Introduction to Teamwork in ArchiCAD
Teamwork represents a breakthrough approach to collaborative project work. Teamwork is based on a client-server architecture and is designed to ensure maximum flexibility, speed and data safety to enable teams - even those spread out around the world - to collaborate on large projects.
The ability for several individuals and teams to collaborate effectively on a single project is a basic necessity of architectural work. From the beginning, ArchiCAD has met these needs of architects with such features as Hotlinked Modules and Teamwork.
Today, effective collaboration among project teams is more important than ever. Projects are growing in size, and teams are often geographically far-flung and separated by time zones. And the team of users itself will change over time as the project proceeds through different phases.
Teamwork for ArchiCAD is optimized to meet these changing needs, and specifically designed to meet the demands of a modern, multinational team. Breakthroughs in performance, data safety, and workflow enable your team to make the most of the efficiencies and coordination capabilities of the BIM model.
Teamwork Functions at a Glance
Function |
Teamwork in ArchiCAD |
Reserving Elements |
Reserve any existing elements individually, by selection or criteria Occurs any time, as needed No reservation needed to create new element/data Assign elements to any user |
Reserving Other Project Data |
Reserve as needed, at any time, by any authorized user |
Releasing Elements |
Released by the user at any time, as needed |
Feedback on Reservation Status |
Always up to date (if user is online) Color-coding for at-a-glance feedback |
Ownership Conflicts |
Use “Request” function to signal need for data |
Send & Receive |
Download/upload involves only data that have been modified since last Send or Receive. |
Team Communications |
Use simple built-in messaging system in addition to Mark-Up |
Project Management See the BIMcloud/BIM Server User Guide. |
Central registry of users defined for all projects on BIMcloud/BIM Server Each user’s role can vary by project |
Working Via Internet |
Users access the BIMcloud/BIM Server from any remote computer via Internet |
Working Offline |
Local copy created automatically. Local copy can be saved as “Travel pack” for transfer among several computers. |