New Connection Between ArchiCAD and IES for Comprehensive Sustainable Performance Analysis

Allowing Greater Interoperability and Ease of Use for Architects.

SAN FRANCISCO - At the AIA Expo, Graphisoft and Integrated Environmental Solution (IES) announce that after extensive joint collaborative development work, the ArchiCAD connection to IES, via gbXML, has been greatly enhanced to provide greater interoperability. This connection is now available with Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) tool version 12 and the IES suite of sustainable building energy and performance analysis tools version 5.9.1.

Dr. Don Mclean, founder and CEO of IES, commented, “IES was set up to take the sustainable design power of academic building performance tools and deliver them to the general building design market. A key part of this is interoperability and ease of connectivity between key 3D CAD modelling tools and our software. I’m delighted that through joint collaboration we can now boast tight connectivity with ArchiCAD.”

Miklos Szovenyi-Lux, vice president of product management of Graphisoft, commented, “ArchiCAD users will benefit greatly in the later, more detailed, design phases from the in-depth energy analysis capabilities of IES. Compliance with local energy codes makes the IES connection a great asset in the building approval process. The IES suite is a great complement to Graphisoft’s 'green' solutions.”