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.

Explore

Communicate

Download the trial version of Virtual Building Explorer

Download the Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer PDF brochure
Download the Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer PDF poster
Download the Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer PDF user guide

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 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.

The Virtual Building Explorer “flavors”

VBE creates 3D virtual design presentations with the help of its built-in shaded Open-GL rendering engine ensuring professional presentation quality. Edge outline can also be activated to provide greater contrast between elements.

VBEG creates 3D virtual design presentations using the shaded Open-GL rendering engine combined with Global Illumination - produced by the built-in radiosity rendering engine. GI ensures even more realistic visualization – incorporating soft shadows, diffuse inter-reflections, “bleed”.

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!

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 presentation executable for Microsoft® Windows® operating systems* and experience the power of Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer!

NHS Office Complex

MK Electronics building

ING Building

* System requirements:
Display: Virtual Building Explorer supports 1024x768 or higher resolution.
Video card: Open GL 1.4 and DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 256 MB or more on-board video memory is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities. To find compatibility data for video cards, please visit the following website:
http://archicadwiki.com/Video_Cards

System requirements for movies

To view ArchiCAD movies and clips, please check your system set-up!

adobe Adobe® Flash browser plugin: You need to have the free plugin installed and Java-Script enabled in your browser to play these clips in your browser. When you open a flash clip for the first time, this dialog box may appear. If so, you should check-mark the "Never ask again" option, and hit the "Allow" button to proceed. You'll only have to do this once.

Apple® QuickTime® Player 7 - To watch the MP4 movies on this site, please install the free Apple QuickTime Player from the Apple website. You may also download these clips to your computer by right-click the links and selecting the appropriate - Save Link As… or Save Target As… - options.

Windows® Media Player –To watch the WMV clips on this site, you need to have the free Windows Media Video Player installed on your Windows operating system. You also need to have the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Decoder (both are freely available from the Microsoft website).

Download for iPod – To watch the clips on your iPod on the go, please download and unpack the Zip-ped movie clips on your local machine, drag them into your iTunes library in the folder or playlist of your choosing. Attach your iPod to your computer and synch the iPod with iTunes. For detailed synching instructions, see the iPod tutorial on the Apple websites.