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FRAMECAD suite of software
Building design, engineering, detailing, quoting, production planning, factory management, machine control and materials management are all integrated by the FRAMECAD suite of intelligent software, providing you with an immediate competitive advantage.
Now you can quickly and easily create 3D designs and architectural concepts using the powerful modeling capabilities of FRAMECAD Architect.
Inform and impress clients with professional presentations of your designs while creating true and accurate working drawings of a structure, ready for transfer to FRAMECAD Detailer for steel frame detailing. And with seamless integration to FRAMECAD Factory and FRAMECAD manufacturing plant, you can produce completed steel frames and trusses with ease. Design time in FRAMECAD Architect is significantly lower than traditional design packages with simultaneous 2D and 3D design capability. What’s more the automated bill of materials and quoting features provide quick and accurate costing of design jobs.
FRAMECAD Architect saves time and reduces errors with true 3D architectural models that are easily converted into detailed framing plans, then transferred to the manufacturing process.
End-to-end integration
To ensure that you have a powerful suite of 3D modeling, design, engineering and factory management software, and world-leading cold formed steel manufacturing equipment, FRAMECAD Solutions bring you the right tools for your business:
- FRAMECAD Architect; 3D architectural visualization and modeling
- FRAMECAD ProDesign; design, engineering and structural analysis
- FRAMECAD Detailer; detailed plans ready for manufacture
- FRAMECAD Factory; manufacturing equipment control systems
- FrameMaster; advanced cold formed steel manufacturing equipment
FRAMECAD Architect features
With ease of use and flexibility in mind, FRAMECAD Architect allows you to effectively model and convey your building, interior design and landscape design ideas to your clients in fully animated 3D, in a matter of minutes. Using a virtual, intelligent, 3D building model, FRAMECAD Architect far surpasses the limitations of simple and traditional graphic objects.
Integration with FRAMECAD Detailer
Simple transfer of design detail to FRAMECAD Detailer, ready for frame layout by automated scripts.
Interactive walk-throughs
Interactively navigate through the design with your clients and make changes along the way. The impressive presentation toolset makes it straightforward.
Materials paintbrush
Change the appearance of objects with point-and-click simplicity. Choose from thousands of generic and specific manufacturers’ materials.
Extensive catalogue of objects
FRAMECAD Architect’s flexible parametric catalogue contains thousands of pre-defined objects. Change any object on the fly to suit your particular needs.
Parametric design and building element connectivity
Design parametrically with building components - such as doors, walls, roofs, and floors - that are intelligently connected to one another. This saves a huge amount of time when editing. Tasks that previously took several hours can now be completed in seconds.
Make changes faster
Drastically reduce the time spent making design changes using FRAMECAD Architect’s quick and easy editing tools. You’ll avoid unnecessary change costs down the line.
Automatic dimensions
Dimension the total exterior of your building with a single click, saving hours of intensive labour. Dimension interior walls with a single mouse drag.
Door and window schedules
Generate door and window schedules instantly with the click of a button. Customise your schedules to meet your exact needs. Insert the schedules on your drawing sheets and automatically tag the associated doors and windows.
Detailed bill of materials
Generate a complete and accurate bill of materials with the click of the mouse. All measurements are calculated from the 3D model and include counts, lengths, areas, and volumes.
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