Upcoming Events

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Apr
2
Tue
New ModelPort 2.0 Eases the Creation of ARCHICAD Object Libraries
Apr 2 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
New ModelPort 2.0 Eases the Creation of ARCHICAD Object Libraries

With the release of ModelPort 2.0 downloading and managing ARCHICAD objects has never been easier. A plug-in to ARCHICAD, ModelPort opens the door to a wide variety of object types including OBJ, FBX and DAE as well as MODO, Blender and Lightwave. The latest editing tools provide the ability to change materials, textures, pen weights, and more. Plus you can view the object before and after importing it into ARCHICAD. Best of all, you can reduce the file size and control the polygon count of objects improving both speed and performance.

Join us to learn how ModelPort 2.0 can ease the creation and management of your ARCHICAD libraries.

New ModelPort 2.0 Eases the Creation of ARCHICAD Object Libraries
Apr 2 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
New ModelPort 2.0 Eases the Creation of ARCHICAD Object Libraries

With the release of ModelPort 2.0 downloading and managing ARCHICAD objects has never been easier. A plug-in to ARCHICAD, ModelPort opens the door to a wide variety of object types including OBJ, FBX and DAE as well as MODO, Blender and Lightwave. The latest editing tools provide the ability to change materials, textures, pen weights, and more. Plus you can view the object before and after importing it into ARCHICAD. Best of all, you can reduce the file size and control the polygon count of objects improving both speed and performance.

Join us to learn how ModelPort 2.0 can ease the creation and management of your ARCHICAD libraries.

May
14
Tue
Expanding ARCHICAD’s Library with ModelPort
May 14 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Expanding ARCHICAD’s Library with ModelPort

Finding the perfect objects to enhance your ARCHICAD 3D Model can be challenging. Some websites offer modern furniture, others provide manufacturer parts and still others provide landscaping. Some offer all of them and more. But which ones offer the best selection to be used with ModelPort – the leading object importer and editor for ARCHICAD?

Join this webinar to gain insight into the online resources best suited to help you build your ARCHICAD object library with the use of ModelPort.

Expanding ARCHICAD’s Library with ModelPort
May 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Expanding ARCHICAD’s Library with ModelPort

Finding the perfect objects to enhance your ARCHICAD 3D Model can be challenging. Some websites offer modern furniture, others provide manufacturer parts and still others provide landscaping. Some offer all of them and more. But which ones offer the best selection to be used with ModelPort – the leading object importer and editor for ARCHICAD?

Join this webinar to gain insight into the online resources best suited to help you build your ARCHICAD object library with the use of ModelPort.

Jun
11
Tue
Discover the Newest Method for Editing ARCHICAD Objects
Jun 11 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Discover the Newest Method for Editing ARCHICAD Objects

Editing objects for ARCHICAD is often cumbersome and time consuming. With ModelPort 2.0‘s new Viewer & Editor tool this tedious task has become much easier. Discover how parametric editing allows you to control materials, textures, texture placement, pen weights, fill color and more. You’ll uncover how to:

  • Edit selected items by object or by material.
  • Control settings by selections within the item list.
  • Set the object scale, rotation, material, transparency, graphics and other properties.
  • Preview an object or model before importing into ARCHICAD.
  • Review an object in perspective, floor plan, elevation or graphic view.

Join us for this webinar as we review how to select elements in the ModelPort Viewer, how to use the parametric editor and how to edit the ModelPort 2D symbol and 3D model. Creating ARCHICAD objects has never been easier.

Discover the Newest Method for Editing ARCHICAD Objects
Jun 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Discover the Newest Method for Editing ARCHICAD Objects

Editing objects for ARCHICAD is often cumbersome and time consuming. With ModelPort 2.0‘s new Viewer & Editor tool this tedious task has become much easier. Discover how parametric editing allows you to control materials, textures, texture placement, pen weights, fill color and more. You’ll uncover how to:

  • Edit selected items by object or by material.
  • Control settings by selections within the item list.
  • Set the object scale, rotation, material, transparency, graphics and other properties.
  • Preview an object or model before importing into ARCHICAD.
  • Review an object in perspective, floor plan, elevation or graphic view.

Join us for this webinar as we review how to select elements in the ModelPort Viewer, how to use the parametric editor and how to edit the ModelPort 2D symbol and 3D model. Creating ARCHICAD objects has never been easier.

May
6
Wed
Object Strategies
May 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

ARCHICAD & Real-Time Rendering

Real-time rendering when combined with ARCHICAD offers a powerful combination for design and visualization.
Join this webinar to discover:
  • Sources for BIM objects and entourage for visualization including manufacturers and online library resources.
  • Management of imported objects including how to customize materials, reduce polygon count and improve the speed of project models.

The webinar will be offered at two different times on May 6, so please select a time when registering.

Sep
2
Wed
Rethink the Future | Building Together | AIA California
Sep 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

AIA California invites you to hear from a selection of Graphisoft clients that are part of By Design, an award-winning digital series that explores the benefits of BIM in design, effects of the COVID crisis and a vision for “live” integrated collaboration.

Presented by Thomas M. Simmons, President of ARCHVISTA Consulting, this webinar explores
how California architects are adapting to a new business climate by migrating to a design focused BIM process, adapting “live” integrated design collaboration and using hyper-models for presentations.

He will share video excerpts of interviews with KAA Design Group, Studio Como, QKA and Yates Construction where they will discuss how they’re adapting to a time of disruption and plans for increased competition.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how “live” integrated design can help your firm stay competitive and decrease the project schedule.
  • Review new technologies for design collaboration including BIMcloud and BIMx.
  • Understand why COVID is accelerating BIM implementation and its effect on collaboration in the AEC industry.
  • Explore why a crisis is the best time for a business to make a change in technology, culture and process.

