VisualARQ

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Developer(s)Asuni CAD S.A.
Initial releaseOctober 2009
Stable release
2.13 / April 4, 2023 (2023-04-04)
BIM
LicenseProprietary
Websitehttp://www.visualarq.com/

VisualARQ is

ArchiCAD
.

History

It was first implemented as a plug-in for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT released in 2000,[4] as a competitor to Architectural Desktop, another AEC plug-in for AutoCAD developed by Autodesk.

Releases

Release history
Version Date of release New features
VisualARQ 1.0 2009, October 27[5]
VisualARQ 1.1 2010, November 9
  • Level manager
VisualARQ 1.2 2011, January 17
  • Beam object
  • IFC 2x3 export
  • Context help
VisualARQ 1.3 2011, March 30
  • Stair slab
  • Multi-core Hidden Line Removal engine
VisualARQ 1.4 2011, July 25
  • Gable/hip roofs
  • Jog sections
  • Realtime sections
  • Glass muntins
  • Awning/hooper/hung windows
VisualARQ 1.5 2012, February 9
  • Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support
  • Real-time plan views
  • New display mode 'Hidden'.
VisualARQ 1.6 2012, July 24
  • Hatched section views
  • Real-time plan views in page layout details
  • Customizable wall joints.
  • Wall components wrapping.
  • Tables with length, area and volume of VisualARQ objects.
VisualARQ 1.7 2013, January 21
  • New railing object.
  • Multi-threaded regeneration of VisualARQ geometry (Rhino 5 only)
  • Extrusion objects are used instead of breps when possible (Rhino 5 only).
  • Faster display of VisualARQ objects.
  • Identical columns and beams share the same instance definition.
  • Smaller and better IFC output files.
  • Doors and windows can be created from profile curves directly in the model.
  • Added volume property to space object.
VisualARQ 1.8 2014, June 5
  • New parametric Curtain wall object.
  • Section attributes on VisualARQ and Rhino objects.
  • New Level Manager to show and hide levels easily.
  • Texture mappings now works on VisualARQ objects.
  • New release of VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP 3.
  • Improved IFC exporter.
  • Full AISC and European standard beam styles added to VisualARQ templates.
  • New Tag object: displays VisualARQ objects information in 2D labels.
  • Plan View automatic update.
  • Help also available in Spanish, German, Italian and French.
  • Zoo support: shares VisualARQ licenses among users on the same network workgroup.
VisualARQ 1.9 2015, May 8
  • IFC Import.
  • IFC tag.
  • Multilayer slabs
  • Columns can be created from blocks for the 2D/3D representation
  • Option to insert openings in Curtain walls
  • Curtain walls with curved panels
  • Added a control point to lean curtain walls
  • Tag orientation
  • Plan view depth of field
VisualARQ 2.0 2017, September 29
  • Grasshopper styles: option to create dynamic blocks with VisualARQ objects from grasshopper definitions.
  • New Element, Furniture and Annotation objects
  • New commands to do boolean unions and differences between Rhino solids and VisualARQ objects
  • 2D Vector output for printing the 3D model for a real time 2D drawings
  • Custom parameters to add information to Rhino and VisualARQ objects.
  • Custom parameters are exported as IFC properties.
  • Quantity takeoffs for Rhino geometry
  • New Section Manager to create sections and align viewports to sections
  • New symbols for the Section object arrow, and Tag object shapes
  • Beam end cuts and joints calculation
  • Custom profiles with holes
  • Multilayer Roof styles.
  • Roof intersection calculations
  • New toolbar and commands to select VisualARQ objects of the same type
  • New commands to add and remove elements for space calculations
  • New Grasshopper components added for creating Texts, Hatches and Blocks
  • Added new "Conceptual" and "Realistic" display modes
VisualARQ 2.1 2018, April 19
  • Support on Rhino 6
  • Help available in Japanese
  • New vaFlip command
  • New "IFC Type" and "IFC Tag" components for Grasshopper
  • New "New Parameter" and "Get Object Properties" components for Grasshopper
  • Curtain walls are detected as spatial elements when inserting spaces.
VisualARQ 2.2 2018, June 13
  • New vaSplit and vaFillet command
  • New "Update Property" component for Grasshopper
  • Element and Furniture objects created from Grasshopper styles can be rotated in 3D.
  • Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
VisualARQ 2.3 2019, September 26
  • Added support for HiDPI displays
  • New "Section" component for Grasshopper
  • New components Building and Level to reference buildings and levels.
  • Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
VisualARQ 2.4 2019, January 30
  • VisualARQ Script API available
  • New components to create Section views from Grasshopper
VisualARQ 2.5 2019, July 18
  • Faster and improved Hidden Line vector drawings
  • VisualARQ Object Pipeline component in Grasshopper
  • Added a new component in Grasshopper to create Block definitions.
VisualARQ 2.6 2019, November 4
  • Extend Curtain walls vertically
  • Support to render the model in section
  • Wall height by layer
  • Wall thickness by object
  • Beam extension arrow
VisualARQ 2.7 2020, February 13
  • Plan View component in Grasshopper
  • Curtain Wall Extend component in Grasshopper
  • Section attributes for blocks
VisualARQ 2.8 2020, May 13
  • Floating licenses through Cloud zoo
  • Overhead attributes
  • Plan cut elevation to show objects above or below cut plane.
  • Bottom control arrow to extend walls and curtain walls
VisualARQ 2.9 2020, October 22
  • Rhino 7 support
  • Translation to Russian
VisualARQ 2.10 2021, February 11
  • Wall from SubD
  • VisualARQ Zoo plug-in for Rhino 7
  • Added control points for spaces created from curves
VisualARQ 2.11 2021, June 16
  • Wall layer offsets in Grasshopper
  • IFC import and export dialogs, with the option to import and export IFC files with no parametric featuress
  • Show custom parameters in space labels and tags
  • Option to view only the sectioned geometry in section views and in plan views.
VisualARQ 2.12 2021, December 22
  • Section attributes and VisualARQ objects plan representations in worksessions
  • Override attributes per plan/section view style
  • Support for Grasshopper Player
  • Translation to Portuguese
  • Save changes on VisualARQ display modes
VisualARQ 2.13 2023, April 4
  • Component to get the start and end cut planes of beams in Grasshopper
  • Reference VisualARQ objects with the Grasshopper Player
  • VisualARQ Labs plug-in
  • Translation to Chinese Traditional
  • Support to VRay Interactive Render

Reviews

  • Reviewed by Nigel Gough on Australian Association of Architectural Illustrators Inc.[6]

See also

  • Comparison of CAD editors for CAE

References

  1. ISBN 978-88-8233-754-4
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  2. ISBN 978-0-470-18528-5
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  3. ^ Grand, Frédéric (May 2010). "Rhinoceros entre dans l'aventure e-catalogue" (PDF). eXpertise, la newsletter du BIM (in French). 27. buildingSMART France: 1.
  4. ISSN 0934-1749
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  5. ^ Pérez, Carlos (Oct 28, 2009). "VisualARQ 1.0 is shipping!" (blog). Rhino News, etc.
  6. ^ Gough, Nigel. "VisualARQ Architectural Tools for Rhino". Australian Association of Architectural Illustrators Inc.

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