Collaboration

With ArchiCAD's innovative and award-winning TeamWork concept, teams of architects can share entire Virtual Building models and their documentation sets across a network without hassle. TeamWork relies on the compact Virtual Building file, so design teams can divide up parts of the building to work on, share changes with their colleagues and view what team members are doing.

Ideal for firms and projects of any size, TeamWork is simple to set up and use. All building information remains stored in ArchiCAD's object-based team project file, while teams are coordinated and controlled by an easy-to-administer management system.

When a project file is shared, team members simply 'sign in' to the project over a network and define a workspace using a combination of stories, layers, sections, details and layouts. Stories can even be further shared with the use of the marquee tool. A satellite of the project is then created on the team member's computer, eliminating dependence on a live network. At any time - by network - team members can send changes to the master project and receive changes that others have made. Team members can send and receive single elements, and can add notes and mark up elements in each other's workspace.