AIA CES:  1 LU

Sep
3
Thu
Rethink the Future | Building Together
Sep 3 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

With a look to the future, explore the benefits of BIM in design, the effects of the COVID crisis and a vision for “live” integrated collaboration. You’ll see video excerpts of interviews with KAA Design Group, Studio Como, QKA and Yates Construction where they will discuss how they’re adapting to a time of disruption and plans for increased competition.

Presented by Thomas M. Simmons, President of ARCHVISTA Consulting, this webinar examines how California architects are adapting to a new business climate by migrating to a design-focused BIM process, adapting “live” integrated design collaboration and using hyper-models for presentations. He will share excerpts from a selection of Graphisoft clients that are part of By Design, an award-winning digital series.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how “live” integrated design can help your firm stay competitive and decrease the project schedule.
  • Review new technologies for design collaboration including BIMcloud and BIMx.
  • Understand why COVID is accelerating BIM implementation and its effect on collaboration in the AEC industry.
  • Explore why a crisis is the best time for a business to make a change in technology, culture and process.

AIA CES:  1 LU

Oct
6
Tue
ModelPort | Managing Imported Objects for Archicad
Oct 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • Want access to more objects for Archicad?
  • Have problems editing imported objects?
  • Do imported objects slow your model performance?

If the answer is yes, then it’s time to rethink how you work with imported objects!

Join us to discover how you can preview models before import, edit element settings and mange both file size and polygon count to improved the speed of your Archicad model.


Compare ModelPort to Archicad’s Standard Features

Archicad v ModelPortModelPort 2.0 adds a lot of productivity and management features that are not offered in Archicad. See how they compare.


About ModelPortArchicad Sofa and Table Object

Downloading and managing ARCHICAD objects has never been easier. Import, edit and change settings for a wide variety of objects, including OBJ, FBX, MODO, Lightwave and Blender and more.

With ModelPort you can preview models before import as well as edit material, texture, texture placement, pen weight, fill color and more with powerful parametric editing tools.

You can also manage imported models and objects to reduce file size and control the polygon count thus improving speed and performance. Learn more about ModelPort.

ModelPort | Managing Imported Objects for Archicad
Oct 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Want access to more objects for Archicad?
  • Have problems editing imported objects?
  • Do imported objects slow your model performance?

If the answer is yes, then it’s time to rethink how you work with imported objects!

Join us to discover how you can preview models before import, edit element settings and mange both file size and polygon count to improved the speed of your Archicad model.


Compare ModelPort to Archicad’s Standard Features

Archicad v ModelPortModelPort 2.0 adds a lot of productivity and management features that are not offered in Archicad. See how they compare.


About ModelPortArchicad Sofa and Table Object

Downloading and managing ARCHICAD objects has never been easier. Import, edit and change settings for a wide variety of objects, including OBJ, FBX, MODO, Lightwave and Blender and more.

With ModelPort you can preview models before import as well as edit material, texture, texture placement, pen weight, fill color and more with powerful parametric editing tools.

You can also manage imported models and objects to reduce file size and control the polygon count thus improving speed and performance. Learn more about ModelPort.

Oct
13
Wed
Designing Interiors with Product Objects
Oct 13 @ 8:00 am – Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm

Join this webinar to explore how architects, interior designers and design-build professionals can integrate product objects from manufacturers using ModelPort. This tool is the leading Archicad add-on for importing, managing and editing objects. 

We invite you to learn how to enhance your Archicad workflow…

  • Import objects from a wide variety of formats including FBX, OBJ, DAE, 3DS, MODO and more. 
  • Manage Archicad objects created by Revit or SketchUp imports
  • Clean up and manage Morphs converted from imported objects
  • Create objects from model elements such as Walls, Slabs, Morphs, Beams, etc.
  • Add textures to any imported surface
  • Delete selected meshes in the ModelPort Editor
  • Reduce polygon count & file size of imported objects

Nov
30
Wed
ModelPort 3.0 | Working with SketchUp
Nov 30 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

In Archicad editing imported SketchUp objects can often be cumbersome and time consuming. With the recent update to ModelPort users can now import, edit and manage 2019 to 2022 SketchUp formats. We invite you to join one of our three webinars scheduled to coordinate with different time zones around the world.

ModelPort 3.0 | Working with SketchUp
Nov 30 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

In Archicad editing imported SketchUp objects can often be cumbersome and time consuming. With the recent update to ModelPort users can now import, edit and manage 2019 to 2022 SketchUp formats. We invite you to join one of our three webinars scheduled to coordinate with different time zones around the world.

Mar
30
Thu
Object Strategies | Optimizing Performance
Mar 30 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

We recently released support for Apple silicon that allows ModelPort to take full benefit of the new processor architecture and delivering faster performance. To demonstrate this new capability we performed comparison test running ModelPort natively in Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon and on Windows with significant increases in performance…

Import 1 : Detailed model from a manufacturer

  • 149 mb SKP file with 795,228 polygons
  • 11 seconds : ModelPort
  • 1 minute 41 seconds : Archicad

89% faster to import & view using ModelPort compared to Archicad’s default importer.

Import 2 : Residential model with landscaping

  • 32.3 mb SKP file with 1.9 million polygons
  • 10 seconds : ModelPort
  • 2 minutes 27 seconds : Archicad

93% faster to import & view using ModelPort compared to Archicad’s default importer.

Attend the webinar to learn more about how ModelPort can increase your performance on Archicad projects including faster time importing objects, reducing time waiting to view complex models and improving speed to edit imported objects.