Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture V2 (12.2009/MULTI)

Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture 2 - Based on the latest software technology, Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture 2 provides an even wider range of software features. As a competitive alternative to the established and very expensive CAD products on the market, often selling for several thousand Euros for a single user license, Ashampoo 3D CAD only costs a fraction of the price.

Release Name: ASHAMPOO 3D CAD ARCHITECTURE V2-EcHoS
Program Type: CAD
Release Date: 12/09
Interface Language: Multilingual (German, English, French)
Platform: WinALL
File Format: .iso

Design family homes, shopping malls, high-rise buildings or just an apartment within a real 2D/3D environment using all the available tools for planning and visualizing buildings. With its simple usability the software clearly stands out of the crowd while at the same time displaying very exact results.

In addition to features like for example 3D design, intelligent components, perfect 2D/3D plans including cross sections and views, virtual reality image export and precise dimensioning, Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture 2 offers a variety of brand-new features as well as improvements in usability and workflow management. Some of these changes have been brought about through user suggestions and contributions.

On top of everything, Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture 2 now comes with Quantities Plug-in. With this plug-in you can easily keep track of complex projects and develop your personal planning strategy.

Features

Design and construction
- Construction in any view, i.e. 2D floor plans, cross sections or 3D
- Polygonal winding staircases (solid or wooden)
- Polygonal landing staircases (solid or wooden)
- Construction aids, 3D/2D guidelines
- 3D /2D dimensioning, snap-to functions for 3D objects
- Accurate positioning using reference points and numerical editing
- Detailed visibilities for each view, settings for level of detail shown
- Structural layers for walls, ceilings and floors
- Project management using the project viewer; create layers
- Predefined dormer-types including eyebrow and arched dormers
- Predefined banisters for staircases
- Extensive range of functions for roofs and dormers incl. gutters, etc.
- 2D graphic functions
- Insert openings in walls & facade elements
- Surface editor for surfacing areas and sub-areas, editing in 2D/3D

Creative planning with a lot of 3D objects
- Accurate cross sections through the 3D model
- Assistants for copying properties, select, delete operations
- Comprehensive catalog of 3D objects, materials and symbols
- Create individual 2D symbols for text blocks, legends
- Settings for sun and moon for the illumination of 3D views
- Extendable 3D catalogs
- User definition of structural layers for inclusion in the catalog
- Scale objects

Real-world pictures
- Define user light sources, punctual and spot lighting, ambient, etc.
- Edit models using materials and texture
- Ray tracing, antialiasing, create images during processing
- Ambient occlusion and ‘smooth’ shadows

Landscape planning with predefined landscape forms
- 3D terrain model with specific areas like paths, terraces, etc.
- 2D / 3D plants
- 3D landscaping with height points and predefined landscape forms

Powerful export functions
- 3D export in various formats e.g. independent 3D object, 3DS, 3D-DXF, etc.
- Export whole buildings or parts of your 3D view and add them to your catalogue
- Export timber lists in PDF, RTF, Excel or HTML format
- Calculate texture coordinates and point normals
- Convert 3D models into various formats e.g. 3DS, 3D-DXF, VRML1
- Save pictures of your 2D or 3D view as *.bmp, *.png, *.jpg or *.gif

Requirements
- Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32Bit/64Bit), Win 7.
- PC with a processor frequency of at least 1.8 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 64 MB graphics adapter, DVD disk drive,
- Internet connection for updates, free hard disk space of 1.3 GB






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