Renovation and Refurbishment Support

ArchiCAD 15 introduces native BIM design and documentation workflow for Renovation and Refurbishment projects.

The advent of modern technology has significantly increased the life-cycle of a building. In most of the developed parts of the world, renovation and refurbishment projects are nearly equal to the volume of new buildings. ArchiCAD 15 expands the design scope to renovation and refurbishment projects with native BIM design and documentation workflow support all the way through.

Element level renovation Status

Renovation Status is a new element-level attribute of all BIM elements in ArchiCAD 15. "Existing," "To Be Demolished" and "New" statuses provide the basis for creating various plan combinations of projects that represent the different statuses of a renovation project.

In-depth renovation workflow

MEP, sustainability, and other project-specific aspects of refurbishment projects are fully covered with ArchiCAD 15's powerful add-on solutions, offering fully-integrated BIM workflow support for remodeling MEP ducts and pipes, and compliance with energy directives and energy standards for sustainable architecture.

Renovation plan types

ArchiCAD 15 delivers pre-configured renovation plan types and drafting styles that follow local CAD standards and documentation conventions. Powerful customization options let architects freely create their own renovation plan types or styles using custom renovation filters.

Introduction to the renovation feature

In this video, we will learn how the Renovation feature provides visual feedback on the status of each element at a particular stage of a renovation project.

Default renovation filters and filter options

In this video, we will find out more about Renovation Filters and Filter Options.

Renovation filter settings

In this video, we will learn how to set the renovation views, called renovation filters.

Handle project statuses
In this video, we will learn what the different Renovation Filters look like in our project.

Customize renovation filters
In this video, we will show how to customize and manage default renovation filters or create new ones.

Customize override styles
In this video, we become a bit more familiar with how to customize override styles.

How to document the different project statuses
In this video, we will explain how to quickly save and document the different renovation project stages.

DWG export of renovation element types
In this video, we will learn how to export DWG of renovation element types with their own layers for each renovation status.

Show on current renovation filter only
In this video, we will demonstrate how to set elements to be visible only on a particular Renovation Filter.

Listing renovation quantities
In this video, we will learn how to list the total quantities of existing, demolished, or new building elements.