) software which is an object-orientation developed by Nemetshek, Germany. Allplan corresponds to the creation of 3 dimensional model which has the attribute from conventional 2 dimensional drawing creation, and quantity calculation is possible. It has the tools which cover wide fields such as an architectural design, structural design, interior, landscape planning, city planning etc. In Japan, Forum8 has the sale right and offers Allplan Architecture for architectural design and Allplan Engineering for structural design. Following Allplan2009 which is offered at present time, localizing into Japanese of Allplan2012 is proceeded and scheduled to be released on a near day. Here, the new function of Allplan2012 updated from Allplan2009 and the main function are introduced.

SmartParts

“SmartParts" is a new function of Allplan2012. This "SmartParts" is the function which uses a powerful 3D modeling function of parametric AllplanCAD object and can create the object which has logic parameter operating intelligently.   This object has an independent parameter value. Object can be placed in the drawing area by drag & drop, and the placed object can drag the steering wheel and change the parameter in a dialog box freely. Preset objects such as chair, counter, parking area etc. can be used soon. Moreover, there is 3D free form solid which treats the basic geometric graphics such as a surface, cylinder, box etc. which can be used at an initial stage. Also, when there is no destination object, by SmartPart Script which is the programming language with which you can learn easily, creation of 2D/3D SmartPart in a short time is possible. This SmartPart can be protected with password and control the use of a third party. “SmartParts" can be downloaded by AllplanCONNECT. Figure 1　Example of SmartParts Figure 2　Palette of SmartParts

Integrated CAD-BIM software

Allplan2012 supports over 50 CAD file formats such as DWG/DXF 2010/2011/2012 or DGN V8 etc. Template project makes the treatment of the common data exchange condition easier. Moreover, IFC format and PDF which is a common file form of BIM make the communication between the design partner and the clients advanced. In the case of import and export of PDF file, Allplan uses original Adobe library, and it can import PDF file by using drag & drop. Regardless of the kind of CAD system, the scale size and layer is maintained. Moreover, PDF file of 3D can be imported and exported and provide the model of completed building or the model which shows the details very clearly and easily comprehensible. Only Adobe Reader downloadable without charge is that all the design partners and clients need. For the long-term storage, PDF/A which is the international standard is also supported. . Interface of CINEMA 4D, Google SketchUp, Rhino, VRML is also integrated, and furthermore, STL form which corresponds to 3D print, Google SketchUp and SKP form which can transfer into Google Earth are supported.

Optimized report function

Allplan offers the comprehensive solution. Because of the various tasks, there are the graphical design and standard template. The tool added this time newly is a report viewer of a new design. This tool offers the print preview of an exact report. Besides inserting into print or project of Allplan, the report can be exported in Excel or PDF format. Using layout editor, the setting such as font, color, border, the height of line and the width of column can be changed, and bitmap such as a logo of company can be incorporated. In Allplan2012, the zoom function in a report is also improved. Clicking the specific object in a report enables to zoom in actively on each component in all views. With this function, the display and edit of a report became easy to understand. Figure 3　New report function

AllplanCONNECT

With Allplan2012, users can easily access to Premium Content such as CAD object, texture and SmartParts. A large quantities of data guaranteed quality can be downloaded by Allplan CONNECT. New global service portal of this which offers the usable object library and the chance of training is constantly expanded. Figure 4　Allplan CONNECT

The other updating

Furthermore, the improvement of drawing precision and speed by an improvement of graphics engine and the improvement of an interface of option dialog are conducted. All functions introduced until here are the same in Allplan Architecture and Allplan Engineering. Moreover as the updating of an individual packages, the interface of Facade function is improved in Allplan Architecture, and the precise projection of an air photograph into digital terrain model (DTM) and dialog and workflow of air reinforcement function are improved, and that makes entries more effective. Figure 5　Facade function   Figure 6　Improvement of reinforcement function

(Up&Coming 2011　Late fall Issue)