The PDF format is now a standard open format that isn’t just available under Adobe Acrobat. The format has evolved to allow for editing and interactive elements like electronic signatures or buttons. It was developed by Adobe so people could share documents regardless of which device, operating system, or software they were using, while preserving the content and formatting. It’s the perfect platform for students to get their work reviewed in front of their critics! Prizes are awarded for works that achieve the highest rating.PDF stands for ‘Portable Document Format’ file. Any visitor to the site can rate the published projects on a scale of 1 to 10. This site allows students to publish their work and view fellow students’ projects from around the world. To make ArchiCAD more fun, students can post their work – and judge other’s – at, a community site developed for architectural students. ArchiCAD is used by some of the best architects globally, including Chad Oppenheim and his team in Miami, Michel Rojkind in Mexico City, Axel Schultes’ office in Berlin and many others. Over a million building projects around the world have been realized using ArchiCAD’s unique Virtual Building concept. Becoming proficient in this Virtual Building™ process, which is the foundation of the Building Information Model (BIM), will also provide students with a competitive edge in today’s marketplace. This download can be used, free of charge, by any student or professor for the period of one year (renewable annually).ĪrchiCAD®, with its Virtual Building approach, offers architects extensive modeling and design freedom, while maintaining easy, accurate and efficient documentation while you are creating.

Recognizing a need to provide architecture students with the tools they need to enrich their academic curriculum, GRAPHISOFT®, the developers of ArchiCAD, have created the ArchiCAD FREE student / teacher download and interactive training guide.

Archicad student version download