GRAPHISOFT Virtual Building Explorer for ArchiCAD

The GRAPHISOFT Virtual Building™ Explorer is an innovative, interactive, 3D presentation tool for architects, which sets new standards for design communication and presentation.

	Virtual Building Explorer Downloads		VBE Trial versions
	VBE for ArchiCAD 13		Sample project files

Explore

Virtual Building Explorer for captivating presentations for clients

Using GRAPHISOFT Virtual Building Explorer and ArchiCAD architects and designers can explore their project designs with greater clarity than ever before.Real-time 3D navigation in an architectural design – enhanced with gravity, layer control, fly-mode, egress recognition and pre-saved walkthroughs for the ultimate design exploration.Element information – surface finishes, volumes, sizes and quantities – can also be displayed with a click of the mouse. Exact measurements can be taken during the real-time walkthrough to help design decisions and forecast cost related design issues.

Communicate

Virtual Building Explorer for better project communication

VB Explorer provides shaded, Open-GL or Global Illumination view styles combined with grayscale, hidden-line or edge-outlined presentation modes for the ultimate design understanding and communication.

The Sun altitude and azimuth; the camera height and viewing cone as well as the image brightness and transparency can be altered for professional project presentation and design communication.

Virtual Building Explorer for interactive consultation with clients at remote locations

Share your design intent and the architectural project with virtually anyone without installing any application or learning any new software.

All stakeholders - clients, consultants, builders, etc. - can explore and fully understand the entire architectural project design at any stage of the design development process in a user friendly 3D navigation environment. And all this without the need to hold a license of GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD or Virtual Building Explorer!

VirtualBuildingExplorer for ArchiCAD 13

The latest release of VBE works with ArchiCAD 13 and it’s the first version that supports the Macintosh OSX operating systems (OSX 10.5, 10.6). Virtual Building Explorer for ArchiCAD 13 also supports all Windows platforms (including Windows XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit) that are compatible with ArchiCAD 13.

VBE for ArchiCAD 13 introduces several new features compared to the previous version:

Option to save self-running application cross platform project files (Windows/MAC OSX)
Option to measure distances in imperial or metric units
New Ray tracing rendering engine (“Headlight”) with optional sun shadows (F3)
New simple rendering styles (“Goraud” and “Metal”) to allow quick navigation even in very large models
New Background Options: Sky, Black, Gradient
Option to display the Sun Flare during navigation

The upgrade for VBE for ArchiCAD 13 is free for all VBE for ArchiCAD 12 customers. The new version runs with all VBE for ArchiCAD 12 licenses. The installers of the full and trial versions are downloadable from the VBE download website .

Note: VBE runs on Windows 7 platforms however the video card drivers may largely influence its performance. It is highly recommended to update the video card drivers to the most recent WIN 7 compatible ones to avoid any display problems.

Sample Project Files

Download the NHS Office Complex (architect: paa studio, US), the MK Electronics building (architect: Liljewall arkitekter ab, Sweeden) or the ING Building-Vörösmarty 1. (architects: György Fazakas, Jean-Paul Viguier, Hungary) VBE presentations and experience the power of GRAPHISOFT Virtual Building Explorer!


NHS Office Complex	MK Electronics building	ING Building-Vörösmarty 1.
10.9 MB	9.63 MB	11 MB
13 MB	11.5 MB	13.2 MB

System requirements:
Please check the system requirements in the Virtual Building Explorer User Guide.

Support

Please check out the ArchicadWiki FAQ page and the ArchicadWiki Known Issues page for most common support questions. Please contact your local ArchiCAD reseller for more information.